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

[Pells]

Can confirm. Qarn HM is *minimum* ilvl synced to 80. if they were 105, they should have been fine. WAR naturaly TAKES more damage though- defiance doesnt reduce damage... and at 50, pretty sure they only really have foresight and vengeances for cooldowns for trash pulls... bloodbath too, but thats not a damage reduction.

even THEN, If i were that WAR, even in ilvl 80, I would sure as fluff pull everything the moment I saw a BLM... and then getting a SECOND after a DRG drops? yeah. I'm pulling everything. Even if I have to holmgang.

You seem to be assuming the tank in the story was competent. Try to think about what you'd have to do to be that squishy.

Most likely they weren't positioning correctly and getting hit in the flank/rear. While simultaneously not using any (defensive) cooldowns -- I'd bet they had Berserk and Maim running. Not to mention getting hit by multiple aoes. It wouldn't surprise me if they weren't in Deliverance either. Finally, there is a strong likelihood they were wearing broken gear.

It really takes some effort to die to two trash mobs as a tank in under two cooldowns.

[Meimi_chan]

The final boss was fun. So fun. I got turned into a mummy because the tank didn't stun the boss out of its laser thingy, and I had no time to cast Holy. So fun.

Sorry for the noobish question but I think this time I'll finally get an answer: when are you supposed to stun? Ever since that dungeon came out I always got mixed responses saying to stun before the laser appears or after, nothing ever worked so after a while I gave up trying.
It may have been because the tank (or other party members) would stun it and when I tried to stun (as monk) it was already resistant? I don't know, now I just do level 50 roulette as a scholar so I don't have any means to stun... It would still be nice to know tho. >_<

Edit: I am asking when to stun the last boss of Qarn HM.

And for my story... Well, I almost capped tomes of scripture just by doing C4 to get my last shaft. I finally got the drop but I am not willing to repeat the experience.

[Yeol]

I noticed I was not getting heals as a tank. Thought maybe healer knows when to heal me.
My HP went really low. I see the healer casting cure but not on me.
Then I realized, he's been healing himself this entire time.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Sorry for the noobish question but I think this time I'll finally get an answer: when are you supposed to stun? Ever since that dungeon came out I always got mixed responses saying to stun before the laser appears or after, nothing ever worked so after a while I gave up trying.
It may have been because the tank would stun it and when I tried to stun (as monk) it was resistant? I don't know, now I just do level 50 roulette as a scholar so I don't have any means to stun... It would still be nice to know tho. >_<

If people keep using stuns the enemy becomes resistant.

Several Jobs have ogcd skills with damage that also stun.
If they keep using those as part of their normal rotation, (all the deeps!), then the enemies will get resistance rather quickly.

[Meimi_chan]

If people keep using stuns the enemy becomes resistant.

Several Jobs have ogcd skills with damage that also stun.
If they keep using those as part of their normal rotation, (all the deeps!), then the enemies will get resistance rather quickly.

Oh, yeah I know that keeping on stunning makes enemies resistant, thanks for the reply tho.
I just want to know when that particular boss needs to get stunned to stop the mummification, sorry if I wasn't clear. ^^'

[Mysterysword]

Top blm on a12s cast 11 thunders and used 17 tc procs during the course of the fight.

I honestly don't see what a raid BLM, who presumably has better gear, food, and potions than me, as well as a static who's willing to work with them to make their rotation easier, does in A12S, has anything to do with what I or any other BLM does in DF with random people.

In any case, I realised that if that BLM in the original ARF run was alternating between Blizzard/Fire III, in a cruel mockery of the BLM level 50 rotation, they should've included Thunder in there as well. In the interests of not derailing the thread, I'm going to drop it.

In other news, landed in Bismarck HM (which really just means Bismarck Normal), as BLM, with an AST and a new SCH.

We managed to wipe on the first try, because the SCH got themselves killed, then the AST, and there was so much salt coming from the AST, I could've sliced up a Lalafell and made some awesome popoto chips.

Quoth this AST: "I only heal when I have to." I suppose that translates to, "I'll leave all the healing to my co-healer, who's new to the fight, continue DPSing even when they die, get myself killed for a lack of heals, and then start raging on my co-healer and calling everyone else in the party names for not being able to heal themselves. Also, forget about casting cards." And that is what a true AST should always do!

Welp, it's great to know I've been playing AST wrong all this time! Spread the news, guys!

EDIT: Aaaand just got out of a Brayflox HM run as BLM, with a WAR, AST, and mentor NIN, in which the AST, once again, never once used Royal Road, gave me a Spire, and generally did nothing but stand around throwing out enough Benefic IIs to run out of MP and necessitate using Luminiferous Aether. This with a WAR who wasn't even doing particularly large pulls. And god forbid that any debuffs should be cleansed.

But no, this still wasn't as bad as the mentor NIN. To start with, the only ninjutsu I ever saw them use throughout the whole run was Doton. WAR still moving in the middle of a pull to the next group? Doton! Large pull? Doton! 3 mobs left? Doton! Boss? YOU GUESSED IT, DOTON! The WAR had to apply all their Storm's Eye debuffs themselves, and I certainly never once saw Dancing Edge up. I suppose Huton, Mutilate and Shadow Fang are all myths as well. As a final topping on the cesspit cake, they kept putting on and taking off Kiss of the Wasp, and had it off the majority of the time.

I should start demanding payment for my carrying services; I'll need some help for my inevitable back problems.

[Frowny]

If people keep using stuns the enemy becomes resistant.

Several Jobs have ogcd skills with damage that also stun.
If they keep using those as part of their normal rotation, (all the deeps!), then the enemies will get resistance rather quickly.

Given there are maybe less than 5 bosses we can actually stun, we don't see much point in holding onto a stun. Might as well use it for damage.

[Tracewood]

so much snipping

At the risk of sounding uninformed, do DF parties go by Data Centers? I'm on Aether and it's not exactly common to run into people like you describe. Last night I had a bad Mhcah run but that's once every few runs... either that or I'm just dumb lucky.

[Cenerae]

...Brayflox normal with a tank that had on some level 1 accessories. and a couple of level 15 ones too.

It was not a fun time. But I stuck with it because I am that stubborn. One of the DPS left because of it I believe, but they were replaced with another rather quickly.

Why would that be bad or leave worthy? The tank would be missing at most like 4 or 5 vit, because low level accessories offer very little.

e - just checked to make sure. The highest stat available is +4 vit on the MRD/WAR only ring from Brayflox. The highest you can get on any other slot is +3. So yeah....at most, and assumming the lvl 1 accessories had +1 vit, he'd be missing a maximum of 11 vit with the best options available to him, and an irrelevant amount of parry, accuracy or det depending on what he would be using.

[randysquirrel]

I honestly don't see what a raid BLM, who presumably has better gear, food, and potions than me, as well as a static who's willing to work with them to make their rotation easier, does in A12S, has anything to do with what I or any other BLM does in DF with random people.

What do you mean? None of this has any bearing on blm rotation. Thunder is usually used after B3