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

[bardaboo]

Who said anything about defending poor healer behaviour? I was simply responding to the sentiment that there was nothing the tank could do about it if it happened, and then to the sentiment that it was too much to ask that a tank be aware of it if it did. It's not like its even hard to manage a pull when there's a regen tick on you if you're aware of it ahead of time. Annoying? Yes. But that's the extent of it. It takes one gcd to fix it. If a pull goes so wrong due to a pre-existing regen tick that serious issues occur then that's not the fault of the regen tick but bad tanking.

Your last 3 posts have literally been putting it all on the tank, thus, in essence, absolving healers of all responsibility. Which i consider defending because in none of your posts have you mentioned blaming the healer. And since you have all three healers at 60 it makes it even more likely that you are putting it on the tank, defending the healer.

[SaitoHikari]

I ended up partying with C'rysta Zeith for a few instances, someone who recognized me from the forums and happened to be in the same server. It was quite fun, though I don't think it was a coincidence that we ended up in runs where there were always new people around for us to give advice to.

I was especially impressed by that new Dragoon in Weeping City who used Elusive Jump to get to a web during Arachne Eve's quicksand mechanic, when it looked like he'd die due to time running out.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

Level 50 roulette put in me in Tam Tara Hard. Beginning of the run the healer says he's not a very good healer, but is looking to improve. Unwittingly I already gave him that opportunity. I derped, and it wasn't until partway through the final boss that I forgot to put up Grit. However, that healer did an excellent job keeping everyone alive. He got my comm

To the Roe healer who looks like Ganondorf, and has a name to match, not even Mipha herself could heal better.

[Aldora]

I ended up partying with C'rysta Zeith for a few instances, someone who recognized me from the forums and happened to be in the same server. It was quite fun, though I don't think it was a coincidence that we ended up in runs where there were always new people around for us to give advice to.

I got proof! (^_^ )/

I was especially impressed by that new Dragoon in Weeping City who used Elusive Jump to get to a web during Arachne Eve's quicksand mechanic, when it looked like he'd die due to time running out.

Yeah, it feels great when a move like that actually succeeds. A long time ago (during 2.x where CT was still relevant), i did something similar with my bard. I always thought that Repelling Shot was meant to dodge ground AoE’s while attacking your target. So, i once used it once on King Behemoth’s Meteor attack. The comets had dropped and King Behemoth initiated his attack by standing up while growling. I turned my back towards a comet and used my Repelling Shot. It made me jump backwards and as i landed, the meteor came down and i survived. I had a few friends with me and we were laughing ourselves silly when we saw that it actually worked! (^_^ )

Ofcourse, you get cocky after something like that, so i used Repelling Shot to dodge the Weight of Land ability from Titan HM, only to miscalculate the distance and resulting in me going off the edge. (^_^; )

[CuteWhisper]

Was doing Dun Scaith yesterday and the B team did everything to make the run so much harder. They would go down like flies, and not follow any mechanics. They would bring the big balls in the party, move at the wrong times, etc. It was annoying and we kept wondering how they could seriously fail at every single mechanic and there was no bonus notice at the start of the run...

[Singularity]

Ofcourse, you get cocky after something like that, so i used Repelling Shot to dodge the Weight of Land ability from Titan HM, only to miscalculate the distance and resulting in me going off the edge. (^_^; )

I don't think there's a single bard out there that doesn't have at least one "I derped with Repelling Shot" story. I had the bright idea of using it to dodge Double Charge (green->red) in AS10. Dodged the mechanic perfectly, totally forgot about the electric wall behind me >.>

[The_Shang]

I don't think there's a single bard out there that doesn't have at least one "I derped with Repelling Shot" story. I had the bright idea of using it to dodge Double Charge (green->red) in AS10. Dodged the mechanic perfectly, totally forgot about the electric wall behind me >.>

I may have used it recklessly during Bismarck...

[ViolaCrossfire]

Leveling roulette as PLD Dusk Vigil.
What could possibly go wrong? Well nothing actually except we had a MNK with MULTIPLE 60'S, SHIRE GEAR, 240 ANIMA BUT WITH FENDING ACCESSORIES. Fine I said to myself, at least you can put out some dps. Except he didn't, he just moved around randomly. Sometimes he ran into a nearby wall and sometimes he thought it was a good time to get a few random hits in. After that he ran into another random direction and gets hit by an aoe that even toddlers can dodge. I did 3 times his dps WHILE PLAYING AS PLD. Before you guys say "that's a bot dude", no this guy wasn't a bot. He said sorry when I called him out on it and halfway into the dungeon he said he had to go. I said no way am I going to kick you, you're gonna leave on your own. Then he waited till combat was over and left. And before you guys say that guy was simply trying to get kicked from the very beginning, he had that fending gear on the whole time so no we are definitely dealing with an idiot.

[Mysterysword]

1. Be a PLD.
2. Queue for Leveling Roulette.
3. Land in the Aery.
4. Notice the AST has drawn all of 2 cards in the time between the start and the first boss. And is spamming nothing but Benefic II in Nocturnal.
5. Cry.
6. Move on.
7. Pull 5 mobs.
8. Blow through all the cooldowns you have available.
9. Wonder why it's taking so long for everything to die.
10. Notice the NIN appears to be using no ninjutsu apart from Huton.
11. Notice the BLM is single-target spamming Fire instead of Fire II.
12. ...
13. Do not profit.

[Ama_Hamada]

Get an in progress queue for expert.
I was happy because not only instant but some of it done, then I find out new bonus on top of it, it was like getting a jackpot.However there was one problem, we needed wait for a tank. I was trying to ask someone when someone showed up. So we start off okay, the normal Defiance to Deliverence on boss. But after a while he would take too much damage, still using Deliverence without CDs, making it too hard to heal and I needed to Dissipation to cover for it. Then the new DPS died and still kept on Deliverence despite needing to heal a lot and I could not even raise the brd right away because of the perma Deliverence.

I asked him to Defiance when cds are down and that he was becoming too hard to heal at times but refused to listen, then at the final boss when asking to cast lots on loot, he acted like he did not know what it is and went to rush pull without me being ready. So after trying to vote kick over the harassment over healing and not tanking, they turned and kick me instead at the final boss. He blames it on me for no emberace when it was his fault to begin with that i had to? I have a Dissipation macro on top of things and yes I know to resummon when it wears off.

Something needs changing where more severe punishments are given out for kick abuse at final boss, and I shouldn't have to lose all that progress (should consider refinements in cases like this)