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

[bounddreamer]

Once again I got a dreaded extreme trial for mentor roulette. Half of these have been fails so far. Two Garuda wins vs an Odin and Ramuh fail.

Last night was Ultima's Bane. As usual the majority of the party was barely geared. There was one other mentor, a 60 DRG. The party was actually doing well for the most part, but we had repeated wipes because, well, mechanics and barely geared. The other tank was doing really well, and when we were at 20% echo they used Hallowed to eat most of the orbs in the final phase of the fight. The other mentor cautioned everyone not to lose focus. The party pulled through with a victory! It was a great moment, and felt good after trying to get a party through Ramuh that ended up abandoning. This party stayed positive and focused. Nice to be able to share the good stories.

[Bebekurenai]

After a long time I had to kick someone from our roulette and I didn't even feel bad about it. It was expert in Lost City, I was on AST with bf on DRK, had a BRD and a DRG.We all say our hellos except the BRD and start. Actually the DRG was very nice to play with, very cheerful and skilled too. The BRD was silent and um... on every pull went afk... then returned for the next and went afk again. We waited for him since he was even out of the minimap and the DRG asked him if everything was ok but no response but he finally catches up. We enter first boss and yep, BRD engages it but then just auto attacks so all my cards from then on went to either the DRG or the tank >_> He comes with us when we're done but doesn't lot on the treasure but at least he's there with us.
Nah he wasn't really XD first pull after boss same story, he engages one, but when that monster dies he doesn't follow and just stands there afk. I pop another chest and this is what he does for the rest of the run: he would lot on all the items hanging in the chest except the last one, so I was positive we had a leecher with us and he didn't want to get kicked therefore holding the pool.
And this is when I start getting annoyed. The DRG asked him if he was ok, no answer, no hello, nothing, we don't go all out as if this was savage mind you, but at least we make it so it's a pleasant run for everybody and pull our weight. This guy... it just infuriated me that he actually wanted a cheeky carry like that.
So right after the last set of pots died and the cs triggered for the last boss, I said in party I needed a quick afk of 2 min. DRG said sure no problem. In reality I wanted to wait out the treasure since the BRD didn't lot on it again and kick him. Yes it's a very bitchy thing for me to do, on the last boss. But also it's a very cheeky thing to be acting like this for the BRD. If he really needed afk I would have no problem. After all, we all have either a baby or puppy on our lap, or anything else from the weird odd real life. Just some words, anything, and I will wait. But don't go like a zombie primadonna strategically using the treasure to your advantage and force us to carry you to your tomes. If you can't pay enough attention to the duty you are facing or are too busy doing something else, please have the decency to not play others like fools.

[Hrimfaxi]

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Oh snap XD
Should have kick his arse sooner. I had a drg who acted the same in Lost city as well. No heavy thrust and his TP was all the way up till the last boss. Still pissed at that guy. D:

[vanitaslaughing]

So, I'm not home on weekdays for... uh, until further notice, so after I got my Hyperconductive Deneb on Monday I pretty much vanished off the face of the earth until today. I'm not in the mood for roulettes due to the Deneb still being fresh, so I get the moths off my Paladin and take it for a whirl since I'm not that far off of 55. Now, first thing I do, is forget Shield Oath until the first boss in Sohm Al. I was wondering why the hell the BLM and SMN were pulling aggro like that... orz... Not one of my brightest moments there, it really wasn't (I switched it on once I realised). IF THOSE THREE FROM THAT RUN SEE THAT, I AM AN IDIOT BEAN PLEASE FORGIVE ME

Now then, I'm a mentor myself. I usually don't walk around with the crown because of how most mentors are - I actually got that thing because I wanted to help, but I ended up so utterly terrified of how mentors treat people that I just, yeah, hid it. My friend doesn't, and we've both been mentors since day one.
Sohm Al, this time with my friend. A SMN and a NIN, and we get the new person message for the NIN. It goes slowly, the SMN loses MP like crazy, and the NIN doesn't have Huton. At some point my friend speaks up, but neither people react. Seeing that I'm German and actually queue with the D tagged due to my client being in English, I get curious and open the party list after the first boss.

Yup, both are D's, and D only. Now then, my interpreting training pops up, so I start parrotting my friend in German - and both actually react! NIN has no idea what friend and I are talking about,so we tell him how to use Huton. Which he starts doing from then on!
The SMNand their MP problems actually had my brain immediately work out the problem (I don't pay attention to cast bars when I'm tanking); Ruin 3. I tell the SMN what's up and they stop using it on trash packs as if it were Ruin. The rest of the dungeon goes swimmingly well, we melt through trash and this run was the first one since I hit level 54 where we don't (!) have to limit break the green blob to make it through. I popped Hallowed for absolutely nothing out of fear. With a spirited "Don't forget huton^^" (in German, mind) I kick off one of the most enjoyable Tioman fights I've had in a while.

After all that and a quick Guildhest I hit level 55, a friend comes online. She tags along for my first Aery as PLD, weget a DRG. Too bad my friend went in as SCH... 'Cause normally I'm a firm believer of "you pull it, you tank it". If you can't wait these 5 seconds until I'm there and pull, tough luck.

