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

[AphraelAmarantha]

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Yeah, that was very difficult for me when I first ran that as a WHM trying to level up. Everyone kept dying, especially from those giant chess-like knights near the end . At one point they stopped and told me I was undergeared. Well duh, the gear I needed I wasn't high enough level for it, morons. I told them that too and I had even bought the highest ilvl that I could get off the Marketboard before running it. Luckily we eventually got through to Cheribert. Cheribert himself wasn't too bad, it was the mobs, I just could not keep up with that damage and thus the tank was constantly dying. After that, never again did I run The Vault, that was way too much. The damage from mobs in there is just way too high. I could not keep the tank alive at all in there.

[Enla]

Yeah the Vault is the first PURE healer check out of any story based dungeon up until that point and it's absolutely unforgiving for those who aren't prepared. Be proud you cleared it! You're going to have one more 'healer check' ahead of you in the HW storyline (it's a trial though I'm not going to spoil which one since I'm not sure if you want story spoilers or not and just saying the name is a huge giveaway) but by the time you get through it and subsequently into SB you should be more than prepared. Just remember to take it slow and don't let yourself be discouraged!

[VanilleFang]

Vault!

It's always nice to see a positive story on here.

The Vault can be a real mofo and, like you mentioned, it can really push healers to their limit. You were lucky that you had such an understanding and positive group (not to dismiss your own awesome attitude). Keep it up! You're bound to make an amazing healer in the future.

[ko_]

Eh, not much a bad story but something I noticed and is kindof a bummer but it's solved itself. The mini boss intros to the bosses in raids and dungeons. Finally reaching endgame I've done the 24 man and 2 dungeons at 70 so far, each time but 1 I was locked out the last boss cause the scene would play and boom in the middle of the scene the words - 15 seconds before lockout- So I run only to find myself locked out. Feels like even after I tell people " first time" They never read it or just assumes I seen it all and rushes forward. Those scenes will never play again so this is why I said it fixes itself.. but I still got one more dungeon to go and I'mma just PF the thing cause already and not even a day in I'm already crossed at how people are at endgame. Look I understand you're bored or whatever, but just cause you are doesn't mean the new person who told you they were new seen all the stuff and likes being locked out the last fight.

[KeiranOlive]

How on Eorzea did we clear 24 man raids before red mage was added to the game? In a single Rabanastre run I used verraise 41 times. A big thank you to the bard in our alliance for all that mp, btw. There were a lot of new people so can't really fault them for that. They were definitely learning and showing improvement along the way. In the first fight we actually got to see a third ice-skating phase with no one doing mechanics and adds everywhere. In alliance chat people were wondering how we hadn't wiped yet. Well it was me. I was just mass verraising people. I probably should have stopped at some point, but I don't like to give up.

Hashmal was as expected. Verraise dispenser. Me frantically trying to raise the healers and dps before the next dps check.

Interestingly enough, at the last boss we discovered that the fourth gnawing dead is a repeat of the second. Even after all the deaths and wipes, we managed to clear. By the grace of Hydaelyn and my near-infinite mp pool, we cleared. And then I immediately signed up for another run...because why not?

[AxHell]

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Glad to see you had an awesome party and that you got better as a healer.

Everytime I get the Vault as a SCH or an AST I always tense up because it's THAT DUNGEON and also because Sir Charibert is such a....Sir-rious pain haha.

Anyways once I got Bismark Brutal as an AST and the other healer was an AST. Thought it would be funny to type "Eeeeey Astro buddy !". And he replied "Buddyyyyyy".

And let's just say it was the most fun I had with another AST. Healing each other and the rest at the right moment, having different sects, giving good cards at the right moment.

It was a thing of beauty.

Godspeed AST buddy.

And Happy New Year !

[KaivaC]

Rabanastre woe

Well, to be fair, Rabanastre is currently the only 24-man right now in which RDMs can Verraise...so there's that...

[Taika]

Kugane Castle expert roulette, the DDs didn't have enough DPS to kill the two AoE bomb adds on first boss. I confess I stopped DPSing them on WHM to see if they could make it or not, they couldn't.

[Tridus]

As a side note: Does ARR really pump your levels up THAT seriously nowadays? That Paladin has level 60 gear on, was he really so overleveled compared to the story? @.@
I'm kind of jealous, as someone who did all of ARR back when it gave no exp.
Except not actually, I wouldn't wish that 100-quest grind all at once on anyone.

Yes. You're 50 when you finish 2.0, and then you've got five patches worth of stuff before 3.0 content starts, which also expected you to be 50. With five patches of XP, you're going to be not 50. If you're also doing side stuff and roulettes, you can hilariously outlevel it. A friend of mine is already 70 and hasn't even gotten to Stormblood content yet.

[Frizze]

As a side note: Does ARR really pump your levels up THAT seriously nowadays? That Paladin has level 60 gear on, was he really so overleveled compared to the story? @.@
I'm kind of jealous, as someone who did all of ARR back when it gave no exp.
Except not actually, I wouldn't wish that 100-quest grind all at once on anyone.

If you buy the level 60 boost on the mogstation it includes a set of level 60 gear. The 2.x 100 quest chain only boosts you to about ilvl 110(plus or minus a couple - im citing this from memory).