Duty Finder Etiquette

[Mcshiggs]

Hopefully the the patch will help alot of this, with them increasing the character to server updates for things like the Titan. Not help with people surviving, but help those that have trouble see that it is them, and not the mysterious lag that only occurs on the moves you die on, not the ones you dodge. I'm sick of people not getting hit until the heart phase, then suddenly lag kicks in and they die, if you were able to dodge plumes after the first jump, you should be able to for the rest of the fight, if you get mad because you died to bombs because you were "following me," that's your problem, if you are following you are a step behind, and that is why you died. Once the fight picks up people get focused on rotations and procs and what not, and ignore the mechanics.

[Sunociva]

Hopefully the the patch will help alot of this, with them increasing the character to server updates for things like the Titan. Not help with people surviving, but help those that have trouble see that it is them, and not the mysterious lag that only occurs on the moves you die on, not the ones you dodge. I'm sick of people not getting hit until the heart phase, then suddenly lag kicks in and they die, if you were able to dodge plumes after the first jump, you should be able to for the rest of the fight, if you get mad because you died to bombs because you were "following me," that's your problem, if you are following you are a step behind, and that is why you died. Once the fight picks up people get focused on rotations and procs and what not, and ignore the mechanics.

This guy gets it +1

[Zedine]

For those people who think it cannot be done, I did all 3 primal fights in under 2 hours last night on my Dragoon for Relic, and my Dragoon has mainly Hetarios set and Grand Company Weapon. So yes it can be done, and no i wasn't carried by several Relic+1 Allagan players. We did a standard 2 Tanks 2 healers 4 DPS , which 4 people needed relics for. Including 2 DPS.

[Thycian]

An etiquette I would add: Answer if you're asked a question. I lost count on how many times I asked something like "Hey X, wanna do strategy A or B?" And there is no reaction at all. Even PS3 players should be able to formulate short sentences. It kinda feels rude if you get ignored.

[Marius]

People should never, ever expect every duty finder run to go smoothly. Go in with knowing that you have inexperienced players, and or not skilled but are practicing and need to learn. It pretty much boils down to for me if we wipe once or twice, I'll keep mental notes about what went wrong and ask if someone knows the fight. Or ask if they need help or don't understand something. The mechanics for fights in this game are not that terribly difficult. Not like other mmo's out there. It doesn't take that much time to explain something in at least 5 sentences or less. Be courteous and the general populous will be and treat you the same.

Yeah, it sucks that sometimes someone wastes the other three or seven people's time for whatever reason, but if you don't want to be subjected to that, don't use the duty finder and find a friendly FC or shout (bulletin board soon) for an established player group. Do not expect people to know strats for fights and watch videos. You can expect that if you make your own groups and set your own requirements, don't expect that for the general public.