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

[Averax]

Recently i've learned that low level dungeons with a RDM is a constant battle of not ripping aggro from the tank while still trying to do something, and sometimes diversion+lucid dreaming is just not enough to save you. And sometimes tanks don't use any AoEs and barely any single target, so i decide that i'm the tank now and the healer silently adjusts accordingly.

[Xx-ReiN-xX]

Got that Str tank in Deltascape in v4. He started to pull, he died at stack 2 and asked why I didn't swap with him. I did it several times as solo tank so I didn't tank swap. He said no it's impossible with our ilvl right now. So when I became MT cause he died, he then went to sit in corner to show me i'll die from stack 2. The run went so smooth, the guy left without rolling on loots.

[MarcouQ]

I'm guilty of being a quiet one. But that's just who I am. I am a very quiet individual, but if asked a question I will do my best to help out.

Which is all anyone can ask for imo. I figure if anyone is having trouble or genuinely wants assistance they'll ask for it. Mentors are just other players too, you shouldn't feel like you have to justify yourself =) I'm sure some people are grateful for any assistance you offer.

I'm guilt of being the silent mentor. The last time I tried to mentor someone I got told to "stfu" when I tried to help them with rdm. They kept repeatedly hard casting aero/ fire so I offered a quick tip to use jolt and then dualcast their other spells.

I feel for you. Seems like even with or without the crown that person would've told you off regardless. Hard to say, but if one thing is for certain it's that people can get pretty nasty and entitled in random duty's.

[Avatre]

Which is all anyone can ask for imo. I figure if anyone is having trouble or genuinely wants assistance they'll ask for it. Mentors are just other players too, you shouldn't feel like you have to justify yourself =) I'm sure some people are grateful for any assistance you offer.

Thing I don't like about the Mentor status...I've partied a few(I had status before SB...I just need to clear Zurvan EX now to regain the roulette) who do NOT know what they are talking about. And give very bad advice, or only go with the "popular" strategy from youtube videos, and ignore anyone who has real time experience of the fights themselves.

[The_Shang]

Got that Str tank in Deltascape in v4. He started to pull, he died at stack 2 and asked why I didn't swap with him. I did it several times as solo tank so I didn't tank swap. He said no it's impossible with our ilvl right now. So when I became MT cause he died, he then went to sit in corner to show me i'll die from stack 2. The run went so smooth, the guy left without rolling on loots.

I got a tank in 4.0 that *didn't* want to tankswap. Their gear wasn't good enough to survive 3 hits from Thunder 3, so they died. Then I MT'd and they had the balls to fight me for top aggro. Best part, they didn't even start the fight in a stance. When they popped Shield while I was in Shield, I just went sword because there was no talking to the guy. He ignored chat, so even using all the sound effects to indicate tank swaps wasn't working.

Yeah, not the way to handle the fight, trying to ignore mechanics.

[Xx-ReiN-xX]

I got a tank in 4.0 that *didn't* want to tankswap. Their gear wasn't good enough to survive 3 hits from Thunder 3, so they died. Then I MT'd and they had the balls to fight me for top aggro. Best part, they didn't even start the fight in a stance. When they popped Shield while I was in Shield, I just went sword because there was no talking to the guy. He ignored chat, so even using all the sound effects to indicate tank swaps wasn't working.

Yeah, not the way to handle the fight, trying to ignore mechanics.

In my defense, I never heard about tank swapping for 4.0 until a few run after I cleared it.

Recently went in DF trial, my OT was in tank stance. Their excuse? "I can ignore mechs and take more hit so healer doesn't need to heal me often." The healer never healed him and let him tank the floor.

[SpiritMuse]

So. Omega 4. Other tank has 36k hp because he's wearing ilevel 270 strength accessories... needless to say he died to almost every tankbuster.

What's the point of taking str accessories if you can't even do your main job as a tank - surviving?

[Ghishlain]

Titan HM as AST for my Trial DR
A 5.6K Sprout PLD MT
A DRK that got knocked off by the first landslide
Half the party gets clipped by the first Weight of the Land
Everything is actually kinda going decently till post heart, PLD seemed to have a basic idea on how to do the fight but it was clear they were still new
WHM decides to hide behind the PLD... and eats the very first Mountain Buster
Next Weight of the Land goes out and two more people die
...Oh...
Pretty much engage super heal mode since keeping this min-ilvl PLD alive becomes my utmost priority (thank heavens for Nocturnal)
Eventually get SC back up to raise WHM
WHM gets MNK back up
MNK immediately LB2s... as Weight of the Land goes out... goes splat mid animation (as does one of the two RDMs)
...welp...
Eventually wittle Titan down with the remaining DPS
Commend the tank for understanding the fight well enough to know when to pop CDs (he even Hallowed a section of the fight that was cleave + mountain buster + tumlts)
Walk away with four commends

...it's good to be a healer. lol

[Galaktica]

> Queue for Royal Margarine (I know what it's called) because I like that fight and I know a lot of people have trouble with it.
> People are watching cutscene
> Notice other healer in Noct sect (<---THIS IS IMPORTANT)
> I switch to Diurnal Sect
> Cutscene ends
> Tank starts countdown
> Countdown ends
> Tidal wave wipes half the party

Immediate red flag.

> Round 2
> Other healer says "i was in the other room. thought you would do a ready check. guess not."
> I'm still clearly in Diurnal
> Fight starts
> Notice other healer has switched to Diurnal
> Protip: Diurnal does not stack with another Diurnal.
> Fail to kill adds fast enough.
> Wipe.

> Round 3
> I switch to Noct
> About 2-3 minutes pass
> As soon as fight starts, other healer switches to Noct too
> Other healer dies
> Switftcast + Raise but I fail to notice other healer it out of range
> I hit Helios
> Notice my mistake
> Slow rez healer
> Healer dies again
> Tank dies
> I point out using the same sect is stupid
> I suggest we start over
> Other tank says to me "why didn't you swiftcast rez?"

I would like to propose that a better question in that scenario would, in fact, be "how did the other healer die again?"

> Round 4
> Fail to kill adds fast enough again

> Round 5
> Make it second phase
> Nearly out of mana from rezzing half the party multiple times all by myself
> Other healer dies
> tank dies
> 1 dps dies
> Healer LB3
> Still low on mana
> Everyone starts dying

> Vote abandon
> Vote successful

sigh

[Mysterysword]

As a BLM, I really appreciate just how much our AoE options have been expanded. I love watching the huge numbers, love watching the entire pack melt down, even if I think the proc chance on Thunder II/IV really needs to be raised a touch.

Which is why there is just nothing more frustrating than having a tank pull two groups in a row, then proceed to stand right in between them so my AoEs only hit half the mobs instead of all of them. Just what every DPS wants to see.