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

[Elkhar]

There's such a little chance that anyone involved will see this, but here I go:

I was in Stone Vigil literally just now (which I got 'in-progress' as DPS, to begin with) and we were just about to reach the last boss when my internet connection went out. Completely. My internet provider is a scam and I need to change internet provider and I know it. I'm so sorry for having disappeared like that. But what I want to say to you is... thank you. Thank you for not kicking me and just completing the last boss without me. Thank you for letting me come back to the game, angry and sad I lost my time and your time, just to discover that I got credit for the roulette/dungeon and that you hadn't kicked me.

Thank you, honestly.

[MoroMurasaki]

Dear Tanks,

I see from some of your colorful language ("f*cking aggro RDM sh*t", "you wanna tank it?" and my personal favorite "if you think I'm doing a BB combo you're dumber than a lalafell at a potato chip factory") that you would like me to use Diversion.

A fun fact - Diversion is actually in my opener! You know, the thing that takes 10 seconds at the start of a fight to set up? If you give me a heads up to when you're pulling (Party -> Countdown -> set to a multiple of 5 greater than 5) you can bet that I will pop Diversion and it will last for the first 24 seconds of the fight, reducing my enmity generated by a whopping 90 percent!

Not only that but I will be so happy you chose to give a countdown I will use Diversion several more times throughout the fight and even mix in some Lucid Dreaming!

If, however, you choose not to give a countdown I will be a sad RDM. In my despair my eyes well up with tears and I can no longer see the Diversion or Lucid Dreaming buttons! How sad for us both ;-;

In conclusion do us all a favor and click that countdown message. 15 seconds if you don't mind! That way I don't have to be sad and then die to Doom Strike and you don't have to look like a bumbling idiot for letting that happen.

Thanks for your time! Nerf SCH!
-Moro Murasaki

[Anarnee]

If you're "in the know" this behavior is actually extremely common. I'm not surprised that people defended him and prevented the kick. I am actually surprised they didn't kick you for pointing it out.

I didn't point it out. They literally bragged they were gonna do it.

[Kallistra]

Dear Tanks,

I see from some of your colorful language ("f*cking aggro RDM sh*t", "you wanna tank it?" and my personal favorite "if you think I'm doing a BB combo you're dumber than a lalafell at a potato chip factory") that you would like me to use Diversion.

A fun fact - Diversion is actually in my opener! You know, the thing that takes 10 seconds at the start of a fight to set up? If you give me a heads up to when you're pulling (Party -> Countdown -> set to a multiple of 5 greater than 5) you can bet that I will pop Diversion and it will last for the first 24 seconds of the fight, reducing my enmity generated by a whopping 90 percent!

Not only that but I will be so happy you chose to give a countdown I will use Diversion several more times throughout the fight and even mix in some Lucid Dreaming!

If, however, you choose not to give a countdown I will be a sad RDM. In my despair my eyes well up with tears and I can no longer see the Diversion or Lucid Dreaming buttons! How sad for us both ;-;

In conclusion do us all a favor and click that countdown message. 15 seconds if you don't mind! That way I don't have to be sad and then die to Doom Strike and you don't have to look like a bumbling idiot for letting that happen.

Thanks for your time! Nerf SCH!
-Moro Murasaki

While these tank(s) are not in the right for swearing at you, neither are you for being petty and avoiding your emnity dumps because they won't do countdowns.

[AkashiXI]

If, however, you choose not to give a countdown I will be a sad RDM. In my despair my eyes well up with tears and I can no longer see the Diversion or Lucid Dreaming buttons! How sad for us both ;-;

In conclusion do us all a favor and click that countdown message. 15 seconds if you don't mind! That way I don't have to be sad and then die to Doom Strike and you don't have to look like a bumbling idiot for letting that happen.

Thanks for your time! Nerf SCH!
-Moro Murasaki

So you’ll let yourself die, ruining the run for yourself (let’s be real, if you care enough to use your opener this much, you’re also parsing), and you think anyone would care that you died? Uhhhh

[Lilseph]

(let’s be real, if you care enough to use your opener this much, you’re also parsing)

I don't understand how this is relevant.

[KaivaC]

So you’ll let yourself die, ruining the run for yourself (let’s be real, if you care enough to use your opener this much, you’re also parsing), and you think anyone would care that you died? Uhhhh

Or maybe somebody they know has been teaching them how to have an effective opener. You know...stuff that players who want to excel at their jobs would do to get better.

[HoodRat]

I don't understand how this is relevant.

Everyone knows only those filthy parsers actually care about performing well. :^)

[Ryuseigoes]

Or maybe somebody they know has been teaching them how to have an effective opener. You know...stuff that players who want to excel at their jobs would do to get better.

There's a difference between trying to execute an effective opener and not doing your job because of a small mishap that happened. I understand that a countdown and such can really help DPS out with coordinating their own openers, especially casters, but not wanting to use enmity dumps in the run just because MT didn't initiate with a countdown just comes off as petty.

This is also assuming this is the whole story, which I doubt it is.

[KaivaC]

There's a difference between trying to execute an effective opener and not doing your job because of a small mishap that happened. I understand that a countdown and such can really help DPS out with coordinating their own openers, especially casters, but not wanting to use enmity dumps in the run just because MT didn't initiate with a countdown just comes off as petty.

This is also assuming this is the whole story, which I doubt it is.

Or maybe some folks are just being overly sensitive in a vent thread over a post that is actually said in a humorous way. Countdowns are a thing, too, you know, in trial fights.