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

[Nestmile]

Try running Bardam's Mettle. If you run the dungeon CLOSEST to your level you're guaranteed a piece of gear appropriate for your class.
Source: 4.0 Patch Notes CTRL+F = "level 51 to 59 dungeon" or a "level 61 to 69 dungeon"

For what it's worth, it doesn't have to be the dungeon closest to your level. Any level 51-59 or 61-69 dungeon will pop a piece of gear right into your inventory on clear.

To contribute to the thread myself: my last two trial roulettes have been Titan Hard, which I actually kind of like getting every once in a while to break up the Ramuhs/Shivas/Moggle Mogs.

As is oft the case for my roulettes, I queued in with some friends for the first: me (BRD), a WHM, a DRG, and a WAR. I don't recall the party composition otherwise except that the other tank was a PLD. So we load in, see what we're in for and basically give a collective "oh man" before the pull. WAR friend pops Defiance, PLD pops Sword Oath, and we're off! Things go well for a few moments... until DRG friend falls off to one of the first few Landslides. Whoops. She apologizes, we all have a lolDRG laugh in the party chat (thanks for being such good sports, everybody!), and we continue on with the fight. At some point, WHM friend goes sailing off the platform. Whoops. We push on through the heart phase, and people just start dropping. Towards the last bit of the fight (the last 10 or 15% I'd say?) we're left with me, the two tanks, and the other healer. WAR friend continues tanking like a boss, PLD is on-point with breaking party members out of gaols, the... AST, I think? is keeping us all alive, and I'm DPSing my heart out. Things look good until the AST is gaoled; PLD and I free them ASAP -- but they immediately eat a Landslide targeted at the PLD before they even have a chance to move. Whoops. With Titan almost dead and figuring I have little left to lose, I use the first BRD LB3 of my career and manage to land the killing blow just as WAR friend dies. That was a butt-clenching run, but it was really fun, haha. It was nice to walk out with some comms as a DPS, too.

TL;DR: Titan (Hard), only two people left alive at boss kill were myself (BRD) and a PLD.

My second Titan (Hard) roulette went much the same, actually, although this time DRG friend didn't fall off until about two-thirds through and WHM friend didn't fall off but instead died to a stack of Weights of the Land... and never got Raised by the other healer for some reason; they kept raising DPS instead. I believe the fight ended with myself (SAM), the two tanks, and the other healer alive this time. A little smoother, for sure. Was disappointed I didn't earn a single comm for being the only DPS to manage to stay alive, though, haha.

I know I say this pretty much every time, but once again, not horror stories -- just mildly interesting ones. I had fun on these runs!

[Avatre]

For what it's worth, it doesn't have to be the dungeon closest to your level. Any level 51-59 or 61-69 dungeon will pop a piece of gear right into your inventory on clear.

While that is true, it's gear from that dungeon that you get. Not gear that is suitable for your level(did a Vault run as WHM, 63 at the time, got piece of gear from the Vault, so not suitable for replacing anything).

[Nestmile]

While that is true, it's gear from that dungeon that you get. Not gear that is suitable for your level(did a Vault run as WHM, 63 at the time, got piece of gear from the Vault, so not suitable for replacing anything).

That is indeed true as well, haha. I guess that would be all that's relevant for gearing up theoretically, although it's good to know that it works for all the leveling dungeons if, for example, you wanted to use a piece you could pick up on your WHM for your AST or SCH that you were still leveling. But I acknowledge that that situation wasn't a consideration in the original discussion, too.

[ilea]

There are only 3 trials I get in the trial roulette any more: King Mog, Shiva, Hildibrand.

There are only 2 dungeons I get in the 50-60 roulette: Snowcloak and Keeper of the Lake.

In levelling roulette, I'm lucky if I get anything other than Shisui or Sirensong as a tank. As a healer, it is always Dusk Vigil.

Not a gripe at anyone in particular -- I know more new players need these dungeons now -- but please, DF. I'd even take Aurum Vale at this point.

