"Taking a stand" quest

[Mawlzy]

Immersion break (despite it not being immersion breaking because the WOL is still there they just aren’t being controlled) doesn’t explain why people struggle with it so much. If you are standing there failing the duty because you are fuming at having to play Wuk Lamat that’s not the duty’s fault that’s squarely on you. The game even pares down the kits massively to make this easy. Like wuk lamat’s “rotation” is 4 buttons

1) single target button when only facing bakool ja ja
2) AOE button when minions come out
3) use thrill of battle on CD
4) LB on CD

If you can’t understand those 4 buttons your issues with the game are wider than this solo duty. You should be able to intuitively understand the pared down kits of jobs outside your role. If you look at wuk’s 4 button kit and go “I’m a SMN this looks like Latin to me” then your understanding of the game is severely lacking and needs to be bought to attention eventually. If you are trying to look for things to do that you think “fits” the role you are playing that’s also a problem. Nothing in Wuk’s kit involves a semblance of tanking, so people going “I’m not a tank” don’t make any sense because nothing in this quest required you to tank

Overgearing is meaningless because the solo duties specifically prevent it, x1-x9 duties sync you only a level or two above the recommended level which is like an extra 1-2% power, capped duties sync you only 20-30 ilvl’s higher which while a bit stronger is not the difference between success and failure if you are failing on very easy

Can't you also use food and potions when playing as yourself?

Agreed, the 4-button rotation is trivial, and I assume this means the devs compensate by making the mechanics more punishing. The problem isn't executing the rotation, it's dodging.

This of course is unironically a skill issue. But if the skill floor in these things at very easy is deemed acceptable by the devs, they should ensure that it works in all solo duties else a lot of people are going to be very peeved. There's clearly something different about Taking A Stand, and it's presumably the bugged very easy mode.