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

[SenorPatty]

Paper Thin Tank Had Zero Clues of the Dun Scaith Nor the Job
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and still didn't use any defense skills and got one shotted, but still kept provoking Diablo. Died like 4 times


and this guy has PLD60 War60 DRK60. Must be building up on many healer's tears...

"Which one?"

After seeing that line, I would've filed for a kick. I'm really, really sorry if that makes me "elitist" or "toxic" but if this guy refused to just stay in OT and kept trying to MT, I would've vote kicked.


Like, I'm sorry but no. Just no. You can't just go into 60+ content, a 24man raid of all things and go "Which one" when asked about your use of defensive cooldowns as a tank. No.


Just no.

[Kacho_Nacho]

"Which one?"

After seeing that line, I would've filed for a kick. I'm really, really sorry if that makes me "elitist" or "toxic" but if this guy refused to just stay in OT and kept trying to MT, I would've vote kicked.


Like, I'm sorry but no. Just no. You can't just go into 60+ content, a 24man raid of all things and go "Which one" when asked about your use of defensive cooldowns as a tank. No.


Just no.

I agree. Now, I'm quick to defend people especially if they are new players; but, you have to draw a line somewhere. There's plenty of opportunity to learn how to tank on a dark knight. A 24 man raid is not the place. At that point, you're just being carried.

[Kakiko]

To whomever was in the Rabanastre run with me tonight,

I am so sorry. I am an idiot. I died 8 times throughout the entire raid. One wasn't my fault as someone brought their stack marker to us. Another at the end boss, I have no idea how I died. I wasn't in an aoe, I had almost full health, I was running back towards the boss with the rest of the group and then BOOM dead. The other times, definitely my fault. Running towards the side Hashmal's hand was glowing? My fault. I have no idea why but I confused which side it was. Rofocale, didn't get out of the AOE fast enough, although one death I was entirely out of it but I guess I must have lagged a little.

In any event, if anyone is here who was in my party, I am usually better. I haven't died 8 times in that raid since the very first day I went in. Earlier this week I did it and didn't die /at all/. So, I am sorry.

[Astrapls]

To whomever was in the Rabanastre run with me tonight,

I am so sorry. I am an idiot. I died 8 times throughout the entire raid. One wasn't my fault as someone brought their stack marker to us. Another at the end boss, I have no idea how I died. I wasn't in an aoe, I had almost full health, I was running back towards the boss with the rest of the group and then BOOM dead. The other times, definitely my fault. Running towards the side Hashmal's hand was glowing? My fault. I have no idea why but I confused which side it was. Rofocale, didn't get out of the AOE fast enough, although one death I was entirely out of it but I guess I must have lagged a little.

In any event, if anyone is here who was in my party, I am usually better. I haven't died 8 times in that raid since the very first day I went in. Earlier this week I did it and didn't die /at all/. So, I am sorry.

I wasn't in your party, but I was in that raid. Were you in Alliance B? If so, it was someone from our Alliance that double stacked with you!

[Aster_E]

Oh goodness, do I have a story?

For 50/60 Roulette I had Pharos hm, which is usually a good, quick dungeon. The two DPS were rdm, with one being new to the place with around 12k HP, and the other having around 17k. However, I notice almost right away that the pulls are taking a bit longer than is necessary. I first consider that, maybe, the lower geared Rdm is making that much difference. Then we get to the first boss, and I start to see the problem.

The 17k Rdm gets tethered the second and third time, and neither time bring it to either of the creatures around the room; they dodge the aoes just fine but otherwise just stand there with the weapon out. I should note, for later, that there was no disconnect poke-bubble by their name. What I did see was the Roleplaying symbol.

So we get to the next pull in that hallway, and the fight's taking a while. I notice cast bars galore on the 12k Rdm in the party list, but almost no cast bars at all on the 17k Rdm. Once the Dualcast buff appears, it lingers there. Curious about this, and admittedly possibly more harsh than it needed to be, I asked the higher-geared Rdm if they were going to cast any spells at all. They claimed to be lagging super heavily because of dial-up.

