Difficult experience in Forked Tower – a reminder to respect public content

[RuriStone]

I wouldn't say I'm entirely "new" given I've been playing for 2 and a half years, I'm just very slow and methodical in doing the content I was unlocking as I went because I DIDN'T want to be a screw-up that had to be constantly carried. Unfortunately my level of skill just couldn't keep up as Stormblood went along, and the Ivalice raids ended up being a breaking point and resulted in some of the worst experiences I've had with other players.

Contrary to popular belief, some people WILL kick you for wasting their time on cutscenes or dying too much even in "normal" content. Mind you, when I first unlocked and attempted the Ivalice raids, it was during the last mogtome event where it was included, so I guess there were people trying to farm it efficiently and me being the ONLY person watching the cutscenes for the first time and fighting the bosses partially blind (because I didn't want to be spoiled TOO much) and dying repeatedly on mechanics really chaffed some people, so it took more than one attempt to get through the whole series because I was getting booted here and there, and even when I wasn't, I still had people being pretty jerkish about my failures while sometimes implying it was because I was from Dynamis, and thus I was either an idiot or a griefer in their eyes. All this and I had been really looking forward to said raid series because FF12 and FFTactics are some of my favorite games in the series, (I even plan to get the War of the Lions PC remaster), and was hoping to farm all the goodies out of those raids including all the glam. Eh... well, that's not happening anymore.

That said, I never intended to do hardcore content because I know I wouldn't be good at it, so there's no point in wasting anyone's time, and least of all with people who probably don't want my casual self in there screwing up their umpteenth reclear. It's simply not worth the effort, and I've just accepted its content I'll never get to do unless it can be unsynced somehow (hence why my Extreme and Savage Coils clears are of no significance).

Though even if I somehow magically "got gud" I still wouldn't do the content legit because I wouldn't enjoy it anyway (I play games to have fun, not be frustrated), and I wouldn't care much for playing with people who seemingly hated me 5 seconds ago when they thought I was just another filthy casual.

This is sad to read.
It's also against tos to kick you for watching a cs or dying too much:
・Unjustified usage of Vote Dismiss
Refers to the act of dismissing a player in a way that is unjustified under the intended use of Vote Dismiss.

report people like this

[YovelaLindswood]

Contrary to popular belief, some people WILL kick you for wasting their time on cutscenes or dying too much even in "normal" content. Mind you, when I first unlocked and attempted the Ivalice raids, it was during the last mogtome event where it was included, so I guess there were people trying to farm it efficiently and me being the ONLY person watching the cutscenes for the first time and fighting the bosses partially blind (because I didn't want to be spoiled TOO much) and dying repeatedly on mechanics really chaffed some people, so it took more than one attempt to get through the whole series because I was getting booted here and there, and even when I wasn't, I still had people being pretty jerkish about my failures while sometimes implying it was because I was from Dynamis, and thus I was either an idiot or a griefer in their eyes.

Yeah it sucks thats your experience. If it means anything I respect the hell out of the fact that you try to not be a screw up and get carried and learn the game. Its 100% because of the mogtome event. I cant say i've ever seen that ever happen in the 10 years i've played the game so I can say its def not the norm to kick someone in a cutscene in an araid. As for performance practice makes perfect so the best thing you can do is just convey a "first time" on entry. It doesn't always work but a lot of time people will curb expectations if they know you're learning and not just running it for tomes through roulettes. Or leave and take a 30 which works either way. I love playing tanks and healers personally but if you're still learning the game dps is what i'd direct you to since your personal responsibility is lower for team completion you don't put yourself in the team agro chair. Some people are just jerks with no saving and you gotta just shrug it off and ignore them, but most people like me will forgive a few deaths if you're doing your rotation and genuinely attempting the content. Websites like the balance give good breakdowns of the core of every class in the game so i'd recommend looking at your class guide and practicing on a striking dummy a bit till you get the muscle memory down enough to play in a dungeon. Doing that will usually be enough to de agro most people. Do that until you feel comfortable enough with mechanics to try tanking or healing. Both of which can be practiced in trusts if you want to as well. Theres also core things about the combat system like snapshotting and slidecast windows so id recommend hitting up youtube to learn some of how the core backend works in this game. Understanding how damage hits you will do wonders for your gameplay. Hopefully theres something in this long winded post that can help you to not experience that as often or at all.