Why do tanks just leave at the start of duties?

[Alerion]

Like why play? Why do any of it? Play a single player game so you don't ruin other people's days.
I still can't believe that people prioritize the freedom of impatient tanks over the poor 3-7 other people that are now stuck with one less tank (or no tank at all). How do you justify that?

I'm not prioritizing any single group over another. What I'm saying applies to any and all players in the duty finder, including you. There is just a spotlight on tanks because of how few there are in comparison to DPS. No one signs in blood when they hit that button they have to stay, it's just a matching system. Yes it sucks, but to PUNISH people for leaving? Come on.

Now if we were talking about a preformed raid group that had agreed to be somewhere at a certain time and didn't show, that's an entirely different thing and I'd agree with you.

[Doozer]

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Perhaps a more serious penalty if they do it a certain amount of time within a week or something. Like if they leave and incur a penalty more than 3 times between weekly resets, they get a full 24 ban from duties or something. I'm sure the people who will argue against this idea are the ones that would do it anyway. But punishment for ruining people's time should be more serious, since lately I'm paying real life money to stand around and wait for a tank that was too afraid to do an easy duty because it was longer than 15 minutes. I could get the same effect from just flushing my money down a toilet.

[ShadowYomi]

By adding more penalties you will just be thinning out the number of tanks who will run things outside of a premade group.

[SenorPatty]

In other news, obeying real life laws is coercion because you might get punished if you break them.

Well then I should be able to tick a box when I queue that allows me to be queued with people who want to play the game they're logged in to, instead of being too afraid to do a duty that's longer than 15 minutes. Like why play? Why do any of it? Play a single player game so you don't ruin other people's days.

I still can't believe that people prioritize the freedom of impatient tanks over the poor 3-7 other people that are now stuck with one less tank (or no tank at all). How do you justify that?

*Sucks in breath*

This is so inane. Why play? I was not aware FF14's gaming reasons boiled down to only doing DF.

I too can make an exaggerated claim like "If people feel like their day is ruined because a tank quit at the start of DF, maybe they should quit and play a single player game so they avoid feeling that way."

[Doozer]

By adding more penalties you will just be thinning out the number of tanks who will run things outside of a premade group.

Well, at least the ones I get matched with will actually do the thing they got put into.

[Reaperking386]

Well, at least the ones I get matched with will actually do the thing they got put into.

What is the point of this post exactly? This is a gripe.

[Doozer]

What is the point of this post exactly? This is a gripe.

Well if tanks can leave duties just 'cause they're too lazy, I'm allowed to gripe. Are you going to coerce me into posting things the right way? I'm allowed to respond to that the way I want, since it's what I think, and I'm not barred from doing that.

What's the point of your post? Seems like a gripe to me too.

[alimdia]

Well if tanks can leave duties just 'cause they're too lazy, I'm allowed to gripe. Are you going to coerce me into posting things the right way? I'm allowed to respond to that the way I want, since it's what I think, and I'm not barred from doing that.

What's the point of your post? Seems like a gripe to me too.

People don't agree with me = better throw toxic replies.

This game isn't Punishment Simulator Online, you guys really need to chill with asking for (stronger) punishments for everything you don't like.

If you don't want to see people leaving duties then grab 3 friends and do all your duties premade.

[Reaperking386]

Well if tanks can leave duties just 'cause they're too lazy, I'm allowed to gripe. Are you going to coerce me into posting things the right way? I'm allowed to respond to that the way I want, since it's what I think, and I'm not barred from doing that.

What's the point of your post? Seems like a gripe to me too.

You are just griping about tanks leaving, ignoring all reasonable consequences to your half $%^ idea of reporting them or extending their times to 1 hr.

[Doozer]

You are just griping about tanks leaving, ignoring all reasonable consequences to your half $%^ idea of reporting them or extending their times to 1 hr.

Oh I see, you didn't really read anything that was said, that explains why you're so annoyed.

Also lmao at the other person saying to just "grab 3 friends" as if a) all my friends are online or b) any of my friends play this to begin with.

But whatever, I forgot only the really sensitive players post on the forums. No wonder why I don't come here at all. I asked a legitimate question and almost all I got was people saying we need to coddle tanks or they won't queue up anymore. Good thing I didn't know if they were a mentor or not, otherwise you guys would probably cause the site to crash when you all swarmed to defend these kinds of players. Bye, have fun arguing with no one.