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

[Shurrikhan]

Just got kicked from a leveling roulette for "attacking the wrong target". A single Thundercloud Thunder II had ripped threat on others, roughly 6 GCDs into combat. With Diversion up.

Meanwhile, the Dragoon was going ham on a target that he'd hit once, the tank hadn't bothered to take off of him when delivered to him, and so he'd figured it'd be quicker to just tank by himself. No Diversion used by said Dragoon thus far in the roulette.

I'd already learned from the first pull that the tank didn't know what Overpower or Defiance were for, but I figured he'd at least generate enough enmity to receive a heal without them going to the healer again. I was wrong; the healer had simply delayed healing. On the very first heal, both came at her instead. Proceeded to simply nuke down those mobs with double-Flare before they could deal any damage to me or her. Kicked for it.

I figured the Warrior was just frequently afking or forgetting which way he'd just come from previously. Now I guess they just really didn't like seeing "{Defiance}? Or at least {Deliverance}?" in their party chat multiple pulls in and were already complaining?

30 minute queue... 6 minutes spent waiting for the Warrior. Dared not attack anything but his target after the first pull, save for the one oops with the Thunder II mid-fight. Kicked for peeling for the healer, without taking damage from adds or pulling from the Warrior any mob he'd dealt so much as 1 point of damage against.

/sigh
/rant
/vent

[Tiaque]

Just got kicked from a leveling roulette "attacking the wrong target". A single Thundercloud Thunder II had ripped threat on others, roughly 6 GCDs into combat. With Diversion up.

Meanwhile, the Dragoon was going ham on a target that he'd hit once, the tank hadn't bothered to take off of him when delivered to him, and so he'd figured it'd be quicker to just tank by himself. No Diversion used by said Dragoon thus far in the roulette.

I'd already learned from the first pull that the tank didn't know what Overpower or Defiance were for, but I figured he'd at least generate enough enmity to receive a heal without them going to the healer again. I was wrong; the healer had simply delayed healing.

That sucks mlady. Well we are both on the same server, if im around and you want a Tank Que to make up for it, let me know. Ill run with ya.

[Rogatum]

Just got kicked from a leveling roulette for "attacking the wrong target". A single Thundercloud Thunder II had ripped threat on others, roughly 6 GCDs into combat. With Diversion up.

Meanwhile, the Dragoon was going ham on a target that he'd hit once, the tank hadn't bothered to take off of him when delivered to him, and so he'd figured it'd be quicker to just tank by himself. No Diversion used by said Dragoon thus far in the roulette.

I'd already learned from the first pull that the tank didn't know what Overpower or Defiance were for, but I figured he'd at least generate enough enmity to receive a heal without them going to the healer again. I was wrong; the healer had simply delayed healing. On the very first heal, both came at her instead. Proceeded to simply nuke down those mobs with double-Flare before they could deal any damage to me or her. Kicked for it.

I figured the Warrior was just frequently afking or forgetting which way he'd just come from previously. Now I guess they just really didn't like seeing "{Defiance}? Or at least {Deliverance}?" in their party chat multiple pulls in and were already complaining?

30 minute queue... 6 minutes spent waiting for the Warrior. Dared not attack anything but his target after the first pull, save for the one oops with the Thunder II mid-fight. Kicked for peeling for the healer, without taking damage from adds or pulling from the Warrior any mob he'd dealt so much as 1 point of damage against.

/sigh
/rant
/vent

That sucks, but overall you are better off without dealing with players like that. Hope your next run was smoother.

[Driskus]

It still amazes me how many people can make it to Castrum Fluminis and not know what a stack marker is. Wiped to Lunacy multiple times because people were either not stacking, or they were all getting cleaved by Torment Unto Death. People started leaving, but one of the DPS had to stick around and try to get the last word in about it not being explained. Like, the giant pulsating yellow stack marker isn't obvious after seeing it dozens of times before? A little situational awareness definitely goes a LONG way instead of griping about a completely obvious mechanic not being explained before the fight.

