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

[RokkuEkkusu]

As PLD, I had a smooth Castrum Meridianum run for my Main Scenario Roulette (nice tomes and some extra EXP woot).

However, this smooth run was tainted by WHM and DRK accusing a Ninja of being AFK and doing nothing.

All that I saw the Ninja doing earlier was pull ahead recklessly during the beginning set of mobs and get knocked out to 0 HP. It wasn't much of an issue to me because the pulls afterwards ended up good.

One of them started to initiate a vote kick before the third boss and it got rejected. When the WHM started accusing the Ninja of being AFK, the rest of the party stayed silent. Only replies were said after vote kicks were mysteriously being initiated and the WHM/DRK duo started putting down the Ninja further. The Ninja player typed out that their comments were uncalled for. She also mentioned she only played for a couple of weeks. Luckily the rest of the team and myself assured her that most players aren't like that. Hopefully the newbie Ninja meets nicer people in future instances.

[AlphaFox]

Had a Labyrinth of the Ancients yesterday with a Blackmage who thought they would be sly and AFK the entire time. Would take the teleport to the boss then sit back and do nothing, maybe cast a Fire or Blizz 3 with like a minute between each cast. The whole party noticed it and to make things worse, they would not roll on the items so by the time it does run out the next boss was dead already and they would open a new chest. Yet of course as soon as the final boss is pulled they had zero issue greeding the items remaining. So all of us in agreement to not let someone slide by for doing nothing, I think a few people got amnesia on the second Ancient Flare and swiftly kicked em on reset.

[Driavna]

Had a Labyrinth of the Ancients yesterday with a Blackmage who thought they would be sly and AFK the entire time. Would take the teleport to the boss then sit back and do nothing, maybe cast a Fire or Blizz 3 with like a minute between each cast. The whole party noticed it and to make things worse, they would not roll on the items so by the time it does run out the next boss was dead already and they would open a new chest. Yet of course as soon as the final boss is pulled they had zero issue greeding the items remaining. So all of us in agreement to not let someone slide by for doing nothing, I think a few people got amnesia on the second Ancient Flare and swiftly kicked em on reset.

Got an ARR leviathan trial and the moment we pulled the other tank said "brb" and stayed AFK till we finish the fight. The moment we finish he left right away.

Also, in a treasure map party under the rule "everyone brings one Zonureskin map" we got a few players that used gliderskin maps.

To be honest, after Eureka nothing surprises me anymore in FFXIV. There I ended reading the complaints from AFK people that the instanced sucked because fates weren't spawning fast enough.

[Lynesse]

I've had a couple of healers who use every opportunity to assert themselves over me.

Usually they stand at the exit of a boss arena as the fight ends and try really hard to get a lead.

I can speedrun, but when I stop for a second because I notice someone is lagging behind and I want to make sure everything is okay, and you race ahead and pull everything, you're not optimizing. You're just causing chaos.

Additionally, being able to park yourself against a wall doesn't mean you can do the dungeon faster than anyone else. It means you're ranged and don't have to worry about grouping anything up, or where the rest of the party is in relation to you.

What's even more bizarre is that these healers know the dungeon isn't threatening, but they insist on adhering to mechanics that the community collectively ignores.

One or two of these healers have been the "leave me at 20%" types.

Which would be fine -- if I trusted you.

Trust is hard to establish when you don't know the mechanics of the fight, and I have to take extra steps to ensure my safety.

It's also hard to establish if you're so busy looking at your bar that you don't notice the boss has moved and you get cleaved.

That one button rotation is a real doozy.

You're not impressing me. It feels predatory, and it makes me think you're a creepy, petulant manchild with a fragile ego.

[SturmChurro]

I've had a couple of healers who use every opportunity to assert themselves over me.

Usually they stand at the exit of a boss arena as the fight ends and try really hard to get a lead.

I can speedrun, but when I stop for a second because I notice someone is lagging behind and I want to make sure everything is okay, and you race ahead and pull everything, you're not optimizing. You're just causing chaos.

You're not impressing me. It feels predatory, and it makes me think you're a creepy, petulant manchild with a fragile ego.

I frequently run ahead of the tank, not even thinking about it. Both healer and DPS. I don't pull any adds, this doesn't mean they are trying to speed run anything. Sometimes I put on auto run and look away, or tab out for a second, literally not paying attention to whether the tank is stopped or not.

Unless they are pulling for you, in my opinion - get over it.

This instance they may have pulled for you so I will give that only in that case.

[AxHell]

So I got Dun Scaith on my DRK in my alliance roulette. Me and some people claim we haven't got this raid in a long time and it showed as soon as the first boss. Everyone gets hit pretty hard, there are some deaths but we pull through.

Ferdiad, nothing major, I tank it just fine and mechanics are done correctly. Though I can't help but watch the healers do more dps than healing... welp they kept me alive so it's no big deal. Right?

Proto Ultima, I tank it, fight goes smoothly except this time the healers really are doing more dps than healing. AST who was on diurnal sect never once threw an Aspected Benefic my way and SCH didn't throw an Adlo either.

Scathach cometh. Once again I tank it and oh boy they keep dpsing and not healing me and of course I die. I suggest they should you know, heal their tank that is MT?
The fight ends, we arrive at Diabolos, I'm about to pull and...I'm kicked.

No answers whatsoever from the healers or anyone else in the party, just straight up kicked. Just waoh.

[SturmChurro]

No answers whatsoever from the healers or anyone else in the party, just straight up kicked. Just waoh.

Pretty normal. People usually like to take out their rage on the tank in alliance raid, I'd guess it was a healer who kicked you. Did you say anything at all? Usually if you say something they will kick last boss, happens all the time. The others in your party will generally just click yes on any kick you make doesn't matter who or for what.

[AxHell]

Did you say anything at all?

Like I said, just told them they should start healing their tank who is the MT. That said, one healer and 2-3 players were from the same world so I guess the odds were not in my favor.

[SturmChurro]

Like I said, just told them they should start healing their tank this is the MT. That said, one healer and 2-3 players were from the same world so I guess the odds were not in my favor.

Yeah, that was enough. Trust me. Players in this game do that all the time.

I have talked about being kicked before in this thread many times, and I am not exaggerating. Players in this game are extremely passive-aggressive, if they have buddies it just emboldens them - they can kick whomever they want whenever they want in their minds.

[Mikhaill]

Like I said, just told them they should start healing their tank who is the MT. That said, one healer and 2-3 players were from the same world so I guess the odds were not in my favor.

Did you say it in like a certain way or something?
Sometimes it's how you say it too, but I mean like...
Nowadays you can't say a damned thing without someones feelers hurt so I just stop talking lmao.
Screw it. I'm a mentor just to see whats up and help when I can in NN.
People are more appreciative. Dungeons people do whatever and don't listen
and get buttpained when they die and you try to help so I'm done helping lol.