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

[Veis_Alveare]

They picked their poison. Bottoms up~

I love a story with a happy ending \o/

[Wolfsbane706]

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You have a knack for storytelling. Too bad the character limit stops them from being that much more entertaining.

[Eien713]

I ask again for dps and for them to stop just standing around

This reminded me of a run I had yesterday. I got the Xelphatol dungeon in Mentor Roulette, and the healer would just stand there like a statue and would only throw heals (mainly Cure) even when people had full HP or 95% of HP. I saw they were a sprout, so I figured maybe they didn't know any better. I tell them in chat that if there was no healing to do, they could DPS to make the run faster. I didn't remember what Stone they had at that level, so I added: StoneIII (using the translation thingy) or whatever you have.
No response from the party concerned, not that I really expected any after I saw that only D was highlighted as the spoken language. But do you know who replied instead? It was the tank, who decided to play the role of advocate for this poor bullied sprout -.- They were like: Come on, dude. They're a sprout.

I'm not blind, thank you very much. I saw they were a sprout, which was why I spoke up to begin with. I figured they probably needed the advice, especially since I was supposed to be a mentor in that run. And I can assure you what I said in chat was exactly what I wrote earlier (to the letter). I certainly wasn't being rude. *sigh* What happened to offering advice and accepting it in order to improve? Mind you, this healer was throwing Medica or MedicaII when absolutely no one needed any healing at all. This told me all I needed to know--this person had absolutely no idea what they were doing or how the class works. Being a sprout is no excuse for being ignorant. It could pass at lower levels but not at higher ones.

God, how is it that people don't feel something is off when they're supposed to be playing a game and doing something but all they find themselves doing is standing around idly? Surely your brain and/or gut feeling will tell you something is off and that mayyyybe you're missing something.

[Gameovers]

On my last post, I posted it cause I wanted feedback and I was noting that I liked being paired with monks and sams while I'm leveling ninja. Feels right to be honest. Tho I guess a more depression story that this place seems to attract is this one. Do dancers have their partner thing at 60? Cause I ran into 2 dancers who never used it in 60 content today. I didn't want to say anything cause again people get testy but it feels like people aren't doing their jobs. And last bit is having a tan kwith level 60 accs is painful to watch in the 71 dungeon. Like... we had 3 healers bolt at the start of the dungeon each time they zoned in. I didn't know why until I looked at the tank who had nothing but 60 accs. Needless to say the healer that stayed must have been screaming. Shocklying enough no wipes tho.

[EvonyRose]

You have a knack for storytelling. Too bad the character limit stops them from being that much more entertaining.

Thanks. I always worry bout making it too long as I add as much detail as possible, and of course throwing in my mental dialogue and internal screaming at the time :P

Snippy Snip snip.

Yeah its level 60.


I'd say sometimes they need reminders to pick a partner. But theres always the chance they lean over and bite your head off for it. Which has happened a lot to me. and in this thread


PS. Ignore the fact it says Saber Dance Instead of Devilment. Seems its an old image and I couldn't find a newer one ^.^'

[LogicHatesMe]

On my last post, I posted it cause I wanted feedback and I was noting that I liked being paired with monks and sams while I'm leveling ninja. Feels right to be honest. Tho I guess a more depression story that this place seems to attract is this one. Do dancers have their partner thing at 60? Cause I ran into 2 dancers who never used it in 60 content today. I didn't want to say anything cause again people get testy but it feels like people aren't doing their jobs. And last bit is having a tan kwith level 60 accs is painful to watch in the 71 dungeon. Like... we had 3 healers bolt at the start of the dungeon each time they zoned in. I didn't know why until I looked at the tank who had nothing but 60 accs. Needless to say the healer that stayed must have been screaming. Shocklying enough no wipes tho.

I have been over leveled for content cause of the Road to 70 buff, so I unlocked Enochian ages ago, and since most of the MSQ stuff has been sub level 56 for like the last 10 dungeons or so, I hadn't been able to use it in dungeons, yesterday I did a level 56 dungeon, and didn't even think to realize I had Enochian until the final boss. Perhaps it's something similar with other classes, you unlock the skill but are still running lower tier stuff, and then when you hit the right level you're just used to not using it so you never realize you can.

[Frizze]

Thats possible. If you only ever do MSQ/CT alliance for leveling, you wouldnt really know your real kit until you were tossed into something you werent ready for. Though its something you should know on some level to be looking for. The quest that unlocks dancer teaches you how to use partner and explains the benefit if you actually read the dialogue. Kinda like how the CNJ/WHM quests(especially early on) emphasize that just healing isnt enough and sometimes you need to attack. Of course, we all know some people never got that memo apparently.

[Wolfsbane706]

Thats possible. If you only ever do MSQ/CT alliance for leveling, you wouldnt really know your real kit until you were tossed into something you werent ready for. Though its something you should know on some level to be looking for. The quest that unlocks dancer teaches you how to use partner and explains the benefit if you actually read the dialogue. Kinda like how the CNJ/WHM quests(especially early on) emphasize that just healing isnt enough and sometimes you need to attack. Of course, we all know some people never got that memo apparently.

"Oh, story cutscenes. I can skip those. Wait. 'Stone'? What's that?"

[LogicHatesMe]

Sounds like my nephew, attention span of a fly I remember when FFXII came out he skipped through most of the dialogue and then was like "uhh.. where am I going now?" He did the same with pretty much any RPG he played.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Sounds like my nephew, attention span of a fly I remember when FFXII came out he skipped through most of the dialogue and then was like "uhh.. where am I going now?" He did the same with pretty much any RPG he played.

Your nephew is not alone. I know so many players who just skip thru dialogue and cutscenes then complain that they have no idea what's going on.