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

[synesthetic]

Now, not trying to be rude, but how did you as a healer die to a single mimic / have the entire party die to 3 mobs even IF aggro was all over the place?
Both are things that you can usually heal through, especially on lower floors where monsters don't have nasty extra skills yet ._.
Sincerely wondering, not trying to insult you or anything.

I've been there. Was my fastest trip into PotD too, lasting under a minute. I think I was on floor 21 at the time though.

Party was Lv.32.
Mimic was Lv.42. I got et in two hits.

[Jatoi]

Had ran into Sor Khai with a BLM that still had accessories as low as i120

Be must have just barely fit the requirement. One of the rings was for level 52. I mean what?

[JustPlainLucas]

I never leave a chest behind in Deep Dungeon. Unless we're on floor x9 and we really don't need eny more poms. The bronze chests I never ignore because 1- useful potions that save the day 2- potsherds. Low drop rate on sherds I know but the potions are such a blessing when you have a party with no healing abilities. Also, I never leave someone alone to open a chest in case there's a mimic. Since I play on ps4 and chatting without kb is very inconvenient inside the Palace, I made a macro for party chat just for when a mimic pops so my party comes to the rescue. But yeah, people, never ignore bronze chests!

You should get yourself a wireless keyboard. I bought a Logitech keyboard for like 30 bucks when FFXIV launched, and it's still going strong.

[Cakekizyy]

I have only got potsherd from mob dropped chest, do static chests give them too?

[Kibby]

Now, not trying to be rude, but how did you as a healer die to a single mimic / have the entire party die to 3 mobs even IF aggro was all over the place?
Both are things that you can usually heal through, especially on lower floors where monsters don't have nasty extra skills yet ._.
Sincerely wondering, not trying to insult you or anything.

I've had mimics that are six to eight levels above me and the rest of my party, so they can hit extremely hard, and a healer may not be able to heal themselves through it if it can't be killed quickly enough.

[Rita1989]

On WHM got anti tower today with 2 of the worst bards I have seen in a while both were under 400 dps luckily me and the tank pulled the slack so the dungeon didn't take that long and 1 of them decided to make a comment about me being low on mp because I had to fully dps to kill things at a decent rate but neither would play mages ballad or foe's even when asked.

[Bebekurenai]

You should get yourself a wireless keyboard. I bought a Logitech keyboard for like 30 bucks when FFXIV launched, and it's still going strong.

I have actually, but it's a ps3 wireless kb. On ps4 I have to switch it on, wich takes a few seconds to achieve, and then either switch it off again through the devices menu or let it time out after 30 mins which consumes battery life for nothing. In the case if a mimic pop things just happen so fast that by the time I switched on the kb or type with the virtual one, I am already dead. And I'm not exagerating, it has happened, I died and didn't even finish typing "/p mimic [help me out!]". The macro works beautifully though

[synesthetic]

I have only got potsherd from mob dropped chest, do static chests give them too?

Yes. /10char

[FinaSel]

Party was Lv.32.
Mimic was Lv.42. I got et in two hits.

This is exactly what happened.

You die in two hits from the mimic on the 30th floor.

Also, mobs that doe AoE (the turtles), will kill a DPS in 1 hit OR become very very close.
It is especially this case when people rush through DD without raising their level.

If I recall correctly in this instance, the tank originally pulled a turtle, was then attacked by another mob, and ran away to escape from it which resulted in pulling another mob. The DPS tried to attack the other mobs, but the tank had no hate on them because it was a body pull.

While DPS are focusing on two extra mobs, the turtle does AoE attack. Boom, both DPS dead. Nothing I can do about that when the DPS is also being attacked by other mobs.
Then, when tank is just focusing on turtle, both other mobs come to me. If I heal myself, the tank will die. If I heal the tank, I will die. If I attack, we will both die.

And it's the first floor (30th floor), so there are no items to use...


EDIT: Today's story:
Hullbreak Isle HM

AST is healer. At final boss, I get "Grenado Shot" 3 times. The first time, I expect AST to remove heavy debuff. (AST do have some ability to remove debuffs, right?)
But they don't. Almost died because they didn't heal after the poison either.

2nd time I get heavied, I use Shukuchi to escape (Ninja's instant teleportation ability).

The 3rd time (yes, the other DPS was doing very low damage...), the AST STILL does not debuff it, and I take the damage.

I kind of wanted to put the AoE near the AST make him do something, but I didn't...

[Atoli]

AST do have some ability to remove debuffs, right?

Yes, level 18 skill. You'd think they'd know about it at 60

Party was Lv.32.
Mimic was Lv.42. I got et in two hits.

Thanks for answering
I've had mimics hit harder and not so hard but never actually paid attention to their level.


On the topic of PotD:
Such a lovely run today. Floor 11-20. Party was PLD, DRG, MCH and me (MNK).
MCH: don't forget to use potions we don't have heals it seems
*party progresses through a few floors, DRG tends to run off by herself*
*DRG has a slime blow up in her face and dies while she is alone*
DRG: damn slime
DRG: just use the return don't waste phoenix
*we arrive at her and kinda just stand there for a sec (I thought maybe the PLD had raise, but seemingly nope)*
*MCH uses phoenix down on her*
DRG: ...
*we go over to the light to get to the next floor but DRG doesn't enter the light*
Me: we still have 3, don't make such a big deal out of it^^
DRG: ...
DRG: that's also what I don't understand with people
MCH: you mean like you running off on your own?
DRG: No, wasting something You can only get here, while You have TWO free ways to revive
Me: "you can only get here"? phoenix downs are like 3 gil on the MB..
DRG: I already soloed this floor, so I can do what I want, A slime exploded, I admit it was a mistake avoidable
MCH: wow ... /slowclap
MCH: just a game man, don't have to act like an elitist jerk
Me: can someone explain to me why this is such a big deal? .-.
DRG: I'm annoyed with peole not using their heads
*we go on and get one phoenix down after another from bronze chests, way more than we could hold*
MCH: and got a phoenix again

*after a while, we finally get to the final boss*
*I have the worst luck and just have one giant long lag and by the time stuff is moving again on my screen, I'm dead*
Me: well yeah this was the worst time to get laggy..xD
DRG: btw, this is the time where You use Phoenix
Me: lol, NameOfTheDRG
*while I'm still typing, DRG leaves the instance*
Me: ...you can't even use pheonix down during the fight @_@ does she not know that?
MCH: