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

[Miss-Bathory]

I don't claim to be a great bard but I like to think I'm competent.

I had read up on mechs but sometimes it takes me a few tries to get the hang of things.

Chieftan Moglin - it seemed every time I knocked a moogle out a circle one of the other three was already targeting it so ended up back in one, we wiped then cleared next time.

Flying Horse that I have forgot the name of - First time my Vun stacks weren't that bad, got one mech wrong we wipe, clear second time but I major derped on more than one mech and had 5 stacks of vun, was trying to read guide to confirm how I could do better, next podium I'm vote kicked.

They were a French premade trio from Shiva, now I know I wasn't great but I said hi 1st time,no response apologised about my errors no response, my FC only has a couple of endgame players at the moment and none were online to help me through, its not as if it was taking a huge amount of time timer was still at 70 mins, my DPS was good I was playing foe's and getting more aggro than the BLM, I even had to rotate targets occasionally to let the PAL get it back, this was just really frustrating to end up with a group that does not allow anyone to learn and make mistakes, If anyone lands them again I hope there perfect, SCH had Selene up constant.

[pa1kia]

I had a Sunken Temple of Qarn run 2 or 3 nights ago that started poorly and ended... pretty awesome actually.

The group started with a Marauder (yes, you read that right), a DRG, a SMN, and me as WHM. To say the tank was bad would be a understatement. Not trying to keep the mobs on them, standing in avoidable attacks. The DRG ended up tanking the first boss when the marauder went down and released before I could rez them. While we did manage to beat the first boss, the DRG leaves out of frustration, not that I blame them, than the tank "DC's", leaving the summoner and me.

Now for the awesome part: A MNK joins as I ask the SMN about continuing while waiting. They bring out Titan-Egi to tank, and the three of us go on our way to clear the place out with one one death (mine) due to a moment of stupidity. By the time we got a replacement tank, we were already working on the last boss, so they could only watch the three of us bring it down.

[TankHunter678]

On AST, Cutter's Cry.

I get the most dreaded Tank of all.

A GLD who only knows how to Fast Blade, stun, and does not listen to a word you say.

I tried to vote kick him, cause an FC mate came on who could tank for us.

But because the tank was a new player he did not get vote kicked.

I healed my heart out through lag, I got to see a DRG and BRD player who somehow instinctively knew how to tank swap (which they did, at every boss). The BRD would play Mage's Ballad for me during boss fights, though I would still go OOM from all the debuff cleansing and healing spam I had to do.

Of course there were some deaths, due to lag screwing me over several times. But somehow, somehow we got through that dungeon.

Both DPS gave me a commendation and one of them told me I did a very good job as healer all things considered.

[Gabrielleblanc]

Got Nidhogg for Trial on my drg, 2 bards and a ninja. I was the only one alive on adds after 4 attempts. I ate the 30 minute and went for a walk.

[vanitaslaughing]

So my dualshock, the only pc compatible controller in the house, absolutely refuses to work with FFXIV now. Which is weird, considering the pc recognises the inputs just well. A day of driver reinstalling and trying everything under the sun to no avail, i... ugh, settled for keyboard and mouse.

Thinking I'd better end up in the cold water, I dragged out my long abandoned bard (my former main, at that), with its ilevel 205 and went into 50 roulette with 3 friends. aside from autorunning into several walls and not being able to switch it off for a few secs everything went... okay? Abysmally bad damage, but it was just with friends.

It got scary when we went for MSQ. Praetorium.
Great, just fantastic. I can barely target as is, and even on ps4 with a controller I got left behind on the terminals when I went there the first time, and still struggle.
So I lag behind. Miraculously, I never once die or get stuck at a terminal because I cant target it with that shitty mouse control. It's a summoner and two blms, so using foe doesn't make my horrible playing stand out that much - I'm doing SOMETHING, a'ight?
Hell, I even learned to (somewhat) dodge aoes during Ultima phase 1! Only to eat basically everything under the sun in phase 2.

I walked out with a commend. Was that a pity or a foe commend? I dunno. All I really got was finger cramps and the infernal urge to slam my fist through the screen. And amazon ain't helping because the day I buy a xbox controller is the day I deinstall ff14 or am laid to eternal rest. This and my non constant access to my ps4 are gonna make for... an interesting week.

I apologise to the people who saw me run in weird lines and basically not move during Prae. I am not good at this, I tried and all I got was intense finger cramps orz

[Crysten]

Recent experiences in the DF are turning me into a fantasy racist.

I am convinced that under every circumstance, without exception, all male Miqo'te are either:

a) Complete tools
b) Complete dumbasses
c) Both of the above

Does anyone want to prove me wrong on this? D:

[Jeibird]

oh man you guys aren't going to believe this it's so crazy.

okay I went into a brand new content instance and there were ppl who didn't know exactly what to do at every point of the instance.

I meant come on this has been out for like two weeks already can you believe those scrubs???

[NaesakiAshwell]

oh man you guys aren't going to believe this it's so crazy.

okay I went into a brand new content instance and there were ppl who didn't know exactly what to do at every point of the instance.

I meant come on this has been out for like two weeks already can you believe those scrubs???

I can't decide if you are being genuine about your attitude here or if you are being really sarcastic...

[Aylis]

I can't decide if you are being genuine about your attitude here or if you are being really sarcastic...

Assuming if they are being serious then you're seeing the reason why if those level skip and MSQ skip potions do indeed make it on the NA/EU marketplaces why they will possibly be big sellers.

[Jeibird]

I was attempting to be exceedingly sarcastic because I constantly see people complaining about wiping the day after a patch and blaming other ppl

you not being able to tell kills my soul a little. who hurt you dear? a savage raider I'm guessing