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

[Bray]

Got into drex as a mnk, tank with seph weap couldn't hold aggro off me, died several times cuz healer didn't bother to heal. Things went on til mistbeard's room, tank said sorry about aggro issues, healer said im a bad dps for stealing aggro off tank, mocked me a bit then vote dismissed me right in front of mistbeard :<

[Kibby]

Uhhhhhhhh... that sounds kinda buggy. Hope it was just a random freak occurrence.
Also, I didn't know you could get in-progress Palace queues. Learn something new...

I've gotten two so far - both of them on bosses. I think it's because people are leaving because they didn't get any upgrades on the final floor. :/

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Uhhhhhhhh... that sounds kinda buggy. Hope it was just a random freak occurrence.
Also, I didn't know you could get in-progress Palace queues. Learn something new...

Yep, I believe if you have the duty finder set to join in progress you can queue into potd in progress.

Got into drex as a mnk, tank with seph weap couldn't hold aggro off me, died several times cuz healer didn't bother to heal. Things went on til mistbeard's room, tank said sorry about aggro issues, healer said im a bad dps for stealing aggro off tank, mocked me a bit then vote dismissed me right in front of mistbeard :<

Sounds like a potential report for misuse of the kick function, possibly harassment.

[Fevelle]

Ironworks gear Summoner on A1.

[Kibby]

So, Cutter's Cry as BLM. Tank decides to skip two rooms of trash and ends up killing himself and the healer because they weren't able to use the Shifting Sands in time. I asked why we even needed to skip them because it was good exp (all of us were 40 or lower, so it's not like it wouldn't have been helpful), but the tank never answered. We get to the final boss and the healer mixes up the colors and dies. I'm healing the tank and monk, and eventually both of them die. I decide I'm not going down without a fight, but then I nearly die and decide maybe fighting isn't the best idea, so I run around casting Scathe over and over again until I, too, die.

We try again and the same happens. I start Scathing and it works really well - I only got hit once, and even then I was able to heal myself. It starts taking too long, so I just let him kill me so we can start over. The healer raises the tank (he didn't have Swiftcast, so I'm assuming this is why he didn't do it during the previous two attempts), but nothing happens. He tries again, but the tank doesn't accept. We figure he was trying to go afk so he can get kicked, but then we decide to try without him. The healer says he'll run around using a DoT, I'll scathe, but then the monk has a better idea - maybe he should tank so he won't have to chase after us.

Sooo, the monk is tanking, the healer is healing, I'm BLMing, and it's going really well. Sadly, the healer gets hit by the paralyzing ball and one of the eye color attacks, and dies. I start healing the monk while doing some damage and eventually we finish it!

The chimera's one of my least favorite fights, and this is the only time I've ever actually enjoyed it. It's nice to know that I could attempt to solo it, too (even though it may take several hours). 8D

[Bray]

Sounds like a potential report for misuse of the kick function, possibly harassment.

Well I did report tho xD
Still salty about this even today

[cevestar]

So today my wife and I decided to go on little leaf-alt characters and relive the ARR storyline as well as see what starting off with our present main jobs would have been like. We finally hit the point of the storyline for Copperbell and queue up, me as a CON heals and her as MRD tank. We get a 60 BRD and a 24 ROG. Both synced down.

So we start and my wife marks the targets as she usually does and the ROG immediately takes issue with the fact that she marks all of the mob targets. We both point out that some (though few) people get confused by a blank target and my wife points out that it helps her cycle through the targets and maintain enmity and apologizes if she caused any offense.

We skip the first extra room, used to no one ever preferring full clears on our mains (that levelling grind though, still works on all the 60s) and we both notice a few mobs later that he questioned skipping the exp but figured he thought we didn't know the extra mob was there. But since he hasn't said he wishes for a full clear we continue on.

Next mob there are two targets, she marks them accordingly. ROG says it's "obnoxious" to mark when there's only one target (which there were definitely two). Mob gets killed and my wife starts typing out to ask why he's so angered by her marking, as she's really confused and he runs forth to kill the next mob.

My wife and I have a longstanding rule, if a dps pulls, they can handle the mob. And since it's only one enemy, we move to the next mob and take it down. Next is boss which is easy and all is silent. Then the ROG runs forth and pulls the next mob. Once again, we let him have the mob. Definitely not the proper way, but we're both uncomfortable and don't really want to support this guy in doing whatever he wants. BRD has been silent this whole time but we notice she stays with him so we assume they are together at this point.

We clear two more mobs by ourselves and then the other two catch up, ROG says "While you 2 are here for the sightseeing tour, the 2 of us are here for the exp, so we'll see you at the end". By this point, we're both not thrilled with him and my wife points out that he never actually asked for a full clear just commented that we skipped one room and adds that the run hasn't been pleasant so far and we just want it to end.

Now the lvl 60 BRD speaks, for the first time saying that levelling dungeons mean mandatory full clears (as everyone should supposedly know?) and that should be obvious. We point out that we're not here to level, but for the story and we've only missed one room with one mob and that's it's not right to not do a full run since half the party wants it (which we didn't know as she was level 60 and couldn't get exp and he didn't say anything until just then).

I point out that we're there as story dictates and that by her point of view it's equally not right as the other half doesn't wish to do a full clear and that it's never been mandatory to do a full clear. And while I know some people like full clears I've run into groups that really don't. Which the BRD thought was "ignorant".

At this point, we've decided these two are more trouble than they're worth and are just so glad we got them, as opposed to actual novice players and I take the hit and we leave.

But I am still amazed that they went through all the effort of being passive aggressive and then straight out hostile when they could have politely said "Can we please full clear? I need exp." Which every time we've ever seen such a question, no matter how much we didn't want that full clear, we have done for polite, civil players. A little kindness really does go a long way.

Also, I really wish you could blacklist players on other servers! We've gotten that BRD before and she was equally unpleasant to our mains. T^T What are the odds.

[Miste]

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That behavior drives me nuts also. Too many players on this game expect you to be a mind reader and know exactly what they want without any communication.

I have had players do this to me when I am on tank, they start being passive aggressive then outright harass me if I skip mobs instead of just asking me. If people ask for what they want I have no problem helping out. Instead they just like "OMG YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT I WANT".

You try to full clear and then you got people yelling at you cause they want a quick clear. You try to quick clear and then you got people yelling at you cause they want a full clear....you can't win with these people. These players need to learn to just tell people what they want instead of getting pissed that others can't read their minds. Le sigh.

[Ignnis]

I'm not excusing all of their behaviour (you can Esuna while in CS!) but often in groups with multiple healers, one will be the "official" healer and the other(s) will act as a secondary DPS. They may have thought you were the "main healer" in this scenario.

There's main healer and then there's "I don't care have fun with your silence" T-T

[Mysterysword]

So I had to tank a Brayflox's Longstop HM, as PLD. This run took 40 minutes to complete. Why?

Mainly because we wiped to the final boss 3 times. Why?

Mainly because both the WHM and SMN were new, and neither of them bothered to mention this fact. Yet, even after an explanation of boss mechanics, the WHM displayed an uncanny ability to die to the bombs. Throughout the run, they never once used Medica II, barely used Regen, and didn't seem to know the difference between Divine Seal and Shroud of Saints, or even which situations to apply them in.

Dear god, I never knew that boss could be this difficult. It's not like anyone in the party was undergeared. I really, really wish healing wasn't such an easy job that a healer can get to 50-60 without knowing what half their skills do or how to use them.