Also, as main DRG, what really made my heart bleed (along with my bruised hand scream in pain as I clenched the controller in fury) was the fact that this DRG jumped on something as soon as I Shield Lobbed something to get it into position... on a thing I didn't Shield Lob. Before I was in position to use Flash/Circle of Scorn. Protip: Don't Do That. Sincerely, A Dragoon Main Who's Levelling A Tank.

[Zadocfish]

Now, first thing I do, is forget Shield Oath

If you listen to the folks in the Tank section, being in Shield Oath instead of Sword Oath is a grave offense. You had the right idea in the first place, apparently. Consensus seems to be that Shield Oath is reserved for PLDs with low skill.

[vanitaslaughing]

I'm level 55, I don't really care about tank dps at this point. Maybe once I hit 60, but even then it's highly unlikely I'll tank outside of my FC - I'm hilariously insecure about my skill thanks to one guy brutally ripping into me with zero advice when I levelled DRK. It's a miracle I have DRK on 60, and a miracle I'm confident enough to tank at all at this point.

And I wasn't in Sword Oath either. I was completely and utterly Oath-less, and even being in Sword Oath would've most likely made me cry for aggro despite my cycling through targets - that BLM was lagging, but that SMN was REALLY REALLY GOOD. As opposed to me, the still slowly learning PLD without an Oath on.
And I know what a SMN with skill can do to a tank's aggro; one of my best friends is an excellent SMN, and I've taken a few tips from him and I'm tearing aggro like crazy in Ex Roul.

[AlphaFox]

Oh snap XD
Should have kick his arse sooner. I had a drg who acted the same in Lost city as well. No heavy thrust and his TP was all the way up till the last boss. Still pissed at that guy. D:

Nah I do the same thing, nothing more satisfying than making sure they truly wasted time by not letting them complete the roulette at the last second. Being a DPS (and even a tank for the last boss in Expert lost city) easily replaced or not needed if you have a melee.

[Selli]

Had a really awful day yesterday. My 21-year-old cat managed to misswallow some of her water to the point where I needed to dangle her in the air and smack her chest to get it out of her lungs and then give her some CPR. Both of which I had never actually done before, but only read about in books a very long time ago. I live in the middle of nowhere, so the nearest vet is 3 hours away. She's doing great now, thankfully, but it was a very long, stressful, and expensive day.

So after a long rest and lots of snuggles, I went ingame in the early AM to try to get some bonus Lore before the bonuses reset. I forgot to take off my Mentor crown (I wasn't really in the mood to be a teacher, as you could imagine) and I queued for trial roultette. It was Mog HM, we didn't get any new player bonus and the tank pulled immediately after my Stoneskin II went out. We one-shot the fight without issues even without anyone marking the moogles.

When the King died one of the DPS piped up, "I don't know why you bother to wear that crown, Selli. You didn't explain anything or even say hi. People like you are the reason why everyone hates Mentors and I hope someone knocks you off your little high horse and shows you some humility one day." As much as I wanted to tell this guy to go f*ck himself with a cactus, I was much too drained to put up with it. So I simply typed up a "sorry" and left.

I'm just posting this story here as a reminder that there are people on the other side of the screen. You don't know the other person or what they might be dealing with, so try to put your kind foot forward, guys, even if you're having a bad day too. <3

[Heliantheae]

I just had an Antitower run, I was a NIN with a DRG, SCH, and DRK. The first part went smoothly, downed the first boss in five minutes. So the tank pulls as much as he can and it's like the Dragoon just stopped trying. He didn't AoE and I was watching his TP and I don't think he was doing his full rotation. So the fight takes a bit longer than normal. The tank just pulls the three golems by themselves. I thought maybe it was just a fluke, but nope the Dragoon doesn't really do much. I have Goad, you have Invigorate. Let loose a little bit.

We one-shot the fight without issues even without anyone marking the moogles.

"I don't know why you bother to wear that crown, Selli. You didn't explain anything or even say hi."

That wasn't necessary. That DPS was probably trying to pick a fight or trying to score brownie for talking down a mentor or whatever. And I hope your cat does okay.

[AlwaysGuilty]

I queue for MS roulette and get Praetorium this time around. I'm still new to healing in trials, and sometimes I get scared if a keyboard warrior has a go at me. But anyway, I get in, and the other WHM is there for their first time, and watching all cutscenes, so that left me by myself. It's not a hard one to heal actually, barely anyone takes any damage, but I was still wary. We get to ultima, and I say "One healer... rip party", which to my surprise the other players were cheering me on etc. It's nice to find some really nice people in DF these days. (I have bad luck in DF)

Decided to queue for Sohm Al or whatever the seven hells you call it and I get an alright group. Basically smooth sailing till last boss where DRG dies at least 4 times, but I get in some swiftcast+resurrects in to save the day, and I was really proud of my healing that run. Turns out the BLM was on Phoenix, and we were next to each other too! Was awkward at first, but I added her and went on my way.