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

[Meillquei]

Did Sohm Al Hard for expert roulette with a tank and monk that queued together.

For the entire run, the tank was frequently stopping to type out all the recently announced Stormblood changes to his monk friend in party chat.

I'm not against chit-chat, but there's a time and place for lengthy conversations. Duty Finder groups are not that place.

[Mixae]

Been doing the HW msq with a friend and my god what the hell is wrong with 'The Vault'?

I know I don't get it, same thing happening to me lol

[HyoMinPark]

I love it when ranged DPS complain about lack of heals and dying after we tell everyone to stack in the center for AOE heals, and they remain off in Siberia. Not my fault you're 20 malms away. Move in, or don't get healed. I'm not going to run all over the map and chase you down.

Can't wait for "Rescue." Just for those ranged DPS.

[Faliandra]

Can't wait for "Rescue." Just for those ranged DPS.

inb4 "target is out of range"

:'D

[Texa]

Got a Weeping City the other day where the tank kept either
1. Not moving Calo at all. This is fine for me! I know how to dodge that AoE! But anyone who was new wouldn't and didn't rip you new kids.
2. SPINNING HER. Not TURNING, mind you. He was SPINNING HER. Killing a good third of the alliance multiple times.
3. Not moving her back to the center of the room after her charge.

I managed to survive all of that and get my party back up, but cheese and crackers tanks like that make me wish there was a way to do negative comms to someone.

[HyoMinPark]

inb4 "target is out of range"

:'D

That's when I have a Raise macro that says: "Used {Rescue} on <t>! What? <t> was out of range? Oh well. I tried. {Raise}!<se.5>" Lol

[Nestama]

I love it when ranged DPS complain about lack of heals and dying after we tell everyone to stack in the center for AOE heals, and they remain off in Siberia. Not my fault you're 20 malms away. Move in, or don't get healed. I'm not going to run all over the map and chase you down.

Can't wait for "Rescue." Just for those ranged DPS.

If I'm too far for heals, I blame myself. If I'm standing right next to a healer (and I have AM'd to them) and get no heals when I kinda need them... u wot?
I may have Manaward and Manawall, but sometimes I just don't have enough HP to survive what breaks through.

[HyoMinPark]

If I'm too far for heals, I blame myself. If I'm standing right next to a healer (and I have AM'd to them) and get no heals when I kinda need them... u wot?
I may have Manaward and Manawall, but sometimes I just don't have enough HP to survive what breaks through.

Oh no, this was in A12N I was helping out in for a friend's WHM friend who is returning to the game after almost two years. And a BLM died and said something in chat. I went to raise them, and they were on the other side of the map from the party.

[Faliandra]

That's when I have a Raise macro that says: "Used {Rescue} on <t>! What? <t> was out of range? Oh well. I tried. {Raise}!<se.5>" Lol

thats a good one I like!

[Frizze]

Maybe ive spent too much time reading these types of threads.

Yesterday. Ive already done my roulettes for the day, and its kinda late. But im also just a dungeon or two from completing my lights on the current Anima. Not quite ready to log. Check party finder? Nothing interesting. Look at the roulette list just for laughs, and i see level 60 has DPS listed as adventurer in need. My reward will be like 5k gil! Ok, its a joke of a reason to do a roulette youve already gotten paid for, but Adventurer In Need DPS is rare enough to justify it. Less then a minute later im confirming the duty.

So i load into... ARF. Woof. Im already feeling deflated. Tank and healer both say upbeat things in party chat, and everyone starts running forward. Paladin grabs the first group... a little slowly... and starts running toward the pop-up wall and the second group that comes with it. Monk is just... ok, i have no idea what the monk was doing. I didnt look. Paladin stops just short of the pop-up wall. Both me and the astrologian run past thinking he'll keep going to the wall. AST triggers the 2nd group, and the tank kinda groups everything together. Im tossing out Fire 2s and Flares - all aoe pulls are the same unless you have to dodge something. Fight is going smoothly, but the healer messes up somehow and the tank dies shortly before the mobs do. I have 2nd aggro, so i die next. Fight is finished off by monk, healer, and tank who at this point had run back far enough to help.

So the healer apologizes, something like "Sorry, my bad". Im thinking OK, small issue but we should be fine.

Tanks response? "Dont pull ahead of me." All i can think is why did you pull the first group 90% of the way to the second then stop? If you wanted to go group by group, kill them where they spawn.

And i knew right then that i wouldnt be able to take it. "I can already tell i dont want to do this dungeon with you folks. Have a nice day." I leave before the tank can move toward the next group, eat a penalty that meant absolutely nothing to me(i had already finished my roulettes), and used those 30 mins to get some crafting and gathering done while feeling much better about myself. No idea if they were together, though they were all from the same server. To the AST i abandoned: I hope you got out, that guy was clearly going to be more annoying than a run of ARF is worth.

Edit: And i can now confirm that i was right about the lights too. Ran one roulette today, got a robust, and my lights were done. Now for the victory lap!