Crystal Tower

[Baci]

Ok, so can someone explain to me how some People can be that retarded?

[saber_alter]

clarify, or the cries of idiocy will fall on deaf ears, and none shall mourn of your loss.

no, seriously. or else I'm have to assume its the normal "new content" stupidity.

[Demens]

It's the standard PUG stupidity multiplied x6.
If you get lucky and get half intellagent players the place is fairly easy.

[revonine]

It's very easy if everyone coordinates but if they don't it can be an absolute nightmare. King Behemoth: Both our groups tanks we're on pillar duty but the tanks from the other groups just down right refused to control the iron giants and face them away from the group which resulted in everything in sight being cleaved to bits xD

[Maku]

We cleared it first go with more than half the people being first timers. I was an idiot though cause I greeded on something that I really didn't want only to have the freakn Healer Body that I wanted drop. This lock out is stupid.

[Michelasso]

Ok, so can someone explain to me how some People can be that retarded?

And can anyone explain why the most jerks are usually the tanks? Seriously. For most their job is just sitting down hitting and getting aggro (well, if they don't forget and go DPS, sure) and bitching at all others. It's so cool when they bitch because we target a different mob without them having marked anything.

Don't get me wrong. Some are amazing as well.

[TychoCelchu]

I think the problem some tanks have is their idea that they are harder to replace than anything else. You need healers? Not so hard to replace. DDs are a dime a dozen as well, but Tanks? sometimes you have to wait a LONG time for one. That being said, I usually end up tanking as I have both at lvl 50 with relics and full DL at this point. I try to be patient with people and explain things first so that I don't have to worry about them doing stupid things later.
Crystal Tower is pretty easy as long as the three groups coordinate what they are doing and who is taking which enemies. Besides choosing enemies, you don't even need to really think about what the other groups are doing except in the magic pot battle

[Jinrya-Geki]

And can anyone explain why the most jerks are usually the tanks? Seriously. For most their job is just sitting down hitting and getting aggro (well, if they don't forget and go DPS, sure) and bitching at all others. It's so cool when they bitch because we target a different mob without them having marked anything.

Don't get me wrong. Some are amazing as well.

I can see why. It absolutely infuriates me when someone wants me to go at there pace without asking. I like to go at my own pace as a tank. It annoys me when a DD or a heal runs ahead and pulls the mob just cause they think it makes it faster. It doesn't.

It gets tiring and you want to deal with it less. So you either force them to listen to you or you leave cause you know you can just get another party very easily.

[TychoCelchu]

I can see why. It absolutely infuriates me when someone wants me to go at there pace without asking. I like to go at my own pace as a tank. It annoys me when a DD or a heal runs ahead and pulls the mob just cause they think it makes it faster. It doesn't.

When I tank with these people, I let them die. You wanna set the pace? You wanna tank? then play a freaking tank. If you want to try going a little faster, let me know and I can get it done. Don't try to tank, it slows everything down and messes with the aggro tables. I would love to play dps and would gladly switch roles with you, but the wait times are waaaay too long, so I usually end up tanking unless I run stuff with my FC (and even then, I usually tank).

[Nova_Dresden]

I can see why. It absolutely infuriates me when someone wants me to go at there pace without asking. I like to go at my own pace as a tank. It annoys me when a DD or a heal runs ahead and pulls the mob just cause they think it makes it faster. It doesn't.

It gets tiring and you want to deal with it less. So you either force them to listen to you or you leave cause you know you can just get another party very easily.

Pretty much. I tank for my irl friends, and I do random tanking in the queues. Even before roulette I'd toss myself in on stuff like Brayflox's Longstop, Stone Vigil, and Sunken Temple of Qarn just because I knew tanks were in short supply and people may be stuck there with those instances. Even then I'd be as nice as I could, but I have a short tolerance for absolute idiocy. I may not know the intricacies and details of every job, but I'm pretty sure when I mark kill order that good sense would say you don't spam AoE on #2 expecting the other DPS to take out #1 and everything will die identically and you not pull any hate. SMNs used to make my life hard DoTing everything and unloading Ruin on whatever I'm not targeting. You can only split up so much threat in a Rage of Halone combo before you get overtaken on something.

If you're new, I'll help you out. If you're unsure, I'll answer questions. If you need help, I'm there. But like you said expect me to pull and set the pace and if we're killing faster than I'm pulling I'll step it up. I won't risk a wipe to beat some imaginary clock in your head.