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

[KaivaC]

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This reminds me of a run I had in Baelsar's Wall about a month or so. I was on my RDM, and the group I was with had reached the 2nd boss. I remember what 'Extreme Caution' meant, so whenever that mechanic occurred, I would stop moving. I mean, the boss does warm you that it's activating a motion tracker. The other three members of the party - not so much. We wiped twice those this thing. So I finally spoke up and told them that they needed to stop moving.

That didn't work at all. The tank, the healer, and my co-DPS kept moving during that mechanic. I nearly rage-quit. RDMs don't have Ver-raise at lvl 60, so I dunno why the healer was banking on me doing the skill. Then they argued with me that I don't know how to do my job, how I'm such a noob, and how much time I waste with my sub by being a crap player.

Surprisingly, I didn't say anything back. Though I really wanted to tell them that i don't have Verraise at 64, my Vercure cannot keep a tank alive by myself at that level, and I was the only one alive because, hey, I actually follow mechanics. But nope...I didn't say anything. Thankfully, they rage-quit and the replacement healer and co-DPS followed mechanics. Tank wouldn't for whatever reason.

[Mhaeric]

Fwiw, the tank may not have known that auto attack triggers the move too and didn't know how to avoid it.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Every so often you have that awe moment and it's actually a good thing! Such was my experience in Rabanastre of all places just about five minutes ago. The DPS was monstrous—enough we skipped the Sanuwa adds and Hashmal was at 3-5% when the golems spawned.

Naturally! I didn't get the drop I was looking for so you just know the good luck stops there. But still! A good moment after all those tragic Shinryu EX attempts.

[KaivaC]

Ah, I can't believe I forgot to share this particular story. The other day, did a run in Dun Scaith and I accidentally pulled the boss when I casted Aspected Helios. Guess I was too close when I aggroed him, but off we go to fight Deathgaze. I apologized, but even with the accidental pull, everybody started to attack him. Nobody should've been caught off guard by the void death...and yet, two healers from one alliance, one from ours, and a lot of DPS were killed by it. I did my best, because I blamed myself for the accidental pull - but people kept dying - either by not getting blown onto the ice pillars or by not running out of the void death.

Oh, but it gets worse. I made the call to the entire alliance to wipe it and restart. Part of me felt bad, and thankfully, the entire raid wiped it so we could start over. This is where I stopped feeling bad - a few of the healers continually got killed by void death.

The best moment of this run came at the end, where we were fighting Diabolos and we were attacking the gate. I decided to be silly and my type in chat went like this.

"Ka....me...ha...me...ha!!!!"

Next thing you know, the alliance chat is filled with comments of how we all need to go Super Saiyan to beat Diabolos. Man...that was a fun fight haha.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Every so often you have that awe moment and it's actually a good thing! Such was my experience in Rabanastre of all places just about five minutes ago. The DPS was monstrous—enough we skipped the Sanuwa adds and Hashmal was at 3-5% when the golems spawned.

Naturally! I didn't get the drop I was looking for so you just know the good luck stops there. But still! A good moment after all those tragic Shinryu EX attempts.

*blinks*

Some damage dealers awed you, Bourne Endeavor? Dear Twelve, I hope you got their names!


*Teasing*

[ViolaCrossfire]

Next thing you know, the alliance chat is filled with comments of how we all need to go Super Saiyan to beat Diabolos. Man...that was a fun fight haha.

Reminds me of the Syrcus tower run where we were discussing the similarities between ff14 and skyrim. And we got there all because someone made a lame arrow to the dragon's knee joke. Things like:

Alduin = Nidhogg
Solitude = Ishgard
Blades = Scions

[MistakeNot]

"we're trying to fight not read chat"

With the emphasis on "trying" based on your description....

[KaivaC]

Tell me if I am wrong or not. But this really grinds my gears.

Entered the Df for Titan as a DRG. We have a WAR, a BLM, and an AST. The AST dies to a landslide around the time we get to Titan's heart. I had been keeping an eye on that AST because, for one, I'm an AST main. They weren't in a sect (we unlock draw and sects at lvl 30, and Titan is a level 34 trial), didn't do any card draws, or anything. They apologized and said they were new at healing, their main was a DPS and they were trying to get through HW. So I tell them that I'm an AST main, and ask them if they had their sect. Eventually, we wipe due to a combination of BLM getting knocked off, and I get trapped in a boulder. Myself and WAR can only self-heal for so long, and once I got trapped, it was a wipe.

Second pull, AST is still doing the same thing. Benefic II and Helios. There was a reason I asked if they had a sect. And as expected, they got killed by a landslide during Titan's Heart. This time, the rest of us were prepared and we downed Titan without the AST. After the fight is over and done, I ask the AST if they could stay for a bit. I told them I could teach them a little bit about AST. Their response?

They had to leave to continue leveling their main, which was a DPS. And then they just left before I could say anything. That really irks me. I'm a mentor for a reason. I'm an AST with experience all the way up to Shinryu EX. If I offer help, don't just blow me off because you were honestly terrible as a healer. I hope your queue is 2 hours long for that.

-_-

I think I've used up all my petty points for the week, don't ya think?

[Enla]

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Honestly I'd kill for hands on advice like that when I'm playing a new class and fucking up spectacularly. I never understood the mentality of holding onto mediocrity ESPECIALLY when someone is willing to take the time to sit there with you and help you in some manner or fashion. It just seems like throwing a neatly wrapped present back into a stranger's face because the colors weren't to your liking.

[Avatre]

I think I've used up all my petty points for the week, don't ya think?

Wait...there is a limit to how many we get?! Is this just in-game, or does it include real life crap?...Asking for a...friend. >.>