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

[Rilifane]

Had a funny, albeit a bit trying Keeper of the Lake run yesterday.
The first two bosses already gave me fairly good overview of what to expect at the endboss. Though they were all ~60 save for the Ninja who was 51 they seemed to have either completely forgotten about any mechanics or never learned them at all. I always gave a brief overview for our Ninja who ran it for the first time but it always ended up being really chaotic.

Kicking the cannisters away to have a safe spot worked more or less with a few hiccups.
But with Gunship things went south. xD
Gunship targeted me, I ran to the side - and everyone followed me and stacked up. Guys... that's not how this works. :')
Group took tons of dmg but nobody died. Next target came and the Ninja couldn't decide where to run and ended up almost grilling our Summoner. So between the Dark Knight tank taking lots of dmg from the boss and our Ninja und Summoner almost grilling each other constantly, I spent almost all my time healing left and right and still had to ress the Ninja at some point. I don't think I ever spent so little time dpsing in a 50s dungeon.

With Midgardsormr, things got really entertaining. Brief overview and off we go!
Granted, there IS a lot of stuff to dodge. But the first wipe was simply because nobody killed the add in time. :x
Well, lesson learned, next try. I gave a few tips regarding positioning, reminded them to kill the add and hoped for the best.
Killing the add in time worked (barely) but when the barrier popped our Ninja still stood outside. We told him to get inside but he didn't read it in time. Dead Ninja in 3....2....1...
Probaly the only time were Rescue would've been really neat.
Instead I just uses Swiftcast, waited for him to die and raised him.
With every aoe usually two people got hit, sometimes three. Lots of spot healing because they tended to spread out too far for MedI/II. The tank messed up the positioning of the dragons a few times and the fight took far longer than neccessary, the Ninja always died in the expanding aoe because he ran out too late and ate all three explosions and the Summoner always ate Outer Turmoil because she stood too far south (+ a few other aoes). Spent pretty much every second either dodging or healing and raising left and right.
It sure kept me on my toes.

But all three of them were really nice. Dodging wasn't their strong point but no nasty words were exchanged. They even thanked me for my patience when Midgardsormr finally fell.
I don't mind people who struggle with dodging or mechanics as long as they keep it friendly and respectful. It's only when people instantly blame the healer that I lose my cool, because they only see who wasn't able to smooth out the mistake and not who actually made it.

[bounddreamer]

Serious derp in Kugane Castle today. Everything's going pretty smoothly, it's a standard run, we are all doing our jobs. We get to Yojimbo, after the second round of his ultimate the LB is full two bars. I'm on SAM so I engage the LB.

Then the butterflies start to come down.

I watch, fully aware of what's about to happen as I bladedance Yojimbo and three butterflies overlap me.

Yep. One-shot, dead samurai on the floor. The scholar gives me a pity raise and the bard consoles me after he finishes the boss off.

[Nuna]

There we go, with the name edited. :3

[Rilifane]

I have lost count how many times I had this exact conversation.
Besides, with shortcuts left and right it's usually almost as fast as a hardcast raise + waiting for animation + switching protect back in & recasting it.
And thumbs up for the burn ;D

[MeridaQ]

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Not everyone chats during dungeons so the best thing you can do is do your job as a tank and use CDs etc. healers have different play styles some like clutch healing some don’t want to see you drop below 50%. What I would suggest is learning what toolkit each healer has because that lets you know what is on CD and what they can still use. This changes the size and speed at which I pull packs in dungeons. Also don’t forget to check how much mana they have, did they already use lucids. Being aware of these things increases the chance of a smooth dungeon. (Use the same awareness about your dps too)

[Lilseph]

There we go, with the name edited. :3

Oh, divine justice! Loved it! I thankfully never had anyone complaining about it. DPS dies when the boss has less than the 10% of their HP. No use to revive the dead body. I just start moving behind the tank as I say "Just release".

[ChaoticCrimson]

You know, I've been playing for a few months now and up until now I didn't actually know you could avoid the rez weakness by warping to the start of the dungeon instead. Granted, I usually warp anyway if I somehow die to trash since it's usually not a log way to catch up with everyone.

[Heliantheae]

Have a fun story. On Ala Mhigo, the AST just spoke up about bringing shame. She accidentally spread Spire instead of Spear. Me and other DPS both made a comment about committing sudoku. We all had laugh. It was a pretty quick run too.

[Moonfish]

Have a fun story. On Ala Mhigo, the AST just spoke up about bringing shame. She accidentally spread Spire instead of Spear. Me and other DPS both made a comment about committing sudoku. We all had laugh. It was a pretty quick run too.

The real shame is aoeing any card in 4 person content.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

There we go, with the name edited. :3

... there are not enough comms to give to that healer.