People abusing party in progress option

[Mairuzu]

It's saddens me to see tanks like you, out there giving us a bad name. The anonymity of the internet does not mean you get to be a complete and total, worthless waste of oxygen......

You really shouldn't care about the opinions of those who generalize off one or even a few people anyways. Just saying

Its also not that anonymous. You can search for this player in game if you're on their server.

I still see no reason to blame a tank for taking advantage of an option the square enix implemented into the game. Its quite silly to strike at the branches and not the root.

Also, if you think the person you're quoting deserves to get their ass kicked for saying something then something is quite wrong with you and not them. That's pretty messed up. Despite the fact that you may disagree with them, its not enough to cause violence to them. Ever.

[Yshnal]

I still see no reason to blame a tank for taking advantage of an option the square enix implemented into the game. Its quite silly to strike at the branches and not the root.

One thing is to tick the option to join a party in progress and then accepting any group that you get, or just declining it sometimes for whatever reason. But another thing is to purposely use the duty finder to spam the queue, declining all groups until you find one that suits your special tastes (not necessarily on the last boss, and I know what I say here as I know people that do this). That's not taking advantage of anything, but abusing it, specially when some of those same people say that they know that they're annoying other players by doing that. That's what people are complaining about.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.

How the hell does snatching purses from grandmothers resemble, in any way, joining a queue for an already started group on a video game? (Hint: It doesn't) What an absurdly fallacious comparison. You should be ashamed of trying to pass this off as logical.

It was an analogy and it's perfectly valid to explain what I was trying to explain (read the rest of the posts). Nice try though.

[Mairuzu]

One thing is to tick the option to join a party in progress and then accepting any group that you get, or just declining it sometimes for whatever reason.

Its not abusing it. If the game gives you the option to join a party in progress then you should be able to join a party in progress or be queued until one needs you. The fact that the game puts you into a group you don't want and didn't even request isn't the fault of the player. If they wanted to join a new party then they would have done so from the beginning. We are dealing with paying customers here that can and will get what they want as long as its not a violation of their agreement. If it continues to pop something up that you're not requesting to do then what are you left to do? You try again. No one is purposely trying to spam the queue since no one wants to sit there doing that. What players are doing is declining something the game is simply screwing up on.

[Sephirah]

Its not abusing it.

So because the game lets you, it's not abuse to say, tank a boss in a specific location that trivializes core mechanics? Because I'm pretty sure SE considers things like that abuse, or "exploits".

Just because the game lets you do something does not mean it's ok or intended. Again, there is nothing wrong with backing out of a group because you have to do something else. But intentionally looking for mostly cleared dungeons and REFUSING to tank a fresh dungeon is not intended.

I laughed so hard this morning when in an AK run, after we killed the first boss, our healer goes "way to make that fight take a millinia" to which I replied "if you know a faster way that isn't an exploit, be my guest". They dropped group immediately.

You're misunderstanding me. You told a tank that hes giving tanks bad names. This implies that when someone sees this tank being a douche, then that person judges and generalizes all tanks based off that one douche. To which I said, you shouldn't really care about the opinions of those who generalize like that.

They should be able to. Its not enough to cause violence to them.

You are really hung up on that comment about not being able to act like that in real life without getting your ass kicked huh? Judging by your "love-elution" signature I think it's safe to assume you are in the "violence doesn't solve anything" boat. And while I agree POINTLESS violence doesn't solve anything, it is an absolute FACT that throughout the entire history of humanity, more conflicts have been RESOLVED through violence than ANY other medium.

Again, I am NOT saying we should all go kick this guys ass or any other tank that does this. I'm just saying if that is how they act in real life, then yea, eventually someone is gonna smack em, lol.

[Mairuzu]

So because the game lets you, it's not abuse to say, tank a boss in a specific location that trivializes core mechanics? Because I'm pretty sure SE considers things like abuse, or "exploits".

When SE comes out and says this specific case is an abuse, then I'll admit you're right. Until then.... they don't compare. If a game allows you to start a party in progress then it should deliver. It sucks that the game does this to players and it should be fixed that gives everyone what they want, like it should be.

[Sephirah]

When SE comes out and says this specific case is an abuse, then I'll admit you're right. Until then.... they don't compare. If a game allows you to start a party in progress then it should deliver. It sucks that the game does this to players and it should be fixed that gives everyone what they want, like it should be.

You mean like this?

Greetings,

The development team is aware of the fact that there are some players who will constantly withdraw when you are being matched with players via the Duty Finder. They plan on implementing countermeasures for this to decrease the frequency in which this happens

[Mairuzu]

You mean like this?

They never said it was an abuse, but the fact that people are complaining makes them want to do something about it. Which is a result of how THEY made it.

[Yshnal]

Its not abusing it. If the game gives you the option to join a party in progress then you should be able to join a party in progress or be queued until one needs you. The fact that the game puts you into a group you don't want and didn't even request isn't the fault of the player. If they wanted to join a new party then they would have done so from the beginning. We are dealing with paying customers here that can and will get what they want as long as its not a violation of their agreement. If it continues to pop something up that you're not requesting to do then what are you left to do? You try again. No one is purposely trying to spam the queue since no one wants to sit there doing that. What players are doing is declining something the game is simply screwing up on.

The option is not there for people that want to join an already started duty, but for those that don't mind or are willing to join one, no matter at what boss they're at. It might seem a small difference, but it's a pretty important one if you think about it, and it's the way it's designed. Like it or hate it, but don't abuse it and annoy everyone else that understands how it works. That's simply what people are asking here.

As with a lot of things, SE is guilty on assuming that players would be willing to help others, but failed miserably with that assumption. That's the only thing that they're at fault on this matter, and not on what people do with the system.

[Mairuzu]

The option is not there for people that want to join an already started duty, but for those that don't mind or are willing to join one, no matter at what boss they're at.

The option is there and no where does it state that its not for players that want to do it.

Your argument that people should have enough sympathy to at least not spam it - I can agree with that and even I have stopped. But they don't have to and shouldn't get blamed for it. The devs should fix it so it works for everyone.

[Yshnal]

The option is there and no where does it state that its not for players that want to do it.

Your argument that people should have enough sympathy to at least not spam it - I can agree with that and even I have stopped. But they don't have to and shouldn't get blamed for it. The devs should fix it so it works for everyone.

Come on, but you know how it works, you said it yourself. So why complain? It's not a surprise, after all, that if it works like that it might be because they wanted to implement it that way. And if you have any doubts that that's not the way it was intended to be used, just look at what Sephirah quoted up there.

Anyway, it honours you if you have stopped doing this