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

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Gods - just quit the most annoying instance of Alzadaal's Legacy.[...]

Well that's one $h!tty encounter to experience. Sorry to hear that. That sort of like a public humiliation ngl.

So, to be honest since I was really fed up of being told how bad I was, as well as being over tired, I quit and logged out (although blacklisted Bigmouth before I left). Possibly the wrong thing to do(?) but still - I don't mind admitting that I'm not very good at the game when am doing things wrong (and getting killed frequently), but I really don't think I was in this case.

Personally I would've blacklisted such individual myself for being an a$$hat by putting you on the spotlight. But setting that aside for a moment...

After I took a peek on one of your runs out of curiosity in 'that website that should not be named' then compared it to another random, average BRD, I could for sure tell you that songs are definitely not the main issue nor your DoTs. At least NOT solely. Sure they are not pitch perfect play (pun intended, however unrealistically) but I could see the pattern that you're clearly playing the songs in correct order, you're trying to have those DoT up - you are trying to practice what you've seen in those guide. Which is great!

What I could also tell from that, you have a major trouble at keeping your uptime even as a physical ranged who has full access to infinite mobility. This means using any weaponskills at all to keep your hotbar GCD 'rolling' even while running around. The other average random BRD fired 3 times as much Burst Shots (mostly in boss encounters ofc) & 5 times as much Ladonbites (mostly in trash pulls) in the same dungeon run but about 2m shorter. These two buttons are where their largest contribution of total damage comes from whereas yours actually comes from the built-in auto attacks. A glimpse to this figure kinda tells me that you pretty likely focusing a lot more to dodge/do mechanics correctly before resuming your own things. Have you ever tried to move and attack at the same time? Because that's one of the main perks of picking up physical ranged: access to full movement and still able to attack freely.

Do correct me if I pictured a wrong scenario of you.

Also, will you be updating your personal thread?

[Carin-Eri]

*Snip, because character limit*

*Snip because character limit*

Thanks for the replies - this is exactly the sort of feedback/advice I need since I'm clearly oblivious to the specifics of where my performance is lacking - and to be honest you've pretty much hit the nail on the head.

I will confess that I DO try to remain mobile, but I'm also mindful of the fact that I'm aware of what my biggest, most obvious, failing is - mechanics. I'm still pretty useless with regard to reaction time and admittedly sometimes tend to focus too much on rotation and not enough on positioning, the consequence being stupid mistakes and, often, KO. I really need to work on this, as whilst have worked hard at learning to play Bard and Red Mage better, my understanding of the mechanics is sorely lacking.

Also, will you be updating your personal thread?

I'd all but forgotten about that to be honest! Will have to revisit it!