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

[Heliantheae]

It's not uncommon to see wipes on Hashmal even now.

Yesterday was in a World of Darkness run that wiped on the first boss. Not even the first time that has happened.

Also multiple wipes in Dun Scaith to every boss that isn't Feridad or Proto-Ultima.

Speaking of Feridad, I got hit by some serious lag fighting him the other day. It looked like half the alliance was on the other side when he used Debilitate and I was running over stuff but nothing was happening and instead of stopping, I just kept doing it. And then everything caught up, it looked like a Christmas lighting up.

[SannaR]

Yesterday got Arum Vale for leveling while on drk. I try to pull carefully in there any time i get it and i'm on tank. I should have known something was wrong with the whm on my 2nd pull when I grabbed the mushrooms on the left and the jellies and almost died. That pull was how almost every pull was. Was told someone was new so on the 1st boss I gave the eat fruit after 2 stacks info and about half way into the fight I noticed the whm was struggling. Ended up wiping so I looked at their gear and saw at least 2 lv 5 pieces on the right and 2 lv24 on the left side. I asked them why they didn't have any upgrades and poked them. Got no response. Last boss we ended up wiping again mostly due to the whm never aoe healing. The melee dps said healer lb post wipe n I chimed in with a hint that medica n medica II could help. It baffles me when people have better gear on from a reward but don't chose to have the rest of the gear be close to that. Or how whms at least rarely use regen or in this example not aoe heal at all. I used to run into healers that would ONLY aoe heal, but now the all play the how low can you go game.
I did have some fault at the end of my own as I tended to eat a few bad breaths, but in my defense i was experiencing a bit of lag that would show at least on my end I'd be out of it mid cast and nowhere near the hit box and still get hit by it. Yet the lack of aoe heals, no largease, presence of mind or lucid dreaming use to me was farworse. As a healer main I tend to have a habbit of looking at the party list so yes I noticed them not popping up. They did however have esuna and used it which was a surprise.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Ah, you never experienced Weeping City or Dun Scaith during their haydays. It was uncommon to get a Weeping City party where the alliance DIDN’T wipe on Forgall or Ozma (and some times Calofisteri). It was also uncommon to get a Dun Scaith party where people didn’t wipe on, not only Deathegaze Hollow, but Scathach or Diabolos (Hollow). There was the occasional wipe to Feridad Hollow, too. The first boss of World of Darkness (Angry Mango) still wipes raids to this day. Come to think of it, the last time I had Dun Scaith, we actually wiped to Scathach because no one killed the add, and it got Final Swing off (just like the good ol’ days).

But most of the bosses that used to be hard are easier thanks to the wonky way level sync works, and subsequent nerfs to them when Stormblood came out (most of HW’s content was nerfed after its release, just like most of ARR’s content was nerfed when HW came out). Don’t underestimate what they were like in their prime, though. There’s a reason Weeping City alone was called “Wiping Shitty”...among other things.

Yeah, I've heard horror stories about Mhach, but aside from a few early runs, Ozma has never given me much trouble. Forgall neither, aside from one run where almost everyone decided to get killed by Mega Death. I actually saw Forgall charge his big attack to max, which had to have taken about five minutes or so.

Dun Sçaith is a toss-up on how terrible it will be! I've probably seen wipes on every boss there except Ferdiad.

[Ilan]

Yeah, I've heard horror stories about Mhach, but aside from a few early runs, Ozma has never given me much trouble. Forgall neither, aside from one run where almost everyone decided to get killed by Mega Death. I actually saw Forgall charge his big attack to max, which had to have taken about five minutes or so.

Dun Sçaith is a toss-up on how terrible it will be! I've probably seen wipes on every boss there except Ferdiad.

Yeah the famous wipes are certainly enough for some horrorstories, but it was a lot of fun to go in there. Last time i had weeping city aka. wiping city, i was rather disapointed in how easy it is now but people are still able to wipe in there and that makes it already funny again.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Lest we forget the Circus Tower, a pain for all ages! Bring your friends and family! Be amazed as Scylla freezes you and everyone tethered to fireballs forgets you exist! Stand in awe as Amon incinerates half the entire group who forget to stand behind frozen players! Witness the thrill of the myriad players who forget to stand in the Float circles to avoid being shaken to a pulp by Xande's earthquake!!

There's always that one person that tries to take Allagan Gravity alone.

Yesterday got Arum Vale for leveling while on drk. I try to pull carefully in there any time i get it and i'm on tank. I should have known something was wrong with the whm on my 2nd pull when I grabbed the mushrooms on the left and the jellies and almost died. That pull was how almost every pull was. Was told someone was new so on the 1st boss I gave the eat fruit after 2 stacks info and about half way into the fight I noticed the whm was struggling. Ended up wiping so I looked at their gear and saw at least 2 lv 5 pieces on the right and 2 lv24 on the left side. I asked them why they didn't have any upgrades and poked them. Got no response. Last boss we ended up wiping again mostly due to the whm never aoe healing. The melee dps said healer lb post wipe n I chimed in with a hint that medica n medica II could help. It baffles me when people have better gear on from a reward but don't chose to have the rest of the gear be close to that. Or how whms at least rarely use regen or in this example not aoe heal at all. I used to run into healers that would ONLY aoe heal, but now the all play the how low can you go game.
I did have some fault at the end of my own as I tended to eat a few bad breaths, but in my defense i was experiencing a bit of lag that would show at least on my end I'd be out of it mid cast and nowhere near the hit box and still get hit by it. Yet the lack of aoe heals, no largease, presence of mind or lucid dreaming use to me was farworse. As a healer main I tend to have a habbit of looking at the party list so yes I noticed them not popping up. They did however have esuna and used it which was a surprise.

