Speed Runs Suck

[Twilite]

I've had at least one BLM want big pulls(haukke manor) to which I responded by pulling faster instead of pulling more(there is a difference) because I don't know what I can handle. You can't just "trust the healer". You need to trust your self first. If you don't, play it safe, otherwise there could be a wipe. Now for the longtop, I've been getting better, but still not gonna pull 6 like I did the last time, and caused an epic wipe that had me feeling really stupid for the rest of the run.

NOw for high level dungeons, there was one WAR, I'll call him "Daring" because heading towards the boss, he commenced onward to the biggest pull I have ever seen in all my days on BLM. The healer was totally ready too.

NIN went AFK, so there goes half the DPS for this 20+ mob pull LOL. Poor guy died, but one more Flare would have pulled it off(pun unintended).

[Cooperal]

Just remember, you're the tank. The only one you have to fear p***ing off is the healer. They aren't replaced fast.

If a DPS wants to go faster than you, let them. Let them until they learn. Your pulls should be received as a statement about how much you can manage before risks come into play. They simply can't pull AND justify anger if you're alraedy fighting 3-4 enemies and they go ahead and pull more. Often times the same people that do this haven't gauged how much you can take (sometimes it's never-tanks and sometimes it's people that can only remember tanking over-geared) and nobody elected them to do so.

If the whole party thinks you're going too slow. Maybe you are. Though, i's not entirely impossible to roll for 3 extreme inconsiderate players but in my experience it feels like a 20% chance that only one will be and a dramatically lower chance that there would be more. In any case, if they can muster enough votes to kick a tank, they can have fun waiting for another while you will be with your new best friends is less than a minute.

If you've done it before, absolutely make attempts to go quicker. Many fights don't really need learning and you can just stick to your golden rules about timing stuns, facing the mob away and saving protective oGCDs for the most intense moments. Everyone should respect a first time claim though. People who don't give themselves too much credit for being a decent player, let alone a team-player.

[Neriam]

I'm all for speedrunning 50+ dungeons if everyone is on the same page.
For low level dungeons, it's almost always unnecessary, except when you have the odd double BLM composition.
I still remember that Cutter's cry with double NIN and the tank pulling all the things.
When I told him that mass pulling is not really effective since we don't have strong AOEs, someone said NIN do have AOEs.
Yeah, Katon 2 stronk ...

[kensatsu]

anyway speedrunning is not hard.
You will still got players who wish do speedrun, when you are ready learn /try to do one.
Players speedrun dgn because them want to do it faster ... why ? because when you do X times the same boring dgn again and again, you want to do it faster, that's all

[icebladexxx]

The reason people speed run in the first place is because the way the game is designed they make you grind through roulette's to get geared.
after running it everyday for months they get boring and people just want to get it over with

[kensatsu]

yeah dgn is part of grind so players make it as fast as they can to have to doing less boring stuff on the game after

[Twilite]

Never mind.

[Oreic]

While I understand that some people want to take time and travel through things slowly, you simply can't expect this from Duty Finder. If you want slow, gather a few similarly leveled people and run it until you learn the ropes.

Or join an FC that's willing to train you and help you through the steps. Most people who use Duty Finder have already run those dungeons before, and when you're leveling your second or third job, you just want to be done with it. Course, I'm the type that feels like he's pulling teeth when running dungeons so..

[Naginata_Nayos]

I'll always remember my first time at the continuum, just one week after the early access.

Pop in the dungeon with my husband, he's healer and i'm dps. We say it's our first time and... The tank starts speedrunning without a word.

We were in crappy gear, it was horrible to heal ; he did it, but it was not fun at all.
I've been a healer for years on Wow but i'll never heal on FFXIV because of speedruns : I go in dungeon for fun (and meet people), not to live a stressful moment.

And about the "just ask to go slowly", you know nobody listen. People just want their poetics/eso as fast as possible, considering the others are just bots.

Just wanted to say : I know that feeling, bro. That's just how mmorpg are now.

Ps : sorry for bad english >.>

[LunnaRavenheart]

Speed runs are not a problem.

When I am doing dungeons I mostly do as tank.
I never heard complains about speedrunning and I receive about 2 commendations per dungeon in avarege.
People who dont like speed running are just small portion of player base who are complaing on forums. Rest of community is fine with SR.