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

[Kallistra]

Found a wild Kallistra in expert roulette today, which I got to pet. Not quite as soft and fluffy as a wild Selli but just as nice and pleasant. My static drg got comically whiny as I split my cards, usually I feed them all to him as we're used to the other dps performing poorly when we do roulettes together.

Sorry for the late reply, Selli and I were visiting my parents for the past week so even though we hopped in game occasionally, I didn't go on the forums.

Hello again. Thank you for the cards, they were really nice. Selli has been really interested in MNK lately, so I've been showing her how I do runs and hoping she picks up some good habits and you happened to catch me during my warm-up run.

I feel like I've gotten a taste of what it's like to be Selli in DF.

This made us laugh harder than it should have.

She actually had something like that in expert when we got home. Got Sohr Kai (she heals, me DRG) and the tank told her not to use Cleric on the first pull. When she popped it during the 2nd pull, he decided to pull all the way to the gate (I guess more mobs = more healing = less time to DPS?) which is a pull I normally do, so she was used to healing it and was able to Cleric during that too. Tank decides to stop using CDs on top of pulling big and Selli still goes into Cleric, lol (Battle Litany and Mantra so clutch). Tank launches a vote kick before the 2nd boss and it doesn't go through, so they rage quit. New tank was loads better.

[Aosha]

Resources awareness

Additionally, sometimes the healer may not even get the chance to vocally communicate the lack of resources. Back in my WHM days I had a few instances of tanks pulling while I had close to no MP (rezing dps, being forced to Cure II spam etc) and while I was trying to type "low on MP" or some such (which, for PS3/4 players probably takes a fair bit longer). And then there is the point of the tank paying attention to chat... Saying "low on mp" before a pull, and then having the tank still mass pull right away is not conducive to victory. And then yelling at the healer for not being able to cast more than 4 Cures... *sigh*

[Aosha]

She actually had something like that in expert when we got home. Got Sohr Kai (she heals, me DRG) and the tank told her not to use Cleric on the first pull. When she popped it during the 2nd pull, he decided to pull all the way to the gate (I guess more mobs = more healing = less time to DPS?) which is a pull I normally do, so she was used to healing it and was able to Cleric during that too. Tank decides to stop using CDs on top of pulling big and Selli still goes into Cleric, lol (Battle Litany and Mantra so clutch). Tank launches a vote kick before the 2nd boss and it doesn't go through, so they rage quit. New tank was loads better.

...Wow... How spiteful does someone have to be to go that far? I mean really, making the healer's life intentionally harder for making things go faster?
And this guy clearly was not just one of those "I'm afraid I'm going to die if the healer DPSes" -tanks (that is, to some extent, a valid concern). Just a control freak or some other kind of a jerk.

[Acantha]

Or they were just goofing around trying atuff out or just enjoying the game or trolling who knows

If someone's going to "just enjoy the game" by trolling other players, they should not inflict themselves on the DF, end of. That's why there are options for reporting that reflect those kind of idiots... If they want to piss about make a premade party and just annoy each other. We all pay our sub fair and square why should one person get to decide for everyone else?

never forget you can leave if you dont like something

So someone who is trying to play the game properly, being considerate to fellow players should have to be the one that leaves and takes a penalty? Just... No. Do not agree in the slightest, however much it might happen already.

[Kahnom]

Few days ago,Lv 60 Roullette,Queued as Goon,got ARF
Teamed up with PLD,WHM and BLM.no new player message.
This BLM didn't AOE at all,no Ley Line,Enochian,Raging Strike,nothing.
He was just fire3 then spam fire1 then TRANSPOSE ... god help me ...
I checked his gears,its i210 weapon and all crafted i220 without melding any materias.
Its okay,though,I already get used to carry another DPS around so moving on.
Then we proceeded to the open big area before final boss.this BLM stopped and say
"This place is so beautiful"
...
...
End of Story.

[Pells]

Than the WHM failed at teamwork, cause putiting voice to your concern is also part of common sense...unless things have changed and people tend to stay distubingly quiet when it directly affects their own well-being. Teamwork is a two way street, checking resources are a courtesy for a tank because you can be at 4.4k MP than be capped in all of 20 seconds, but if you don't communicate that that is not possible, how will the team know?

Then the tank needs to pause before every pull as a courtesy, so the other players can type out their concerns. Or he could just speed things along by glancing at the party list.

[Mysterysword]

Than the WHM failed at teamwork, cause putiting voice to your concern is also part of common sense...unless things have changed and people tend to stay distubingly quiet when it directly affects their own well-being. Teamwork is a two way street, checking resources are a courtesy for a tank because you can be at 4.4k MP than be capped in all of 20 seconds, but if you don't communicate that that is not possible, how will the team know?

I find it hilarious that you can't be bothered to glance at the party list, which is relatively easy to read, but you will look at the chatbox, which can be cluttered up very easily, to look for messages that players may or may not have the time to type out while also playing.

IDK about you, but when I'm tanking, I find it relatively easy to look at the left side of the screen for half a second, or even just looking at it with my peripheral vision while also concentrating on what my character is doing, to keep track of the party's HP and MP. I suppose I'm just the weird one for being able to see my entire screen while playing, and for not thinking this is particularly difficult or bothersome.

[MeiUshu]

If someone's going to "just enjoy the game" by trolling other players, they should not inflict themselves on the DF, end of. That's why there are options for reporting that reflect those kind of idiots... If they want to piss about make a premade party and just annoy each other. We all pay our sub fair and square why should one person get to decide for everyone else?



So someone who is trying to play the game properly, being considerate to fellow players should have to be the one that leaves and takes a penalty? Just... No. Do not agree in the slightest, however much it might happen already.

never said I agree with that..just giving other options on why someone acts the way they acts....to be taken into consideration too at times before jumping to the conclusion they have sold/bought an account...see my point ?

[Mysterysword]

So if I had an ounce of creative energy left in me after the Wiping Shitty I've just had, I would write a parody of "Keep Rollin'".

It would be called "Keep Raising". Because that was my motto as SCH, throughout that entire run. "Keep raising, raising, raising, raising".

We finally completed it with 30 minutes left on the clock.

The tank and a DRG were both new. My co-healer was a WHM that was AFK half the time and wouldn't even accept my raises. One of the DPS was a BLM who did nothing but drop meteors right next to the party, and spam Fire III, then cast Blizzard while in Astral Fire, running out of MP, then just standing around waiting for his MP to recharge. I got so sick of his crap that after 2 wipes to Ozma, I snapped and refused to raise him any more. And the WHM that replaced the AFK WHM, as well as the SMN, even agreed with me to ignore his corpse.

I did everything I could, but I cannot solo-heal and compensate for an AFK co-healer. This WHM, instead of eating their penalty, chose to just log off and let us kick them. So yeah.

On the plus side, I have my full healer set.

[AnaviAnael]

This made us laugh harder than it should have.

Glad I could make you guys laugh. Let Selli know we still miss her greatly.