Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent. 2.0

[Curisu]

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It is not rude to leave a call/ group like this, especially when you are the one who wants to help.
"Gtg, my cat self combusted again" and you are gone.

But when you want to stay then you always can just lie to them that they hopefully stop bothering you. But best would be to just leave.

[Frizze]

Yeah, people like that are why i "dont own a mic". Honestly, id rather not hear other players voices while im playing most of the time. It breaks my immersion, lowers my fun... and some of yall just grate on my ears. I deal with enough people at work, during my ME time i want to be more selective. Will i join a call? Reluctantly if i must. But unless i know AND like you, youre getting my stock answer that i dont own a mic and do not have the ability to be participating in the chat. If we're actually friends then you know all of that, plus that plugging the mic in annoys me(the lie wouldnt work if the mic was plugged in and i accidently coughed or something) - but we're friends so ill do it for you because that makes you special.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

That's one creepy af experience. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

I would insta-leave the moment they nudge for an answer if I were in your place.

[SturmChurro]

Why is it so hard for people to understand that not everyone wants to talk with any strangers they met? it takes time for me to even want to chat in game with someone. Let alone talk in VC.

Lesson learned. Screw PF discord VC.

Yep. Actually another reason I won't do savage in PF, or look for a static or whatever.. I don't like using my mic either with anybody I don't know well. It's awkward, uncomfortable, and most people are grating to listen to, cringe, or plain annoying.

But unless i know AND like you, youre getting my stock answer that i dont own a mic and do not have the ability to be participating in the chat. If we're actually friends then you know all of that, plus that plugging the mic in annoys me(the lie wouldnt work if the mic was plugged in and i accidently coughed or something) - but we're friends so ill do it for you because that makes you special.

No mic plugged in either, but I have one. It's been in the box since I bought it. I haven't talked on the mic with someone (other than a family member), since.. 2018 I think. Maybe 2019.

[Deveryn]

I did a full run of POTD and joined a discord. I was happy to get my first clear, but damn that was noisy ;_;

[MilkieTea]

Why is it so hard for people to understand that not everyone wants to talk with any strangers they met? it takes time for me to even want to chat in game with someone. Let alone talk in VC.

Lesson learned. Screw PF discord VC.

I'll admit, when my group PFs savages we *do* send in discord links for callouts (yes, actual callouts). But we never pressure anyone to even join, it's just a "hey we're doing callouts here if you want to join in, but it's k if not because we can just use the text box to let you know which strats we're using". And if they do join, it's cool. We continue on as we were (we have injokes but we never pressure anyone to participate, because ultimately we're there for callouts and when we need to we clear comms so we just hear our raid leads voice).

Anyone who pressures someone online to speak or join a call, makes them uncomfortable etc, is welcome to go stick their head down an ant-hole.

[SturmChurro]

Orbonne just now. I was on my RDM, tank was dcing over and over, last boss every single member of my party except myself died. What luck I was on RDM. No commendations though.

Had to heal myself often with vercure as well due to the tank. At least I was able to share that responsibility with one other DPS.

[Wolfsbane706]

Last night, counting roulette as Sage put in in Arboretum Hard, and it went incredibly smoothly. Had a newbie along for the ride and I think it may have been the BLM (out of a BLM, a SGE, a BRD, and a GNB) because on the last boss, they failed the mud geyser mechanic twice. When it happened a third time, I took it upon myself to Rescue them from the grating and onto solid ground. They didn't fail that mechanic again. In the end I only got two comms but I think one of them may have been from a grateful BLM.

[Skivvy]

Got SoS normal tonight in my trial roulette and I did the bad.

We had a lot of new people in the run, and so before the QTE started, I had typed 'mash, mash, mash' in chat. And then I somehow reopened the window and proceeded to do all of my mashing in the chat box instead. Not my finest moment. lol.

[SiSenor]

One thing that always makes me laugh on alliance raids: Tanks not pulling adds. It almost always happens on ARR raids and that always ends up with a few DPS and/or Healers dead