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

[AnotherPerson]

Had a SCH who died in Grand Cosmos, then got raised. GNB (me) dies from the severe lack of healing. SCH uses swiftcast and does nothing for 10 seconds (they had 5000 MP), gets killed again. We wipe.
So I had already noticed a LOT of Physick and Adloquium casts before this. They were running out of MP constantly. That means very little Aetherflow or Lucid Dreaming from them. I noticed they don't have their fairy out either (no Aetherpact, Seraph, Whispering Dawn), so I reminded them to summon their fairy because I guess they forgot. It's not as if they were a new healer. They had a full set of level 90 jobs - tanks, healers, DPS all included. They summon the fairy. We beat the 1st boss (though they die from mechanics again, 4 stacks of vulnerability is no joke). During the second boss I noticed they don't do mechanics either (spawned the fruit add) and they forgot to summon their fairy again. So after the second boss, I ask them to summon their fairy since they were struggling a lot. The healer is running low on MP (~2200 MP), so I didn't mind waiting a bit. They pause looked at my character before going ahead, inadvertently pulling the next group of mobs. The fairy still wasn't summoned. Loot gets picked up, so timer never ran out for a votekick.

Yeah, no. Then it means they were intentionally not using their fairy this entire time. I can't deal with this kind of behavior for the 6th or 7th time this week. My tolerance can only go so far. I'm out.

[VictorSpoils]

Friends report seeing a strange rise in deeps getting upset when the tank big pulls.

My uncle pulled all of Wanderer's Palace to the first boss because that pull is kinda fun and new Living Dead is silly. There was a Black Mage in the party (friendly after the duty so will give them benefit of the doubt) that mentioned not having to pull the whole dungeon. There was a single wipe there due to a minor misplay on the healer and tank's part (mistimed invuln + missed aggro on two mobs). Perfectly acceptable for players fresh out of ARR. That is no reason to abandon all hope into single pulls. Naturally my uncle ignored the chat and did the big pull again after understanding where he messed up and it went perfectly. There were zero wipes for the remainder of the dungeon and the healer (who is his partner) had zero issues with big pulling.

Honestly baffling, big pulling puts pressure on healer or tank, all the dps must do is push the aoe buttons so I am most confused... Why would a dps be upset with a big pull? Even a single wipe saves time over single pulling, especially if the player who caused the wipe is willing to learn. Seriously, let the new players pull it all and learn because how else are they going to get better?

There's nothing wrong with the pull, but Black Mage is probably the worst job for that kind of movement, especially if it's someone unfamiliar with that situation and/or they fall behind. Wouldn't be surprised if they were mashing Scathe for a full minute.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Kugane Ohashi. Saw the first timer notice. Saw said first timer staying away from the group with their dorito. I typed a quick "Stack the doritos". The next time dorito appears they moved away instead.

Maybe one of these days SE should change the 'stack these!!'-markers from Dorito icon into Pringles icon so people are more inclined to stack them.

[Deveryn]

Kugane Ohashi. Saw the first timer notice. Saw said first timer staying away from the group with their dorito. I typed a quick "Stack the doritos". The next time dorito appears they moved away instead.

Maybe one of these days SE should change the 'stack these!!'-markers from Dorito icon into Pringles icon so people are more inclined to stack them.

It might work better if it were yellow like the stack marker.

[Renalt]

It might work better if it were yellow like the stack marker.

Would make the most sense. People tend to stay away from big red symbols as first instinct.

[VictorSpoils]

Zot backfill as MCH. Somehow get double-Exhausted in the narrow hallway during the last big pull and collapse. Both the healer and SMN forget they have a rez. Tank says "let me die" to proc Living Dead. It does, because the healer promptly stands still and does nothing for the next 30 seconds as everyone else kisses the ground one by one. Afterward:

Healer: "You didn't specify."
Tank: "Why would a tank want to die?"
Healer: "IDK."

[Midareyukki]

Zot backfill as MCH. Somehow get double-Exhausted in the narrow hallway during the last big pull and collapse. Both the healer and SMN forget they have a rez. Tank says "let me die" to proc Living Dead. It does, because the healer promptly stands still and does nothing for the next 30 seconds as everyone else kisses the ground one by one. Afterward:

Healer: "You didn't specify."
Tank: "Why would a tank want to die?"
Healer: "IDK."

.w. and this kids, is why we learn what other jobs do rather than just our own. Especially the more levels you get. ESPECIALLY if you're a Healer.

Definitely if you're a Healer. I feel like Healers and Tanks need to know what the other role does as they progress. For Healers it's important to identify tank cooldowns and know whether they're being used properly/whether you need to heal or not (WAR says hi on this one). For Tanks, it's just so they can adjust to a given healer's playstyle and know how fast they can react. As well as not to freak out when not being healed. Some healers have safety nets, others are raw healing.

I'll never get tired of seeing Paladins freak out and spam Clemency because they're at half health, meanwhile my AST has 2x charges of Essential Dignity, an Earthly Star charging up or a ticking Macrocosmos.

[Deveryn]

Dead Ends: tanking as PLD and sage had to take a dump or something because they kept running ahead. They threw a few comments about going faster. I kept quiet about it.

Ra-La delivered karma at the end, when the sage got wrecked during 2nd Prance and I got to heal the DPS for the remainder of the fight. They claim "it was a test." I say "speed kills"

[Renalt]

Dead Ends: tanking as PLD and sage had to take a dump or something because they kept running ahead. They threw a few comments about going faster. I kept quiet about it.

Ra-La delivered karma at the end, when the sage got wrecked during 2nd Prance and I got to heal the DPS for the remainder of the fight. They claim "it was a test." I say "speed kills"

Yeah being a PLD/WAR feels great when the healer goes down and you're like "Look at me. I'm your healer now".

[RobynDaBank]

Swallow's Compass. Me as GNB. Corridor before second boss, with the knockback waves and Morbols. I got tossed around like a salad, and managed to get hit by the infamous Morbol breath twice. Went so far as to type "FML" in chat. Sorry, healer.