[Mysterysword]

I have to admit, there is something about seeing my main job played poorly that just... infuriates me. I'm not talking about dropping Enochian occasionally; those are just minor mistakes. I'm talking about the kind of idiocy that you only see from someone who doesn't understand the very basics of the job. I've always thought of BLM as a job that's really rewarding if you play it well - it never runs out of resources, even if you've just died and ressed, and the DPS keeps flowing when other jobs might be out of MP or TP.

So I ran 50/60 roulette as RDM. Sastasha HM with PLD, WHM, and BLM. Oh god. WHM is mid-50s, BLM is 60+ in full 260 Shire gear, and at this point that just screams jump potion to me. Which is a cue for me to do a pre-emptive double facepalm in real life.

PLD pulls the first 3 mobs and stays there. I'm throwing out Scatters... and this BLM is throwing out single-target Fires. Why should anyone expect anything more from a BLM, indeed? Thunder II and Flare are obviously spells that I dreamt up in a fever-nap, since this BLM never cast either of them throughout the entire run. Thunder III? Perish the thought!

I saw them leave Astral Fire on in between fights and let it fade, when they could've used Transpose to regen MP. I saw them hardcasting Fire III and using Transpose when they had enough MP left to cast more Fires, let alone Blizzard III. There might have been more, but I probably didn't see it since I was also busy concentrating on my own DPS.

Whatever the case, I just really don't have enough words for someone who has all the skills of the best AOE DPS job in the game at their disposal, and doesn't use half of them. There is just no short way to explain everything they are doing wrong.

[Avatre]

There are only 3 trials I get in the trial roulette any more: King Mog, Shiva, Hildibrand.

There are only 2 dungeons I get in the 50-60 roulette: Snowcloak and Keeper of the Lake.

In levelling roulette, I'm lucky if I get anything other than Shisui or Sirensong as a tank. As a healer, it is always Dusk Vigil.

Not a gripe at anyone in particular -- I know more new players need these dungeons now -- but please, DF. I'd even take Aurum Vale at this point.

Sounds just like when I was leveling WAR. Nothing but Cutter's Cry in the leveling roulette from the moment it was able to enter, until it hit 60. So sick and tired of that place still, and WAR was my 5th or 6th class to get to 60.

[Averax]

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I feel the same way whenever i see a ruinless summoner

dots->aetherflow->fester->painflare->energy drain->DWT->deathflare

Then proceed to stand there for an entire minute, refreshing dots.

[MADJAM]

… is to adapt to anything kind of situation.

Duty Finder’s Parties is NOTHING like a Static Party.
Read: “I don’t put any TRUST in you, DFPs. My faith goes to SPs.”

[MADJAM]

With DFPs, to read the Party Members’ actions at 1st pull.
Read: ”To go with the FLOW, that’s my MOTTO!”

That gives the Big Picture about how the run will be, and how to adapt to it.

Read:”You 1-2-3-HATE-GATHERING who can’t hold nothing! Think you are a TANK; you toy?”
Healers should… Sleep the remaining mobs?
DPSs should… Target that tank’s mob only?

Read:”You HELLER that priorities DPSing! Think you are a HEALER; you hellbringer?”
Tanks should… Pull small to take least DMG?
DPSs should… put a quick end to weaker mobs first?

Read:”You WANNA-BE-TOY that loves going 1on1 on mobs. Think you are a DPS, you ego-tripper?”
Tanks should… be a hate hungry?
Healers should… not encourage the trip with Cure?

[MADJAM]

If the situation is unpleasant, there always the “Vote Abandon” button.
Then, the DFP’s members can be thank for their time.
And a wish for their success in their upcoming endeavors can be left.
Read: “/point <t> where is “t” targets “Hall of the Novice”. That’s where you should Duty next.”


If the situation is intolerable, There always the “Leave” button.

Then, the DFP’s members can be excused, something that requires your immediate attention came up.
Read: “The tolerance to mediocrity has reached its pinnacle.”

And a word can be left (please, behave) to announce that you will no longer continue the current activity: “Goodspeed!”.
Read:”IPCONFIG a word as well as a nice command. If you don’t know why, you are the reason people goes “Offline”.”