Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent.

[Kaurie]

Was running LNC on my alt this past weekend and the tank kept sprinting on his way to each pull. He also never used Shield Lob.

In the PLDs defense, he probably did not have enough TP (after sprinting) to use Shield Lob

[SaitoHikari]

Level 60 roulette, got Neverreap.

We ended up with a Marauder as a tank. Yup. Guy for some reason took off his job crystal and forgot to re-equip it. Turns out the game won't let you equip job crystals inside dungeons even though it's technically still the same class.

Although the Marauder was really damn good, still held aggro and everything. We blasted through the dungeon in like 18 minutes. Really didn't feel like there was any difference at all.

[Malicewolf]

Level 60 roulette, got Neverreap.

We ended up with a Marauder as a tank. Yup. Guy for some reason took off his job crystal and forgot to re-equip it. Turns out the game won't let you equip job crystals inside dungeons even though it's technically still the same class.

Although the Marauder was really damn good, still held aggro and everything. We blasted through the dungeon in like 18 minutes. Really didn't feel like there was any difference at all.

Hot damn, that's actually kind of awesome. You lose tank stance, but I guess if you know your rotations well, a good tank will manage. Plus, he now had access to ANY cross classes. So, there'd definitely be some perks in that!

[SaitoHikari]

Hot damn, that's actually kind of awesome. You lose tank stance, but I guess if you know your rotations well, a good tank will manage. Plus, he now had access to ANY cross classes. So, there'd definitely be some perks in that!

Yeah, the WHM in the party still found plenty of time to join in the DPS as well (I was Bard at the time, and the other DPS was a monk). It was like 'Oh, the guy forgot the job crystal. WHO CARES. SHRED EVERYTHING.'

[AskaRay]

Turns out the game won't let you equip job crystals inside dungeons even though it's technically still the same class.

It's probably arcanist's fault.

[Aldebaran92]

2 stories, one of the funnier kind and one...well, not so much. First one was in Stone Vigil as DRG. Everything went smoothly up until the second boss, where the lalafell tank managed to drag the boss too far and got himself locked out of the room, which reset the boss. xD So naturally I had to muster up what defensive capability I had and go tank mode while the little guy cheered the rest of the party on. No wipe, and a nice way to spice things up and earn some comms.

Second one was levelling PLD in Dzemael Darkhold. Got a SCH, SMN and some other DPS as partners. I naturally did medium-large pulls in the first area, but I noticed everything died very slowly. When I examined the enemies, I noticed that they only had one set of ACN DoTs on them, despite a DPSing SCH and the SMN, and the odd Bio II and Miasma II here and there. I decided to think nothing of it, as I've had some bad experiences with giving people tips about their roles recently, and just carried on. Finished in like 40 minutes or something. Queued up again, and I got the same SMN in my party. Everything died horribly slowly once again, and now it was clear that the SMN was the problem, as when I looked closer, I saw that she only used Bio II, Miasma II, Ruin II and Bane. Most often, Bane was used right out of the blue, and we were lucky if she managed to even spread a Bio II. Even on single-target she would run up to the boss, use Miasma II then spam Ruin II with the occasional Bio II and Bane. So now I decided to speak up and said "Hey X, just a tip, you should use all of your dots before you bane, it will help your dps a lot". The answer? "What are dots?". And I just...I can't even. She was level 49, and I honestly don't know how she could have made it that far without grasping the core concept of the job. So the healer explained that DoT means damage over time, while I said that she should use Bio II, Miasma and Bio, and that Bane then spreads those DoTs from one target to surrounding enemies. Hopefully she got it now, right? Nope. Still only used level II spells (because they have to better than the "normal" spells, right?). Maybe I should have said something more, but I doubt she would have understood what to do anyway. Once again we finished in like 40-45 minutes, and I didn't queue up again out of fear of ending up in a party with her again.

[sayafrost]

I had a nice run yesterday in Aery, just a little unusual.

I am leveling my DRK together with my bf who is leveling his nin. We get in and there is an Astro and a Bard... the run went smoothly, the astro healed really well... the only thing I don't really think he knew how to use the cards... because arrows normally he put on himself and balances on me (tank) - when I asked why he was putting balances on me the answer was: for more dps... which I really didn't needed <o<; i kept my aggro ok.... I thanked him, and told him that blanaces would be better used on the DPS......

[MeiUshu]

had something that leaves me always wondering....in Aboretum. Tank, Dragon SMN and WHM(me). Up to first boss not much of a problem even if I already noticed that tank was taking a dam load of damages out of the blue but didnt pay much of attention to it thinking it was him not able to avoid in time AOEs.

Then suddenly, not sure why, the tank grabs the turle, the mobs with the turtle and cross the whole zone collected all there was to collect and reached the bees (something like 10+ mobs). I used all my skills all of them, bene, tetra 2x, asilyum, assize, mega heal, cure, cure II, devine seal etc..all of them, impossible to top him up, the amount of damages taken was just ugh and obviously the sting of a bee killed him, there was nothign I could do since all was on CD.

I asked if all this was necessary he said good healer can heal...I left and ate 30mn,. I am not sure why tanks do think that healers are there to deal with what they cannot deal meaning heal through what they cannot manage to hold control upon.

Anyway frustrating run, besides maybe is true wasnt good enough so either ways leaving was the right decision. Maybe too they had a friend they wanted him to join and I paid the price, not sure

[Synrin]

SNIP

Now those grind my gears! I will never understand how certain people get so far without even realizing how to do damage. It isn't even a complicated rotation, just dot everything up and spam ruin in the meantime... Geez..

[Zefiris]

Playing as Sch, Roulette lv50 gave me Qarn HM in progress. Tank and healer quit in first minute. Dps was black mage and dragoon (first time). Never entered other tank, but we completed that dungeon with only we 3 o.o