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

[Aosha]

I can see a 2/2/4 group being able to do this...with an offtank and one healer capable of pushing good dps (while the other tank/healer do their jobs solo), and everybody being at least i225-230 with an i230+ weapon AND good at their jobs. Otherwise, not happening. 1/1/6 gives quite a bit of room for error (remember, you can push him with 1-2 swords and still do it).

Oh, I'm not saying it can't be done. Just that I've seen so many failures (read: only seen failures) that I'm immediately doubtful any time I see it attempted.

[Aosha]

So I just found out something new.

Apparently if you use dragonfire or spineshatter dive on Ozma when your starting position is on the outer rings, then you die.

I've actually seen this happen in the funniest way possible. My alliance had a very grumpy and bad goon ("left and back" on meteors was too much strategy) leave during Ozma, and a first-timer dragoon joined in his place. As soon as the tank pulled the boss the dragoon spineshattered to Ozma--- and right off the edge. He was alive in the fight for about 2 seconds. I think his chat reaction was something like "Well. I'm useful." He actually was much better than the previous dragoon, and was able to do meteors right when he actually got to do them.

[Maerwen]

This made me want to cry. I tanked cutter's with a DRK. Healer died when Chimera has 50% HP. One DPS died when it had about 20% HP. Second DPS went down when Chimera had 5% left. And we wiped when Chimera had 1% left. This vicious cycle went for 3 times. We will wipe roughly between 1% - 4%. Luckily before we almost wiped the 4th time, I was able to kill it before it killed me.

Now for the laughs. Will contain spoilers about Vault.

I have a friend who cosplays Haurchefant and is called Haurchefant Greystone (changed names now). We que'd for Praetorium. Anyways we had a cool all nerd party from DF. On the elevator before the first boss, he died when he stayed behind to pull the mob away from the switch. I mentioned that we sacrificed him way tooo early. And someone else responded he died for our sins. Suffice to say til the end of the run, it was full of laughters.

[Joe_Schmoe]

Edda Broomstick, or whatever her name is. That boss on level 50 in Deep Dungeon.

Well, to start with, I got a tank that basically pulled big and often tried to outrun everyone (to be fair he knew what he was doing though), but then once we got to the final boss he went up to it and,........ did nothing apparently. I cast Enochian > Ley Lines mash Ley Lines until it goes off > Swiftcast mash Swiftcast until it goes off > Thunder III mash Thunder III until it goes off (Fire III often pulls aggro at the start) when all of a sudden she starts coming after me. Uhhhhhhh.... Took some time for the tank to get aggro back on that one. Strike one on me (I guess?).

I'm also playing as a black mage during this, a class I'm only just starting to learn. And it looks like I got some UI work to do because I got hit with with all but one of her Cold Feet attacks, due to me now having to look at 2 different cast bars, in 2 different spots, as well as my hotbar since I still haven't got it memorized yet. It was easier the last time on my monk since I've played it enough to where I can pretty much do my rotation with only a glance at my hotbar, not so with the BLM. Strike two.

As is my habit with all ranged DPSers, I DPS just within striking range, as far from the target as possible. Bad move with an attack like In Health. I think I got hit once or twice by it, just barely not making it in. Eventually all this caused all the runes to light up, wiping the party. Only having one chance is a blessing in disguise, I'd have been kicked otherwise.

Strike three, yer out!

[Yeol]

Ravana Bird Farm

Was suppose to be a bird farm but..

- Tank kept losing aggro
- Healer kept dying
- Two DPs were barely making 600

Gave it a couple of tries with my friend then we just had to apologise and leave the party.

[Mwynn]

I am feeling withyou, our "people" make me cry. /(which is why i avoided Shiva when i startd the game at summer 2014ish.. highest Popularity of "Germans" and 99% of them are idiots to say it the nicest way possible)

Saddens me to say stuff like that to my own nation but it is how it is.. "the evil french people"sure... Most germans are not better, and with most i mean "ALOT"

Ugh, it took me two Days in 2015 to realize Shiva has no Place for me. The vast amount of German Players talking like "Ey Alda, Digga wat geht ab" or "Ey, du Schw***l / Hur***ohn" was immense.
God Thanks Cerberus isn't like that, sure we have our "Baddies" yet they're known for that and mostly ignored.

Oh and much to my surprise, I've encountered more French Players playing better, not like my fellow German Players who only act like they came from the next "Ghetto".

Reminds me of the full German Group I had in ARF... Never had I such an slow Run before and not to mention, me being a Scholar should never enter Cleric Stance, appearantly using DoT's without Cleric Stance would cause the DoT's to do more Damage and I have more Chance to keep the Group alive while not being in that Stance.

Regulas Boss was quite a Pain... Tank and DPS discussed who would get the Tether from the Magitek Projectiles (Those Adds that shoot at you), I was like "Who the heck cares? It just deals 1.000 Damage <_<*", Heck do I know how they managed the Tether Stuff, I didn't cared to be honest. First Add goes down, Regulas goes to Tank, Tank couldn't hold Hate, DPS somehow dies, blames on me for not getting into Tether while the Add was already gone for a long time.... Okay?

Got him up, the other DPS dies suddenly... My Mood went into the lowest Floor ... That Boss took so frigging long, a standard ARF Party that does normal would've been in the Elevator at that time already...

Harmachis has shown his true side, being a horrible Boss when the encounter takes longer then full FOUR Cycles. It went very well until he went into Naga Form and petrified the other three People. Next thing that comes is the Machine Form with the Circle Trap in which one should stand together with the trapped Person... What is the thing that happens in that moment?

The Tank comes and goes into the Circle right with the other DPS, suddenly Boom, everyone on 200 HP, followed with the Laser AoE Attack which you normally stack for (2 DPS / 1 HLR), the 2 DPS dies... Blames on me...

By the time the Boss dies, it had 4 Stacks, you can imagine how many errors have been made at that time xD

Lahabrea & Igeyorhm ... NOPEnopenopenope²³, no AoE Dodging, Tank gets freezed and almost dies, I run out of MP due of ressing the entire Time... pretty much like that.

Ascian Prime ... appearantly not going into the Void Orbs is a thing now I guess.. eh? Not like the Fight gets stressed enough if one Guy does errors but Tank and Two DPS doing that and cleansing Debuffs off from three People?

I know the AoE with the multiple Fire Lasers (End of Days in Chrysalis???) is somehow not really telegraphed correctly on the ground, it only shows up when the cast is already half done, yet not even moving when there is a Line on the Ground still amazes me. Not to mention, this was my first time the Ice Orb was still alive and freezed us all ... ugh

[Fluestergras]

The amount of people here hating Germans on Shiva makes me cry ;_;

Went to Wiping City yesterday on my DRK, it was my first time as a tank. During Forgall, I had a big derp moment: I was in group C and at the start of the add phase, I accidentally positioned myself at the spawn point of the A add... which was tanked by the B tank. I ran to the C add only to notice the A tank having it.......... well yeah, the succubus ran amok ;_;

[SilkaN]

The amount of people here hating Germans on Shiva makes me cry ;_;;

Don't worry, it's not just your server, I hate them all equally. <3

[MeiUshu]

Don't worry, it's not just your server, I hate them all equally. <3

is easier to see the bad in someone's else then in oneself...isnt it ?

[SilkaN]

is easier to see the bad in someone's else then in oneself...isnt it ?

No, not really. I'm far from perfect and I know where my faults lie. What are you trying to say?