Tanks holding fights hostage in Roulettes

[kaynide]

Trapping people by using combat would definitely qualify. Especially if you continue to do so after being asked to stop.

Please read the key points directly under the part you posted in ToS; they are specifically referring causing others death or damage. There is no mention of doing a fight solo or not. It’s specifically geared towards griefing.

I wholeheartedly think we should all be discussing a better way to do tanks/healers etc, but before throwing ToS out there please read it, internalize the words written and really take a minute to work out what they are saying.

Key Points:

It is prohibited to interfere with the combat of others in the following manner:

Using actions during combat to cause other players to fall from platforms or field areas to incapacitate them.
Using and manipulating enmity-related actions in an effort to incapacitate other players or interfere with gameplay.
Gathering groups of enemies to obstruct the view of others.

If a report has been filed and the prohibited activity is confirmed, a penalty will be issued.

Simply performing the acts listed above will not immediately result in a violation, as they could be caused unintentionally or be due to unintended circumstances. If it has been determined that the above behaviors were done intentionally or repeatedly to obstruct the other player's gameplay, then a penalty will be issued.

Please note that Square Enix may issue a penalty in its discretion even if a report has not been filed but the act was found being conducted in public areas such as in towns/cities/field areas, or online video/streaming services.

[Lorika]

Stop doing what? Playing the game? I'm tanking. It's my job. They're not being prevented from playing the game, they can leave if they don't want to be carried.. Nothing 'unintended' about how tanks are designed. Your argument falls flat.

Yup.... Tanking.... Not DPSing and Killing a boss... But taking it's hit and survive them.
Not the same thing.

So it's not your role to take down the boss.

Hey no need to get bent out of shape, I was not the person that brought up teamwork when clearing two people did use teamwork to finish the fight.

Really, i really hope it didn't take you long to process all this.... it would be a shame otherwise.

[Karious]

Yup.... Tanking.... Not DPSing and Killing a boss... But taking it's hit and survive them.
Not the same thing.

So it's not your role to take down the boss.


Really, i really hope it didn't take you long to process all this.... it would be a shame otherwise.

I do damage. Too bad if everyone else can't figure out how to not stand in the glowy spot or know what a stack marker is. If I want to burn down a boss solo, there's nothing anyone can do to stop me.

[Fhaerron]

There are many ways SE could address it if they thought it was a that much of a problem.
An extremely simple solution would just be to have the bosses occasionally apply a doom debuff on the tanks that has to be esuna'd by a healer. You don't see this happening on the first boss of Dun Scaith for a reason.

That would result in a lot of wipes because a lot of DF healers don't know what Esuna is.
But who can blame them really, unless you do EX/Savage you don't really have to use it.

[Anzaman]

That would result in a lot of wipes because a lot of DF healers don't know what Esuna is.
But who can blame them really, unless you do EX/Savage you don't really have to use it.

When whole Healer quest-line was about Esuna, you know it's kinda under-used in actual game.

[Lorika]

I do damage. Too bad if everyone else can't figure out how to not stand in the glowy spot or know what a stack marker is. If I want to burn down a boss solo, there's nothing anyone can do to stop me.

Then how about to reset and let thoses people the time to learn how the boss mechanics work instead of being an egoistic jerk?
Because this what this post is all about since the start, and your answer is just what many people was pointing out to be one of main the problem : a crappy attitude.

[Karious]

Then how about to reset and let thoses people the time to learn how the boss mechanics work instead of being an egoistic jerk?
Because this what this post is all about since the start, and your answer is just what many people was pointing out to be one of main the problem : a crappy attitude.

No, I don't think I will reset.

[Lorika]

No, I don't think I will reset.

Then don't come back crying about player skill issue if you don't take time to teach other and let them practice, that eventually lead to difficulty nerf and job getting dumbed down.

[Remember_The_Name]

When whole Healer quest-line was about Esuna, you know it's kinda under-used in actual game.

Which so damn hilarious. The whole questline is pretty much game begging us "Please remember that Esuna exists, put it on your hotbar!".

While 95% of Duty Finder instances don't give you any debuffs to Esuna or it is some outdated ARR/HW poison DoT that barely tickles hp bar of a random DPS. If the game actually bothered to play with debuffing the player characters in said instances, there would be MUCH less healers oblivious to the existance of Esuna. Same problem with Interruptable mechanics. In modern expansion, you see it once in a blue moon.

Quilty pleasure of mine is to watch how oh so immortal tanks panic and writhe when the boss slaps them with Doom and only Healer/Bard can save them from taking a nap on the floor.

[Larirawiel]

You can't leave the party if you're dead and the tank wants to be a god to solo the boss. You're trapped until either tank dies or the boss does.

OK, i have never tried to leave a party so i do not know whether it works or not if you are dead. But ALT+F4 always works.




Cheers