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

[Selli]

I was running an Expert (I ran a couple so I could get my next Lore item) and about halfway through someone in one of my LS's asked for my help with something. I asked if they could wait until I was done my run and they said that was perfectly okay.

So I told my party about it and asked if it would be at all possible to speed up the run, the tank had been pulling small despite being properly geared. The tank responded with "sure" and I thanked him. They then proceeded to do the exact same sized pulls, except before and after every single pull they would now stand there and do one of the dances (/tdance, /gdance, /mdance, ect) and usually one of the DPS would get annoyed and pull for him. I didn't really say anything, but the melee got really mad at the tank so the tank stopped rolling on loot so we couldn't kick him.

At the end of the dungeon he said, "u should really plan out ur time better, whm. u dumb b*tch" Both the DPS started swearing and yelling at him and I just sat there really confused about what I did wrong. o.o"

[Izularia]

Jesus christ

I know, right? I think (as a BRD Main) I died a little on the inside after realizing he really mistook Minuet for an attack. I don't even... Dunno, that was so strange XD

[FinaSel]

Frontlines Roulette.
24 man seize rock.
As usual, 4 healers. No tank. No one wants to change jobs.
WHM is my only level 60 job, so I can't change.
Other 3 healers have EVERYTHING at 60.

And no one wants to change jobs...
What else is new.
Immortal Flames start getting all the Tomeliths. Maelstrom and us are losing badly.

Yet, for some reason everyone decides to target The Maelstrom instead of Immortal Flames. Only one other person on the team had enough common sense to tell everyone to target Immortal Flames.
No one cared or listened. Only when Immortal Flames had 450 points did everyone else change targets.

In the end, I did 460k healing. Other healers did 270k, 200k, and 190k. Of course, we got slaughtered.
If you aren't going to heal, then why play a healer in PvP?

Seriously considering change Grand Companies...

[Alien_Gamer]

I just sat there really confused about what I did wrong. o.o"

You did nothing wrong. That tank on the other hand needs to get visited by the lala mafia and "educated" on how to treat people.

[Fluestergras]

Ran Chrysalis with my warrior friend to get him the clear, I was on AST. Warrior friend says in /p he's new, WHM and BLM say the same, other BLM leaves even before the barrier is down. Mentor paladin pulls without explaining or giving anyone the time to explain anything (good thing I explained the fight to warrior friend before I signed us in, but poor WHM and BLM), a bard joins and immediately starts singing Foes (singing bard yay). Sphere phase starts, WHM, BLM and monk #1 just run into any sphere, I can keep WHM alive, WHM keeps monk #1 alive, BLM dies. I raise BLM and top him up for the incoming big attack which deals massive damage because a lot of spheres actually went through. Poor WHM seems overstrained with all this damage and people eating the wrong spheres and later the aoes and then the tankbuster, but it's okay, he's giving his very best and I can soloheal this fight to a certain extent. Second sphere phase is squishy again, BLM dies again, I look at my low mana and cry because I don't get an Ewer ;_; But well, I can still keep everyone up, no problem! ...or perhaps not, when we get to the meteor phase, it's warrior friend, monk #2 and me catching them up while mentor paladin stands in the center, right under the very big meteor, seemingly ready to, uhm, catch this one up. Uuuuuhm. Well. Monk #1 LB's the Aetherial Tear and kills it, but in the end it's only him and the tanks alive. Wipe.

Monk #1 leaves, dragoon joins, lolmentor paladin pulls again. Massive damage coming up again, WHM dies this time, I raise him quickly, bard sings Ballad for him (SINGING BARD YAY), yet we wipe again due to meteors not being caught up because lolmentor paladin still stands in the center. Finally paladin doesn't immediately pull again, so I get some time to actually explain the fight. Thanks, lolmentor. This time he actually moves for the smaller meteors, yay. There's still a lot of damage coming up, but we finally make it in this third try. Everyone leaves after the clear until it's warrior friend and me left, as well as the WHM. Both are totally excited about the fight and gush about how amazing it was, then WHM apologizes for not being much of a help, which is not true, he kept his hots up and did his very best to keep everyone alive and understand and learn the mechanics. I cheer him up by telling this and by telling him to just keep practicing until he considers healing Chrysalis a cakewalk. I give him my comm, we wave us goodbye and I leave with four comms and an amazingly good feeling

[MeiUshu]

You did nothing wrong. That tank on the other hand needs to get visited by the lala mafia and "educated" on how to treat people.

wrong maybe not, but neither totally right either (minus the insult she got as that wasnt needed)

[Miste]

wrong maybe not, but neither totally right either (minus the insult she got as that wasnt needed)

I am quite 100% positive Selli did nothing wrong in that situation...so I don't know where this not totally right thing is coming from here.

All she did was tell the party the situation and asked the tank (politely I assume) if they could speed up the run a bit.

If the tank was uncomfortable with pulling more than one set they could have just said something like "I am sorry I am not really comfortable pulling more than one set at a time, I'll try to go faster but I might only pull one set still, sorry"

Instead the tank decided to troll her and purposefully make the run even longer by dancing between pulls. All because she asked if they could pull more? Defensive much? Rude much? Like really, have we gotten to the point where people can't even ask anything at all of their fellow players without getting toxic attitude back?

That tank was a jerk. Especially from that comment at the end. All because she asked for something, to which they could have just said "No I can't sorry". Instead they went the "OMG U QUESZHEN MUH PLAYSTILE U MUST BE A B&^%#" route. The route that never ceases to piss me off.

[MeiUshu]

@Miste
I did say *wrong maybe not* but neither is that right to ask something like that and then complain about the guy not doing it on the contrary slowing it down, by that teaching a lesson that it is not because you ask that you will get it(except the insult which I dont agree with). It can be seen that way. What we miss here is the tone used to ask such a thing, if the tone used is.*come on tank, hurry up, someone is needing my help* or if the tone is, can we hurry up tank this is too slow ? see what I mean ?

Here we have only one side of the story, so no I dont agree. In my case, I would have simply said *No*...but not everybody is like me.

So again wrong maybe not, but right either.

[VanilleFang]

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It seems rather strange that you take this situation and try to make it out to seem that the tank was possibly justified in his actions. Besides him cussing Selli out a the end, even him dancing was incredibly inconsiderate. Just because you think it is possible that Selli could have given the tank a "tone" doesn't mean she did, and from what I've seen from her on the forums and just from her post alone I doubt it very much. And even if she did give a "tone" of rudeness, the tank could have been more mature and talked to her about it rather than slowing the run down for everyone. Regardless of how you look at it, the tank was far more n the wrong than Selli could have been.

[Waeksyn]

@Miste
Here we have only one side of the story, so no I dont agree. In my case, I would have simply said *No*...but not everybody is like me.

So again wrong maybe not, but right either.

Certainly the tank was rude. I'm sure that Miste was very polite when asking in the first place.

Actually, that would be a first in my experience. I've never, ever, seen a "request" to pull faster made without rude attitude. But hey, there's always a first time.