Now, I've online gamed on dial-up before. It sucks at times, but it's usually stable unless someone is trying to call you. Things were a little slow, even with the likes of Ultima Online, but they weren't impossible. Also, issues were consistent like that, which raises a question as to how that same Rdm was able to dodge stuff just fine. So, I told them that yes, dial-up can suck for gaming, but not in the way they're doing.

SUDDENLY their performance shot up and things went fairly smooth until just after the second boss. Then we finished that first pull afterwards and that 17k Rdm said abruptly, "Well, you're lucky then because my kid just woke up and you don't have to put up with my bad lag any more!" And they left within a second.

"Ouch," I said to the rest of the party, "I'm sorry if I came across as bitchy back there, but none of that seemed right with the lack of handling tethers and the poor dps with our gear levels."

Another 17k HP Rdm joined, and it was smooth sailing from there, though perhaps a tiny bit slow to account for the 12k Rdm's gear level. The dungeon came to an end, and I got two comms. Cool.

I checked my Contacts and saw that the roleplayer claiming to have dial-up issues was from Balmung. So... *shrugs*

Next came Leveling Roulette, where I got Bardam's Mettle. Another good, fun dungeon.

This time the DPS are Samurai. I notice right away during the first pull that one of them occasionally gets the DC bubble, and they state that they're experiencing lag. But all is well enough, and they even follow me on the aggro list and handle the mechanics all pretty well. The Sam who was new? Died a number of times, couldn't pass any of the second boss's trials, but did OK overall despite being new to the place. The healer? Scared me, multiple times, passed one of the three trials of that boss, and did alright ultimately without complaint.

In conclusion, I think that first Rdm was just full of crap and pretending to be suffering dial-up issues as part of their roleplay. If there's a lesson to be learned here, it's that people really shouldn't go out of their way to inconvenience others who are just running a dungeon. <_<;

[MistakeNot]

In conclusion, I think that first Rdm was just full of crap and pretending to be suffering dial-up issues as part of their roleplay.

I'd say they were just full of crap and a plain bad player.
Them having the RP tag up means little - the vast majority of roleplayers know better than to try to roleplay in a DF run. The few who don't are typically not only bad players, but bad roleplayers and general pain-in-the-asses as well.

[Iscah]

It seem more likely to me that the “pretending to disconnect” wasn’t roleplaying itself, but a cover-up excuse for their lack of attention, and they were more engaged in a text-based roleplay that they didn’t put aside when they went into the dungeon.

[ShariusTC]

what is RP icon anyway? i tried to change to it sometime but see no different in gameplay, trying to search on GG and find every answer is so confuse, basicly they told me that those player want to "live" as their character, what is ever mean?

[Galgarion]

I'd say they were just full of crap and a plain bad player.
Them having the RP tag up means little - the vast majority of roleplayers know better than to try to roleplay in a DF run. The few who don't are typically not only bad players, but bad roleplayers and general pain-in-the-asses as well.

I roleplay during dungeon runs. But I follow a set script, and use <t> macros so I don't have to stop to type, since I'm usually the tank. "Did you think you could HIDE, <t>?? NOW you pay!!" It keeps me amused. My personal favorite was the week I spent as a yandere tank who attacks bosses for looking at the healer. I really wish I saved those macros.

[Tridus]

what is RP icon anyway? i tried to change to it sometime but see no different in gameplay, trying to search on GG and find every answer is so confuse, basicly they told me that those player want to "live" as their character, what is ever mean?

It puts a gold RP icon next to your name, similar to the mentor crown and the other icons that go there. That one tells other roleplayers that you're one of them and open for roleplaying. That's it. It has no gameplay effect whatsoever.

It's for people who want to act as their characters, by talking to other characters and such. If you've ever played Dungeons & Dragons when the party has an in character discussion about things with each other, it's that. If you like writing backstories and doing improv, it's quite a lot of fun.