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

[vanitaslaughing]

I;m going to have a meltdown from laughing here, even before I cleaned up my rotation going into Heavensward as new dragoon main I used Leg Sweep as free bonus dps and still do pretty much every time it's off CD; it ain't some kind of devil's magic to keep your finger of the key/button combo assigned to your stun/silence when you know you got a mob/mechanic coming up that requires a stun/silence. It's not that deep - but expecting everyone in duty finder to even care is like expecting people who pass my garden when my sister and I watch the bunnies outside to realise that these giant lobs of meat are indeed bunnies and not small dogs and that we frankly don't wanna hear their "those are gonna be one big dinner" comments once we politely tell them that those are a certain breed of bunnies, not dogs.

Back on topic, did Weeping City as tank for the first time, and the only thing I learned is that I'm never gonna tank again, ever. Made a fool of myself during Forgall because I died to my add in panic (of all alliances I had to be A; aka the one add I fear the most) - then Main Tank died to Hellwind, I took over and suddenly when they were raised again they were... fighting me for aggro. Quite weird. Never gonna tank in there again, it'll make me sleep easier at night.

[Maerwen]

Got cutter's cry with a lvl 43 Gladiator tank. She does not have any other class leveled besides that, and she never once used flashed and kept attacking single targets. My boyfriend and I being mentors tried to teach her how enmity works and advised she swap her DPS gears to vit gears when we get out but she does not respond to anything and just ran around, dying all over the place. So half the time, I (SCH) spent time tanking (while kiting) mobs after she was dismissed after the first boss.

[Rhyku]

A few snippets from the last couple of weeks:

- A newbie tank in potd took his job a little too seriously. Got pissed off and left the party after DPSes and healer ran off to clear mobs. This was in the 1st 10 floors, and mobs are a joke on those floors. Basically, he was unhappy because tanks should always hit first! I hope he had better luck with his next run....

- I ASTed for Wiping and my co-heal, who is also an AST, kept overriding my Arrows and Balances at Calo with Spires. Her reason? People need TP to run away from mechanics. I don't even...

- Weekly reset CT runs. I have a big issue with parties that don't bother with mechanics. Sure, there are some parts where you can just bruteforce your way through, but......... sure, go ahead and stand in the Flare/Death aoe circle trying to squeeze off more dps, or ignore skeleton mobs on bone dragon.

- Gubal this morning with a BLM that only casted F3 and Flare over and over. After flare goes off, she stands there for a good few seconds before hitting Transpose and does nothing til MP goes back to full, then F3 and Flare, and wash rinse repeat. Unfortunately, there was no response when the monk tried to teach her basic AoE rotations, so......... oTL

[Kahnom]

Roullete : Guildhest
Queued as AST.Got the lv 16 Synced Mission
At some point,Tank got Paralyzed.
Tank : Why don't you esuna Paralyze ?
Me : I can't,its lv synced
Tank : and ?
Me : its available at lv 18
Tank : so what ? why don't you use it ?
Me : .....
Me(real life) : /facepalm + /sigh

[FinaSel]

Palace of the Dead.
Floors 31-40 (the hardest section)
Members: Ninja (me), Bard, Black Mage, and a Rogue.
Wait, a rogue? Yes, a Rogue.

The last time I had a DPS only party on floors 31-40, 2 of the DPS immediately left. Hadn't even left the first room. But no one leaves this time.
We kill our first mob, but of course the damage is hard.

Then I realize the benefit of this rogue in the party.
I asked the rogue if they can cross class Protect and Raise. They do.

By using potions, Shadeshift, and the stun ability, we were able to clear it with 20 minutes to spare and very few deaths. The Rogue's cross class Raise was very helpful when two of us did die and no one had any Phoenix Downs.

Thankfully, the last boss does very little damage and with our DPS we were able to take it down before the adds even spawned.

I wish more people understood that if Palace of the Dead is soloable, it is definitely doable with 4 DPS.

[Louvain]

Palace of the Dead.
Floors 31-40 (the hardest section)
Members: Ninja (me), Bard, Black Mage, and a Rogue.
Wait, a rogue? Yes, a Rogue.

It's not uncommon for people to start PoTD before they get their job (ie level 15+). But once you start it as that class you're stuck like that, it won't let you continue if you insert a soulstone.

[FinaSel]

It's not uncommon for people to start PoTD before they get their job (ie level 15+). But once you start it as that class you're stuck like that, it won't let you continue if you insert a soulstone.

Ah, thanks for that information. I've been doing the Palace of the Dead a lot recently, but I've only seen people without a soul stone twice. Once an archer and today's Rogue, so I thought it was kind of rare.


Time for another story:
We had 3 Rages and were on the 36th floor of the dungeon. There were a lot of enemies and the Passage was in the middle of the map.
We hadn't cleared any rooms yet.
I waited a while, wondering if someone else might use a Rage. No one did, just running around in circles, everyone unsure which way to go first (There were 3 different paths from the start area.)
There are equal treasure chests on both sides.
So I use it, and I head east.

The Monk gets angry and says "I really wanted you to use that in this direction, you know." (He means west direction)
I said "If you don't say anything, I can't possibly know that."

He was silent for the rest of the dungeon.
But then on floor 38, when there were only 2 mobs left. He used a Rage, killed them, and dispelled it. I mean, if you're going to be nitpicky, that's fine, but then to be passive-aggressive about it too? I don't know...

I got the other two people's commendations in the end.

[Bebekurenai]

I wish more people understood that if Palace of the Dead is soloable, it is definitely doable with 4 DPS.

I had a smn the other day holding the party hostage because apparently floors 41-50 aren't possible without a healer...
She runs in after barrier goes down, straight into a group of mobs "Let's just die", dies and from then on refuses to accept any raise from the other smn (party was me on mnk, smn, smn, blm).
She also wouldn't leave as we asked her to, "I will get penalty if I leave, you guys are being selfish". Rest of us cleared the whole floor while she was lying there, and when we saw that we couldn't get past the teleport because she was still KO, I reported her. I told her that we wouldn't kick her with that childish logic and that it was her that was being not only selfish but ignorant, not even trying first before condemning the whole party. It's not a secret now that you can clear the entire Palace without heals or without tanks or even without dps. SE designed it specifically with that purpose. But no, this smn was being stubborn. So I said, with that logic of not wanting the penalty, I will wait out 30 mins and then kick her. Her reply: "Ok, whatever, I'll go afk then"
/facepalm. So she didn't want to leave to avoid 30 mins penalty but was fine waiting out the kick after half an hour?
We waited, killed some respawns, and after 30 mins were over, my report was made (got a few answers back from the GM, thank you!) we decided to abandon and start over. We couldn't possibly clear 9 floors in 30 mins. Guess now she was right lol...

I feel sorry for the blm and smn that actually tried. The poor smn kept raising her and asking her to please accept the raise, while the blm was shocked that in 9 months that he's been playing the game, this was the first player he encountered like this. Both had a leaf, and I commented that I looked the dead smn up, she had one 60, not much else above 20 if unlocked even but didn't have a leaf. I said she looks like a new player, blm goes "so am I". I cried inside. I hope these guys got the clear and don't encounter any more rotten apples in future ;_;

[aesteval]

I had a smn the other day holding the party hostage because apparently floors 41-50 aren't possible without a healer...

*sigh* Try telling that to the people who soloed PotD on Bard... -_-

[revonine]

She also wouldn't leave as we asked her to, "I will get penalty if I leave, you guys are being selfish".

It really cracks me up that someone can be such a blatant hypocrite like that that goes on to waste not only her time but the time of 3 other people. So horrible ;_;