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

[Miste]

Got Ala Mhigo for Expert.

I was on AST and I got a DRK as my tank with near minimum item level gear.

DRK wants to double pull, but he never used a single mitigation cooldown the entire run and died two times on double pulls even though I am geared. Spam Benefic II on him and his HP just kept dropping till he decided to pop living dead and I already blew most of my healing cooldowns on him during the first part of the pull so I couldn't top him off to save him either all my stuff was gone no Largesse, no Lightspeed, no Essential Dignity, no cards. So I gave up and let him die.

I tell him "if you are going to double pull you have to use defensive cooldowns" IE: Rampart/Shadow Wall

Tank says.......wait for it....

"not really"

and

"i don't need them if you would just heal me"

WHY?!

If I am following right behind you and you double pull and you are at 10% life left by the time I can hit Largesse to start healing after you have hate on all mobs...you shouldn't be double pulling and maybe you should be using defensive cooldowns you know since you aren't max item level for this dungeon AND it is sync'd down anyway so you cannot overgear Ala Mhigo.

I mean...if you can say "not really" then I guess I don't need to use any of my healing cooldowns either? You'll definitely die even more then, but hey if you don't have to use cooldowns then I don't right? Who cares if you die because of it. /shrug

[micropanther7]

And now that I'm finally done with 4.0 MSQ, I just want to say: FF XIV would be great as a single-player, offline game.

I agree too 100%, I would totally buy that! After yesterday, I was teasy as hell, probably because I usually play healer so could really feel for the healers in these situations.... me playing as DPS, three different dungeons where the tank and other dps where too busy burning down the boss to catch any adds that where smacking on the healer. I set Garuda on them and used physick, to be fair other dps did deal with other mechanics well, and I know sometimes you can ignore the adds in some situations... but for goodness sake, a dead healer can't heal no-one, and it's ingrained in me to protect the healer. I was getting really annoyed and thought I'd better quit running dungeons for the day before I reamed anyone out in party chat :/

[Apoptomon]

Some people need to chill, lol. Got Ala Mhigo in today's Expert Roulette, and just before the end boss the RDM goes berserk at me (DRG) because an items-not-gear chest randomly dropped a few Grade VIs into my inventory.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

A few hours ago in the Royal Menagerie. Many of of us are brand new to the duty.

1st attempt: Wipe by tidal wave. A good laugh was had by all
2nd or 3rd attempt: We reach the lower platform but wipe right after
Each subsequent attempt we're showing improvement, and more consistent effort. Everyone remains positive and friendly. The best we got was 15% before wiping to 9 minutes left. At that point we decide we probably don't have enough time and decide to abandon.

My next DF has a group mostly of people who haven't cleared, but understand the mechanics well enough. We get a clear on our 3rd attempt. Much celebrating was had by all.

[Drkdays]

I really wish they wouldn't sync same lv dungeons. Why must we be reduced in strength for dungeons that are the same lv as we are???? Let us smash through old content! Show us that the eternal grind for better gear is not just a hamster wheel of fake progress that gets us nowhere except with the most current content! Let us take revenge on old bosses that used to trouble and wipe us when they were new. Make the dungeons faster for experienced players and easier for new players! Don't cripple us and say it's for our own good!!

[Mysterysword]

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Imagine being a newbie tank with average gear in that dungeon, competing against DPS that are 40 ilvls above you. That's why.

[Drkdays]

Imagine being a newbie tank with average gear in that dungeon, competing against DPS that are 40 ilvls above you. That's why.

Happens all the time in wow, they just try their best and be glad things die fast, and stronger dps can take hits better if they do pull hate. In fact, it happens all the time in low lv dungeons in FF14 already...don't tell me you've never pulled mobs off of a

[Anarnee]

Shout out to the trio from Coeurl that I just ran Shisui with. It was a fun run, and I am sad that I could only comm one of you. I hope you get your battle bikini soon little tank~ XD 10/10 Gotta say I've had mostly great groups this expansion.

[Uzephi]

First time in Sus reg. I didn't read up on the fight since I am not end game and know I can learn pretty quick. Died a few times due to not knowing the mechanics of the aoes first attempt. get flamed for "not knowing the fight" second attempt, I flubbed and didn't know about bunching up to spread damage and didn't go to the group. before we could do a third attempt a vote abandon was done. I qued back up and one shotted Sus. I didn't mess up mechanics once that third try with a new group and actually volunteered to play the cup game.

Moral of the story? Don't vote abandon, the time you spend in que waiting for another group could be longer.

[VanilleFang]

Happens all the time in wow, they just try their best and be glad things die fast, and stronger dps can take hits better if they do pull hate. In fact, it happens all the time in low lv dungeons in FF14 already...don't tell me you've never pulled mobs off of a

Just because WoW did it doesn't mean it's a good idea.