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

[Rasikko]

Horrid Twinning run as join in progress DPS. I only found out what the issue was with the last boss. Tank just willy nilly'd the fight -.- (I came in after 2 previous bosses). Time dilation beams, he just kept touching them, leading to needless healing from the AST. I think the SAM was worn out, the fight was already past the 60min(60/90) mark when I got in, and he started touching them later in the fight X_X. AST ended up tanking while I had to get the SAM and PLD up, btw PLD totally didn't provoke. AST survived because she knew how to AST well.

Twinning: Arena of blood and death.

AST /comfort me at the end LOL. I was saying to myself "I mean... you earned your comm when you tanked the boss better than the tank..."

Also she ended up tanking instead of one of DPS because I died earlier, SAM been on the floor for awhile, and so she topped the enmity list rather easily with all the heals being thrown out.

[PharisHanasaki]

wasnt duty finder but party finder
was in a byakko ex party
tank doesnt use tank stance till 1 min
then tank proceeds to let 2 dps die due to tank busters/etc
party lead finally says "voke" and the tank finally grabs aggro
end of the run, mount drops, tank gets mount, I rolled 85 he rolled 89
dude then proceeds to say "let me send this to my friend"
we all tell him those mounts arent tradable
he then proceeds to say he has to go, and leaves right after he got the mount (1st run too)

Hahaha, this has happened to me too many times to count. I've gotten used to it.

[WingsOfAzrael]

Hahaha, this has happened to me too many times to count. I've gotten used to it.

i think id be less salty if he could have tanked decently

E: nother tank horror story

in castrum albania for roulettes earlier, tank doesnt use cds for adds, im like, ok i shouldnt have to heal THIS much
tank also proceeds to not use cds for first & second bosses and each tb does roughly 70+% of his hp
get to the third boss, i spend most of the time healing instead of dpsing for the same reason, he dies cause hes still not using cds
i revive him, he proceeds to let me get killed by the boss and doesn't provoke
he says "i did, you just spiked higher in enmity before i could get it back"
sometimes i hate duty finder.

[Elkanah]

RDM doesn't get Vercure until 54. It's not available in Keeper of the Lake.

I'm aware-- I was using cure potency as mostly an example of how it would be effective. SMN cure aint gonna cut it in a 50 dungeon

[Elkanah]

I personally would release if I see the fight is a lost cause even with a summoner in the group.

Most times, with even proper sch's I've played with-- as soon as the healer dies, we can still recover (and almost always have) because of how quick the cure potencies are. There's no excuse for wasting 3 other players times by continuously trying to fail a run on purpose. Everything was going fine, and the tanks HP was still pretty high at the times they died. So there would've been enough recovery time to swift + rez and physic spam for 2 seconds on the tank till the healer gets the hp back up on both the tank and themselves (since aoe's arent that hard hitting other than the bombs on boss 1). The potency on physic sucks on SMN, but 2 seconds is more then enough as long as it's not a tank buster (and the tank still had living dead available to use, which wouldn't have been good to do anyways without a whm).

[Rasikko]

I hear you dont worry.

This game needs reraise.

[einschwartz]

While leveling lancer to 30 today...

(1) Sastasha. The tank was new to the role (they have a healer and 2 dps levelled) so understandably, newbie mistakes happened: forgot tank stance, no AoE as in they just run through one set of trash towards the next then only do single target combos, tunnel vision and did not grab adds or mobs attacking others. Good news: they took advices and adjust accordingly. The bad: they wore the Lv1 Crystarium gear that you get for glam. The rest of the slot are Lv5 gear. >_< It was nerve wracking seeing their HP from full to 1/4 within 2 gcds. We ended our duty by giving them tips about tanking ESPECIALLY regarding gear. I wish them luck.

(2) Haukke Manor. Tank first time to the role. Whm first time to the dungeon. Besides from sometimes missed hitting the mobs with AoE (Warrior does cleave instead of surrounding AoE right?), the tank did good. But the Whm only cast Medica to heal. The other dps and I let our healer know Medica is for AoE heal. Use cure/cure II instead for tank. Advice didn't go through.

We proceeded to the first boss. Our healer finally used Cure!!!! I quickly typed in chat "yes, thank you!" and immediately after they stopped healing for a good while. The tank HP slowly declining. Reaching 10% now.

Whm: (Cast Medica again)
Me: OH GOD WHY
The other dps /pets me.

After that, the healer switched between cure and medica during bosses. But only Medica during trash pulls. Like how one is supposed to use AoE skills when there are 3+ enemies. Perhaps we have finally discover the correct way to use that spell folks! /rubs chin

[Gemina]

As a melee in Titania EX, how often I have to break off my DPS to nab a corner puddle despite assignments being made is seriously going to make me bring down mountains.

That is all.

[Yue_Amariyo]

New to ff14, but i got a story to tell.

Im trying to get gc seals and rank up in my grand company to be able to trade in gear. I main cnj/whm so far and ran leveling roulette, for in need bonus. I get tam tara deepcroft.

party is :
roe mrd
Auri rogue
viera machinist
and me the healer.

Tank did not put on his tank stance for the first few pulls, wasn't even pulling, just running up and hitting the mob with his ax. We are all begging him to turn it on. No reply. Im panicking as im not sure what to do, it was my first dungeon run with out my fc mates. I try to heal best i can. The tank refusing to do anything we politely ask of him as he was not doing his role at all. What boggles my mind was the fact the guy did do hall of novice as a tank. Which from my experience does go over role basics.

On a positive note, i did get learn how to vote dismiss people thanks to an FC mate. So next time this happens, i know what to do.

[PharisHanasaki]

snip

It all depends on how you said it. I feel people are really intolerant of newbies nowadays. Some newbies are terrified of being paired with other players and being judged for poor play, but they will eventually laugh at their silly mistakes.