[Mesarthim]

It still amazes me how many people can make it to Castrum Fluminis and not know what a stack marker is. Wiped to Lunacy multiple times because people were either not stacking, or they were all getting cleaved by Torment Unto Death. People started leaving, but one of the DPS had to stick around and try to get the last word in about it not being explained. Like, the giant pulsating yellow stack marker isn't obvious after seeing it dozens of times before? A little situational awareness definitely goes a LONG way instead of griping about a completely obvious mechanic not being explained before the fight.

Within the past week I joined an in-progress Castrum Fluminis as tank to help an FC member through it. The DPS was not great and the healers didn't seem up to the task. You reminded me that the one bard we had in that run never quite caught on, especially as high as level 70, that you should never ever stand behind the tank. I'm not moving for their sake so they ate a Torment Unto Death.

So after two wipes of people not doing mechanics or healing well we had 5 members leave and get replaced. Next run went without problem.

[Iscah]

I queued for guildhest roulette as healer and got the very first one. Easy job, 90% DPS, probably just need to heal the tank at the end of the first round and while they fight the goobbue..... right?

Well, not today.

The tank was a gladiator but with a title that indicated they were late in the game, so presumably leveling an alt class. They grabbed both the packs at the start (despite nobody having AoE skills at that point, making it pointless, but no big deal), I was off in DPS mode and suddenly realised the tank's health is plummeting. Back into healer mode with horror visions of being "the healer that let a tank die in the Lv10 guildhest", until I check their gear during the pause before the next group spawns.

They are wearing nothing but Lv1 glamour items. Oh goodness.

And then they put a "target 1" marker on the goobbue so all the small enemies were chewing on them for longer.

I know it's just a guildhest, but still.

[Neoyoshi]

I've been slowly working on my 7th Astral Era Quests to unlock Heavenward content and i had just gotten to Akh Afah Amphitheatre(Hard mode), -i watched a video guide beforehand since i don't even recall fighting Shiva before.

I queue in with a random group and the fight was going well. Right before the Boss was about to die the tank does something unexpected.

The Tank turns the Boss in my direction right as she performs her powerful cleave move- it happened so quickly and how and when it happened felt a bit jarring for me to even react.

So i die of-course from the cleave right as the Boss dies as well... and i really do not care that i died, -the Quest is complete so i didn't mind regardless of how it happened.

But then instead of someone reviving me or -at the very least- just leaving the dungeon; -the members of the party began to do emotes on my characters dead body instead. And the Tank; -of all people, started shaming and harassing me for dying.


EDIT: Least i should point out i had just returned to this game a couple days ago and had not played since 2015; so.... stuff like this doesn't exactly form the greatest opinion of the community in my mind.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Ran Fractal Hard yesterday as a Red Mage, with a Warrior, a Summoner, and a White Mage. Throughout the entire dungeon, the WHM was running ahead with Sprint to pull more, while the Warrior's still pulling wall to wall, and then bitching because the tank's not keeping up with them. Because I guess that half a minute or so saved by Sprinting every pull was super important.

At the final boss, the WHM runs in, pulls.....and then runs out again right as the barrier closes, then stands outside dancing and making rude comments and telling us to just wipe it. Except, y'know, Warriors can heal themselves pretty well and both of us on DPS can off-heal. So the boss went down without much trouble (the Summoner died once, but that's a four second setback with a Rez Mage).

Right as the barrier drops, without any prompting or discussion, all three of us turned and did our victory poses at the healer.

They left without saying another word.

[Tiaque]

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Woulda vote dismissed the healer for harassment right at the start of the run if I see that b.s. Good on ya for showing the WHM she aint god.

[Ilyrian]

Had a really good run of Aethrochemical Research yesterday. It was quite late and I may have had a drink (or two). Tank leaves immediately and I'm left with two sprout first-time dps (MNK and DRG).
Started anyway while waiting for a tank which never came. Ended up doing it all, tankless, watching two new players absolutely kill it - I was really, really impressed.
Sometimes good things do happen in DF!