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

[Silverquick]

Just wanted take a moment to tell you guys how much as a tank in dungeons I love you guys (good summoners). So fast we clear, I can pull the whole damn level mini-boss to mini-boss and just watch a pair of SMNs just melt them down. Its a thing of beauty.

Thanks man,

Interestingly enough I got paired with another SMN at Baelsar's Wall today and he was a good too. The tank was an excellent one who did exactly that, and between me and the other SMN just melted down whole piles of mobs.

I give that tank credit. He knew exactly what to do, just like you did. And we were as good as our word and followed suit, its great when you have a good crew like that.

EDIT: Also I ran into Ama Hamada in the Library Hard mode, first time ever running a Dungeon with her. She was SCH for that one, and I joined in progress, apparently one of their DPS were doing so hot, she was coaching a BLM who was fairly new too, but after I jumped in we just destroyed the trash mobs floor to floor. Another good tank in that one.

[Heliantheae]

Just got out of a sort of awesome SephNM. Both healers were dead after the adds. There were no SMN so I kind of wrote off this run in the back of my head. Kept going, the other three DPS died and was just me the NIN and two PLD and Seph was still over 30% health. Towers and Daat happened and I was marked for Earthshakers. Shadespin and Second Wind were on cooldown. Thought for sure I was dead before noticing I was topped off. The PLDs were keeping myself and them alive with Clemency. And the three off of us had like the smoothest run. It was pretty fun all things considered. Fill a little bad for the tanks cause I got five comms.

[Amirya]

I like to think I'm an okay brd. Not going to be top dps, but I try not to embarrass myself. And if I do, at least I'm the brd who will sing songs until MP interferes.

Did expert, got into the Wall. Sang FoeReq as often as possible, because the blm was destroying things and (inadvertently) yanking aggro. We get to the end...and I got all three comms.

Not a premade - and boy did that surprise me. Feels good, though.

[SaitoHikari]

I like to think I'm an okay brd. Not going to be top dps, but I try not to embarrass myself. And if I do, at least I'm the brd who will sing songs until MP interferes.

Did expert, got into the Wall. Sang FoeReq as often as possible, because the blm was destroying things and (inadvertently) yanking aggro. We get to the end...and I got all three comms.

Not a premade - and boy did that surprise me. Feels good, though.

Yeah, a Bard that actually properly does their job is a very, very rare thing these days, sadly. One that actually demolishes entire mob packs at the same time is even rarer. Chances are, you did both, and people notice when that happens.

Triple comms are actually not that uncommon as a Bard, although I usually leave with 1 or 2.

[Yeol]

Yeah, a Bard that actually properly does their job is a very, very rare thing these days, sadly. One that actually demolishes entire mob packs at the same time is even rarer.

Because Bard is the job to go for when you want to be lazy as a dps. The mentality of nobody is expecting you to top charts or deal high damage as Bard breaks my heart. They got high burst and awesome AoE (7k on trash pulls!).

[Miste]

I like to think I'm an okay brd. Not going to be top dps, but I try not to embarrass myself. And if I do, at least I'm the brd who will sing songs until MP interferes.

Did expert, got into the Wall. Sang FoeReq as often as possible, because the blm was destroying things and (inadvertently) yanking aggro. We get to the end...and I got all three comms.

Not a premade - and boy did that surprise me. Feels good, though.

I very often commend Bards who use Foe Requiem...sadly because I so often see Bards who never use it even with a caster or an actively DPSing healer in the party :x

So from a healer who enjoys DPSing thanks for using Foe's for people and I am sure they commended because you did a good job DPSing as well.

[Mhaeric]

I ran a Sohm Al hard a few hours ago on AST with a Bard who was playing Foe's Requiem. It wasn't until after the first boss that I clued in to the fact that the tank was a PLD and the other DPS was a MNK. I guess that bard noticed that I was Gravity-ing my little heart out on the trash and maintaining dots on the boss and played it just for me. I wanted to hug them.

[Xlantaa]

To all Warrior as off tank. Please, stop spamming Butcher Block combo on bosses. Use it only if you have enough aggro margin or you're the main tank. You're obliging Main tanks to go Tank stance or use aggro combo. Then you complain "because the DRK don't drop grit" or PLD don't use Sword Oath. Rotate Storm path/Storm Eye. It is the best party wise.

[HyoMinPark]

I don't claim to be any sort of adept at WAR, but isn't Butcher's Block a WAR's most potent combo? Usually when I'm OT (since I only really play WAR in trials or 8-man settings), I rotate between Storm's Eye for the slashing debuff and Butcher's Block. I'm not sure if this is the best practice, so WAR mains, feel free to enlighten me. However, I've never really riped aggro from any MTs I've been paired with.


I had a great Leveling Roulette and 50 Roulette group yesterday. Rolled PLD, got Aurum Vale for leveling. Had a semi-nervous healer new to AST, so I pulled to their comfort level, and ate fruits at 2 stacks since they were more comfortable with that as opposed to more. For 50 I got Brayflox HM. Did large pulls, healer kept up and DPS'd, trash was just melting like butter in a hot pan. It was amazing. Glad for some good DF experiences for once.

[Louvain]

I don't claim to be any sort of adept at WAR, but isn't Butcher's Block a WAR's most potent combo? Usually when I'm OT (since I only really play WAR in trials or 8-man settings), I rotate between Storm's Eye for the slashing debuff and Butcher's Block. I'm not sure if this is the best practice, so WAR mains, feel free to enlighten me. However, I've never really riped aggro from any MTs I've been paired with. .

It goes back to what the above poster was saying about the aggro margin. BB is the highest potency, but it also has extra threat generation (more so than either rage of halone combo and whatever DRK's is). Assuming both tanks aren't in tank stance and the WAR isn't main tanking, it can make it very difficult to hold hate, even if you're rotating BB with Storm's Eye