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

[Tridus]

How... How does one not update their gear by that point?? Also, I thought that dungeon had a min. ilvl of at least 310, unless I'm remembering wrong.

It does. Without a full party , they shouldn't have been able to queue.

[ChaoticCrimson]

It does. Without a full party , they shouldn't have been able to queue.

Ah good, I'm not crazy then. Well, crazier at any rate. Wonder what went down that allowed that to happen, in that case...

[MoroMurasaki]

I also want to apologize specifically to Moro. I did not expect my blunt replies to cause such a stir and it definitely wasn't my intention to bring any animosity to you. I am very, very sorry.

Thank you! I honestly wish I just took a forum break after posting it now so I would have never known how much I apparently bothered people xD

I do really appreciate this though, you didn't have to apologize and it's really sweet that you did. If I said anything to you that was harsher than was maybe called for (I honestly can't remember) I am also sorry. It was clearly a hot topic there for a minute and I was playing defense perhaps a bit too offensively.

Anyways, I really do appreciate this. Thank you very much! <3

[RokkuEkkusu]

How... How does one not update their gear by that point?? Also, I thought that dungeon had a min. ilvl of at least 310, unless I'm remembering wrong.

The weapon is indeed a very powerful thing in terms of stats, damage/healing output, etc. In terms of item levels however, an i310 weapon contributes to the average item level equally as much as an i310 accessory. As a result, the Red Mage can queue solo with the lower item leveled weapon since he had all i330 Lost Allagan stuff on everything else.

As for the Hell's Lid run I specified earlier with said bad Red Mage, it only took 20 minutes. Mostly because the other members, myself included, were geared well. The warrior was full 350 + anemos weapon (all equipment melded). The Ninja was BiS with Diamond Weapon (also melded). I had a mix of 320-340 equipment (Genji healing belt and healing accessories. All equipment melded.) And not surprisingly, the Red Mage had no melds on.

[Stellafreyja]

The weapon is indeed a very powerful thing in terms of stats, damage/healing output, etc. In terms of item levels however, an i310 weapon contributes to the average item level equally as much as an i310 accessory. As a result, the Red Mage can queue solo with the lower item leveled weapon since he had all i330 Lost Allagan stuff on everything else.

OH now I understand. Your original post said 230 armor. I'm guessing that was a typo since you're saying it was Lost Allagan (330). A lot of people (including me) were confused because if they had 230 armor and 270 weapon, their iLv wouldn't be high enough to queue into Hell's Lid in the first place.

I don't know about other people, but weapons are typically the first thing I upgrade when I can. It just doesn't feel right to upgrade all my armor/accessories first and then my weapon.

[RokkuEkkusu]

^^

Yeah, sorry about the typo. It only came to my attention after you brought it up.

[xkazh]

Just got out a lovely Aurum Vale run - and I do mean Lovely, I'm not being sarcastic! Who knew the dungeon could be fun, right?

Now that I have DRK to 60 I'm getting PLD to 60.. and PLD is easily my weakest tank. So when I get dropped in AV i'm just like oh no. Turns out the SCH was queueing for it for some EXP to get to 50, and they ask for groups no bigger than four. Did my best but unfortunately the first room just be like that. I think it was 2 frogs and 6 of the various plant ones. They did great! Really well. My HP dropped to around 900 ish but I didn't panic at any point because they were on point with healing, it was wonderful. I think the DPS was DRG and NIN I want to say? One of them goes "So... Maybe we can count that as a REALLY BIG 4mob pull?" which I just found amusing and the SCH commented that they heal better in the day.
They must have been running AV a while since they said I was a better tank and the DPS were better too - felt good since I then admitted that PLD really is my weakest tank, I suck at it honestly.At this point we got quite chatty at the first boss, discussing DPS who died because they stood in the goldbile, and I brought up that tank from my Fractal Hard that stood in the Sephi bubble with 6-7 vuln up stacks and got tankbuster'd into the next century.

Shout out to Mr Kneebiter the Lalafell. I can't believe it took me so long to notice you as my healer being lalafell and named that. You were great! and also the DPS V Montel + A Fox. It was a great run to get me back into using PLD since I haven't played the job for 2-3 months.

[Iscah]

Re. monk AoE attacks, Rockbreaker (coeurl form cone attack, 130 potency per target, 120 TP) should be an easy choice over Snap Punch (coeurl form single target, 130/170 potency, 40 TP). It's basically free attack power!

[Lunaxia]

Bit of a self-indulgent rant, I guess. I haven't had a very good week.

After three years, I think I have to finally hang up my healer's badge for good. I have always loved healing, and outside of casual roulette forays into other classes, been a strict career healer for pretty much all content. I loved the challenge, the freedom, the unpredictability, the satisfaction of saving runs, pulling nearly impossible saves, meeting new content, seeing myself improving. But I've been touching it less and less since Stormblood hit, and working on Savage lately has hit home that all the enjoyment I once felt has completely gone.

Healing now just feels stressful, like a job I dread going to. Optimal performance means squeezing out every bit of DPS you can spare, perfectly timing heals and regens for minimal overhealing, somehow developing clairvoyance to predict when a party member screws up so they don't wipe in the space of a GCD and blame it on you, telepathy so you know if your co-healer is actually going to bother putting up shields or Excog seconds before a TB or AOE goes out, as well as the usual mechanics of these fights. Bad cooldown usage, poor gear, fudging mechanics, inconsistent co-healing - if the party wipes from this, it's your fault. If you pull it off, no one knows or cares because they're busy bragging about the DPS they aged you ten years standing in AOEs to get.

But this has always been a part of healing. So what's different? Well, I'm a WHM main. I play AST if needed, if only because HW practically made it mandatory at one point, but WHM has always been my primary class, and I'm fond of it. I've switched between the two for Savage, and what adds to the frustration of it all is how bad WHM still feels to play next to the other healers. While their toolkits have grown and evolved, WHM remains stagnant, with only a useless gauge and better mana management. I couldn't care less for number crunching on technically in this scenario it has fractionally better DPS - it feels clunky, stale and awkward, has zero utility, and I spend most of the time feeling I should be on AST instead. We've been bypassed yet again in the upcoming update, and after having Divine Seal ripped away and shared out, AST now effectively gets a smaller PoM + Thin Air in one nifty button. The class has nothing left to offer that the other classes can't do also, and more efficiently, which has wiped out any enthusiasm I might have had left.

It makes me sad, because what I once loved and what pulled me into FFXIV is now a source of boredom and frustration, but trying to progress these past few weeks and hating it all the while has made me realise the fun just isn't there anymore. I don't even know where to go from here.

EDIT: Realise this sounds more like it belongs in a healing thread - I came here because it originated from a spate of bad runs. Oh well, I'm not much in the mood for the endless debating, anyway.

[Anarnee]

On an alt, Queue up for Trial roulette as DRG, end up getting the Chrysalis.

At the back of my head I'm a little worried cause I remember how hard it use to be.

It doesn't start smooth. Dps feels slow, the other three DPS die to the add phase. Both times. We still somehow make it to the tear phase, I LB it as soon as it pops under the first meteor... and apparently I am the only one dpsing it cause we wipe with the tear at like 2%.

The other DRG complains "I hate this trial."

I want to say something less than nice, something like "Why are you complaining, we're having to carry you. You were on the floor the whole time." but just say "It wouldn't be a problem if people were DPSing the tear."

The next time it goes a little smoother, the other dps still end up on the floor. The other DRG is the first one to die.

I'm fuming the whole time like how DARE YOU complain when others are having to work 2X harder cause you're on the floor constantly. .___.