Bad Breath is at its least dangerous on the last boss since you can eat a fruit and cleanse the statuses, at least.

[Jonnykit]

You know, with the current 5th anniversary of the relaunch FFXIV, I thought I tell ya about the good ol' days of post launch FFXIV 1.0. About a time when you could complete the MSQ on Miner! That's right. I played the entire MSQ at the time on Miner. I remember using parley to convince the Ixal and Amaljaa to stop fighting each other and afterwards they flee when an Ascian was approaching. Back then an Ascian didn't walk around wearing a red or black mask. It looked like when Lahabrea and whatshername did fusion. That was usually what happened everytime til the final MSQs which you were fighting the Garleans. I had to position the garleans who were attacking me in the right spot so they would get hit by this massive bipedal tank with wings at the time when it fired its cannon. I kinda wish we could get our companions back from that time. I don't remember if I ever saw my kinky miqo'te archer again after that. Also back then we didn't even have a marketboard. We had to place our retainers somewhere in the market wards. You could put them in one of the stalls for a higher price if one was available which there never was. But not only that, you could just have them stand around wherever you wanted. Even then, if you wanted to buy something you literally had to go one by one to see what these retainers were selling! I spent hours everyday just trying to find the item I was looking for at the lowest price. I got tired of it and eventually found a crafter who I would always go to for equipment. I'd sell her my ores at a discount and she'd sell me her latest gear at a discount. Crafters made bank back in the day since there was no Dungeons, no NMs, nothing I tell ya.

It wasn't til December that we got word that Yoshida was taking over for Tanaka I think his name was, I can't remember off the top of my head. I thank God from time to time that Yoshida took over and saved this game from going down. If not for him and his team, all their hard work, I would not be here today to enjoy this game with the rest of you. I continue to look forward to what Yoshida and his team have in store for us in the patch 4.4 and beyond and hope to still be here having fun with you guys for years to come.

[Meillquei]

The other day I did leveling roulette as SMN and ended up in Cutter's Cry. No first timer bonus.

Had a DRK who took forever just to pull anything. They did this every single pull, just standing around for a minute or two before moving on to the next trash pack.

We also had a healer (AST) who did zero DPS the entire run. Also didn't have Esuna, so that one debuff on the worm boss ate through everyone's health pretty quickly.

And the other DPS, a DRG, didn't use AOE at all.

On the last boss, the healer got hit every single time the boss had purple eyes. The DRG got hit every single time the boss had blue eyes. The DRG ended up getting most of those orbs you have to kite around, and made little attempt to kite them, so they mostly ended up in melee range. When the boss had around 15% health left, the tank went down, followed by the DRG. The healer got the tank up, I got the DRG up, and I LB'd the boss after the tank took aggro back and it finally went down.

That run took 40+ minutes and I ended up with two commendations. No wipes, but it was nonetheless a frustrating run.

[van_arn]

The other day I did leveling roulette as SMN and ended up in Cutter's Cry. No first timer bonus.

Had a DRK who took forever just to pull anything. They did this every single pull, just standing around for a minute or two before moving on to the next trash pack.

We also had a healer (AST) who did zero DPS the entire run. Also didn't have Esuna, so that one debuff on the worm boss ate through everyone's health pretty quickly.

And the other DPS, a DRG, didn't use AOE at all.

On the last boss, the healer got hit every single time the boss had purple eyes. The DRG got hit every single time the boss had blue eyes. The DRG ended up getting most of those orbs you have to kite around, and made little attempt to kite them, so they mostly ended up in melee range. When the boss had around 15% health left, the tank went down, followed by the DRG. The healer got the tank up, I got the DRG up, and I LB'd the boss after the tank took aggro back.

That run took 40+ minutes and I ended up with two commendations. No wipes, but it was nonetheless a frustrating run.

That's the sort I'd happily eat a withdrawal penalty for. Leave them to their own devices.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Reminds me of the time I got a bad party in Aurum Vale as Dragoon where the Tank couldn't keep aggro and the Healer didn't DPS. They both died on Coincounter, so I turned on Diversion and let the other DPS tank, then finished the boss off with an LB. To say nothing of the times the Tank died to trash mobs or status effects on the first and third bosses.

Naturally, after a whole run of explaining mechanics, I get one commendation at the end. From the other DPS.

[Usho]

Reminds me of the time I got a bad party in Aurum Vale as Dragoon where the Tank couldn't keep aggro and the Healer didn't DPS. They both died on Coincounter, so I turned on Diversion and let the other DPS tank, then finished the boss off with an LB. To say nothing of the times the Tank died to trash mobs or status effects on the first and third bosses.

Naturally, after a whole run of explaining mechanics, I get one commendation at the end. From the other DPS.

Aurum Vale can seriously die in a ditch. One of the worst dungeons conceived in ARR. The run is even worse when you have a clueless tank who pulls the entire first area, resulting in a early wipe, or a party who doesn't eat the fruit in the first boss fight. Seriously tanks, how hard is it to DODGE Bad Breath? You see it coming...so move the f**k out the way. Don't just stand there and expect to have your healers Esuna spam you, wasting mana, when you could have easily moved to the side to avoid the move.





Anytime I get Aurum Vale in a roulette, I glad take the penalty. I play to have fun not to wipe repeatedly on the first room. Thanks.






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