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

[Mavrias]

Frankly, it sounds like you're making excuses because you think that not healing someone who takes avoidable damage is somehow good healing. Adding another bad healer to the list.

Sure, dude. Didn't even mention that but go off.

[Mhaeric]

Did you even read any of what that WHM was doing? It was the entire point of the story. Defending that just makes you look like a bad healer. They were bad. Period.

[Mavrias]

Did you even read any of what that WHM was doing? It was the entire point of the story. Defending that just makes you look like a bad healer. They were bad. Period.

Me, multiple times: that WHM did a terrible job but honestly so did the AST and they shouldnt be defended just cause they're new. also, if you see the healer just not healing for whatever reason, you should probably make a stronger effort to not eat avoidable damage.

You: you're a bad healer because you're defending the WHM.

[ReviaInfantry]

After some tales of end content, let us go back a while to the basics.

Running Leveling as CNJ, got Tam-tara, along with Zeta glamoured (or not) PLD, a PGL and a RDM.

First pull, immediately realized PLD is pulling single mob. I am like "ok, maybe our combination might not be good for AOE." Still the mobs burn down slowly, even if I put Aero and start throwing stones. Then I found out.... the RDM is afking at the entrance.

Vote Dismiss, dungeon forbid in the name of 5 minutes, oh well.

Almost until the first orb, the RDM rush to our location, and start doing some jolt spam and maybe double cast or whatever... then afk again when that bat/diablo thingy miniboss spawned. However, as soon as boss died, RDM might realized people (or me) are starting to notice, and pick up the pace in mid dungeon...

And then proceed to afk again at the pendant altar area. Also because of loot mechanics (when rolling loot, cannot vote dismiss), the RDM is still in the party until final boss.

By that time, I give up. Do my bare minimum of cure > aero boss > moogledance.

Suffice to say the PGL got my comm, because I am not sure whether PLD is selecting his pace based on 2 basic class or to cater that red fella.

[Rasikko]

Me, multiple times: that WHM did a terrible job but honestly so did the AST and they shouldnt be defended just cause they're new. also, if you see the healer just not healing for whatever reason, you should probably make a stronger effort to not eat avoidable damage.

You: you're a bad healer because you're defending the WHM.

Meanwhile I'm looking at your 20% comment. Staying dead from 20% to 0% is a long time.

[Mavrias]

Meanwhile I'm looking at your 20% comment. Staying dead from 20% to 0% is a long time.

No i meant party health being at 20% til next raidwide.

[Gemina]

I got one! I finally got one! I have been hearing about Shire tanks getting destroyed in Castrum Abania, and finally got to experience it for myself. It still wasn't that bad. We got through without wiping at all, but the tank most certainly got destroyed. I usually don't check gear unless things aren't going right, and when the tank's health went from hero to zero in a blink of eye, I knew something wasn't right. Checked his gear and lo and behold... a full shire set and a proto ultima ring to round out his 270-ness. It was augmented though \o/

When we got to the final boss, I told him that Katsu Slash would hit me for close to 50% unmitigated in good gear when I first did the dungeon as tank, so don't get mad at me if it's a one shotter. A DPS commented at the end of the dungeon, "Thank Gawd he had a good healer." That and a round of comms definitely made me feel good, but I always have more fun when I have to use GCDs to heal. That hardly ever happens in dungeons unless the tank is made out of cardboard.

[FedoraTheExplorer]

Doing Shisui to level up my DNC. My DPS partner is an RDM who... literally refuses to use any AoEs. I'm literally watching their rotation and it's jolt 2 -> verfire/verstone -> rinse and repeat until melee phase. Thanks but things are dying slowly, maybe read the tooltips of your abilities! You have multiple aoes you can make use of.

Anyways I gave up on them and gave closed position to the tank.

[Aosha]

The cards just make the job so busy now. Other card system was very straightforward and simple, and should be brought back. Instead of making every single card the balance and getting rid of royal road, they should have just got rid of the balance, as it was the only card people were constantly fishing for.

Eehhh that still probably wouldn't really fix it. Remove Balance? Now you're fishing for Spears (or maybe Spires, if those got the DH buff that people were expecting with the removal of TP). People will fish for the highest damage option if there is one, and one will exist so long as the cards are different. And if there isn't one - well that's where we are at now, needing the additional system of Divination to make the blander cards more interesting. As long as that system (the old one) exists, it'll have its problems. It'll just be the problem card that changes.
Of course, the new system isn't perfect either. Both have their own positives and negatives, but if I have to lean one way, personally I'll go with the new. At least this way it's less swingy and we don't have to sit around for ages pre-pull while waiting for the right card to pop up.

[Aosha]

Leveling roulette into Sastasha, got a triple decker of German greatness. I'm almost starting to consider resigning from mentorship just from how many of the people who need help I can't help due to language barriers. TT_TT
DRK in mage robes, no CDs.
Benefic/Helios-spam Astro who did a grand total of 0 damage. Had Eng also ticked in search info, did not react to notions of maybe using a damage spell instead of Benefic with the tank at 100%.
Level 72 Black Mage who was single-targeting any group bigger than 2, but using AoE on 2 enemies. Actually listened to some autotranslates, and corrected that!