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

[Frizze]

So more of a PF story, on another alt having gotten their blu to 67.

I joined a garuda ex spell farm where the leader insisted on level syncing it to guarantee the spell dropping for the party. Well, this only works if everyone knows the mechanics and plans ahead.

The party I was in did not exactly plan ahead. None of the healer blus had raise, including me (because I'm still fumbling at some of the masked carnival stuff), and only one was able to tank properly. Needless to say after about 7 wipes I suggested to unsync it. Naturally this got flak from the pt lead, but others were in agreement because we were tired of wiping.

We all pull out, leader puts us back in unsynced, and bam, everyone got the spell. Pt lead was rather flabbergasted, but when the party is continuously wiping because of everything hitting the fan over 1 spell, you're better off getting the fight done quick and having a lower chance of it dropping over that sort of sh*tshow.

Yeah, 45 second garuda fights with a reduced chance to learn the skill probly preferable to a group that cant keep itself standing to maybe clear the fight with the guaranteed drop for everyone still standing. I had a similar experience with glass dance. Group wanted to go syncd for the sure thing. Then we kept failing. We made it past the add phase a couple times, but Shiva uses Glass Dance so late in her script that i think we only once made it there. Me and one other guy were the only ones who dodged behind her to avoid the hit, both of us with res already on its looooong cooldown. We did not manage the kill. Group never made it that far again. Unsync then. Now this was back when 60 was the cap, so it would be easier now. Still, half the group was struggling to stay alive even with the extra 10 levels. I might be getting my spells confused, but i think that was one we only got once someone switched to an actual tank and healer.

[Liam_Harper]

Oh definitely not gonna lie, I was tempted to pop Profane! WHM is such a monster DPS machine in DR with dmg essence & even moreso with seraph strike.

Granted, they seem to heal somewhat less frequently after commenting, it’s as if to see if I will actually pitch in or not...

I like when co-healers do this. They probably end up quite puzzled when no one dies without their endless Medica II's.

I haven't had a co-heal call me yet out but when I'm the only healer in DR I frequently get one of the dps start instantly panic Cure IV'ing every raid wide. Which I don't mind, since it frees up more movement/weave lilies but still unnecessary. Most of the raidwides have long gaps inbetween them so I'll just quite often glare away and let Asylum, my next Assize and movement lilies handle the healing in the meantime.

Plenary is quite useful though.

[MilkieTea]

had a WHM in stone vigil not do any dps. not a single stone or even aero. they also only used cure 1 and regen, and cast a spell every like... 30 seconds. i politely told them something along the lines of "hey! just remember there are other tools in your kit! the best damage mitigation is dps.". i also had to remind them cure 2 existed. made sure to word everything in the most polite, non confrontational, non persuasive way possible - not trying to make them do anything, just a gentle reminder that they *can* do something.

they still didn't dps or do anything other than regen and cure 1.

don't know their reaction, this wasn't some pwned moment or anything. just needed to share that, it was a tad bit annoying. i hope they realize for a later dungeon that, seriously, best damage mitigation *is* dps.

[LaughingBanana]

I mean some people may not find it fun watching someone else finish a fight while they twiddle their thumbs.

Though I like seeing if I can finish the fight myself I have been asked to wipe before so others can take part in the fight even if it is possible to solo the rest. Most timee I ignore it, but it is a stance some have.

Also comms are silly no need to feel bad that you did not get any.

That's a rather silly stance to have. Especially since the boss is already like 20-25% hp left, if they wanted to take part, then don't die in the first place XD

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

That\\'s a rather silly stance to have. Especially since the boss is already like 20-25% hp left, if they wanted to take part, then don\\'t die in the first place XD

How dare you to perform so good that you carry your poor dead party mates!

Jokes aside, this reminds me there was one time I answered one of my FCmate’s plea to complete a leveling roulette which threw us into one of ShB dungeon. I kid you not, this FCmate was a freestyler (not anymore now thankfully). But they ended up getting two comms (mentioned in FC chat) likely because of their glamour, which the tank and other DPS mentioned in the party chat earlier.

What was their glam? Nothing but 2P’s pants and boots.

Like what other have said—comms are super random.

[LaughingBanana]

How dare you to perform so good that you carry your poor dead party mates!

Jokes aside, this reminds me there was one time I answered one of my FCmate’s plea to complete a leveling roulette which threw us into one of ShB dungeon. I kid you not, this FCmate was a freestyler (not anymore now thankfully). But they ended up getting two comms (mentioned in FC chat) likely because of their glamour, which the tank and other DPS mentioned in the party chat earlier.

What was their glam? Nothing but 2P’s pants and boots.

Like what other have said—comms are super random.

Ahahahahahah.

Well I suppose that's true about comms. I too sometimes reward comms to other players based on random stuff, them doing emotes, them being a sprout (I always give comms to sprout whenever I could), etc etc. Though it is also quite often I reward comms based on performance.

Anyways, I am only 480-ish more comms to 3000 and for that Chocobo and every little bit of comms helped, so I guess this partly the reason why I was a bit heartbroken back then, hahaha.

[Floortank]

I was healing E9 normal and had a MT try to run into the side gutter during Rejuvenating Balm every time, leading new players down there instead of standing between the two circles. Granted, the gutter is safe the first time you do it, but then she'll do a side cleave and wipe everyone down there instantly.

I asked the MT to stop doing it, and they kept doing it, and dying/getting people killed, and when I asked them why they were doing that after being told not to, they told me to f off, because they are a new player trying to learn. Lol. I get being new, but listen to someone who has done the mechanic. No one was mad at the MT btw, but they got hostile instantly.

[Cubsbane]

Whenever I get Weeping City I'm reminded of the first time I ever did it. I went in blind, but during the fight with the headstone it was pretty obvious to get into the circle while he casted Flaring Epigraph. And everyone else did... except for one lone Monk, hammering away.

When it was clear they didn't want to move, someone in Alliance chat said, "If you're going to stand outside, at least do your positionals."

I just about lost it.

[RobinMalvin]

So this is regarding tanks solo-ing fight. For the most part I'm just OK with it, heck I've done that few times myself. But only if the boss is already low enough that resetting just wouldn't be worth it.

This time, in E11N, me and some party members misread the safe spot for first Turn Of Heaven, leaving behind 2 PLD, one SAM and one DNC alive. Boss was still above 70% and they just decided to keep going. Ten minutes later, SAM died, followed by DNC 5 minutes later. Both PLD used Clemency to keep themselves alive, even used Tank LB to survive two consecutive Burnished Glory.

They cleared alright, but it took 30 minutes! Resetting the fight would've gone faster 10 minutes top.

[Mirhd]

30 minutes

Yeah, that's not impressive, just obnoxious. That is beyond tedious and no fun for anyone, really. If I'm tanking and a similar situation occurs, I reset the damn fight. Imagine if they didn't even manage to down the boss? Good job boys, you wasted everyones time, including your own! Well done!