Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent.

[sonicadventures]

Wait, you reported and blacklisted someone for simply suggesting you change classes? That's...umm....could you provide context on what happened?

lol. I'm sorry but your reaction to that made me laugh.

[Tracewood]

My experience with SB tanks in dungeons.

Stop mass pulling enemies when the healer isn't there and you're still in DPS stance, no one cares about your DPS, I'm tired of ripping hate after a couple weaponskills. Actually, just stop with the mass pulling. Two trash packs minimum. On top of that it's always the parties where I'm the DPS trying to AoE everything down while the other DPS is barely using their AoE rotation. I feel so bad for healers this expansion, you have my sympathy.

It's been a theme lately.

[KaivaC]

Queued into Ravana HM and one of the tanks says that he's new to the duty. I'm not sure who pulled Ravana immediately after, but new tank proceeds to hold him. At some point while the butterflies are dropping, newby ends up pulling Ravana towards a wall. I tell him not too close to the wall, but it doesn't seem like he understands what I mean. Sure enough, after Bloody Fuller, Ravana does his pushback and the newby goes flying through that hole that Ravana made that I warned about.

Funny thing is, one of the healers went flying through a hole directly across from it. It was an interesting run for sure.

[LukasRavenholme]

At the end of every dungeon (roulette) where the other DPS snubs me (DPS) on commendations, I'm always trying to figure out why the other DPS would be so spiteful.

- Did they just forget to commend? Inexcusable. If they can find the Loot button they can find the Commendation button.
- Did they commend the healer or tank instead? Why? They're guaranteed to commend each other, usually. They're set already.
- Do they not know the unspoken etiquette of commendations in a solid 4-man rando group? Tank + Healer. DPS + DPS.
- Didn't they see me deftly burning TP on those massive trash pulls with AoE rotations? They think only casters can AoE well? How often will they see a melee as not-sucky at AoE as this?
- Are they embarrassed about dying that one time, and assume I won't be commending them? Hogwash. Next time it could be me on the floor.
- Are they jealous I outdamaged them on the most recent boss? I personally love getting outdamaged, it means the group's going hella fast, and that I have more to learn.
- Are they displeased with my damage output relative to theirs, because their class just happens to be really strong/weak right now?

TL;DR:

What is wrong with you DPS players and commendations?
Get it together.

Hate you guys right now.

[sonicadventures]

A list I agree with. :c

To be honest, I kindof feel the same way. But I've been lucky on coms and I think it has to do random actions. I've been leaving dungeons with all 3 comms. and the only time it doesn't happen is when I'm in 8 man groups. I couldn't tell you what to do honestly, just recently I got all 3 comms for simply goading the rap out of warrior tanks this morning. At one point I was just being silly spaming it on them whenever I could just to see their reaction. It had to have made them laugh. But yeah, I think most DPs players simply give it to the healer or tank out of habit.

[Singularity]

- Do they not know the unspoken etiquette of commendations in a solid 4-man rando group? Tank + Healer. DPS + DPS.

This etiquette is apparently so unspoken that I've never heard of it.

I commend whomever I thought played best, whatever role they are on.
If nobody played above average, I usually don't commend anyone, and on the rarest of occasions I am blessed with a party where everyone is outstanding and I wish I could commend them all.

[Slevin_Impudicus]

I agree. I've never heard of it or heard anyone complain about it before either. Pretty amusing that someone actually stews over something so trivial.
I was under the impression that the tank usually walks away with the coms unless things went badly and the healer had to step up. Didn't realize DPS com entitlement was a thing. Honestly, I feel that mentality completely goes against the point of commendations (not that there is much of a point).

This etiquette is apparently so unspoken that I've never heard of it.

I commend whomever I thought played best, whatever role they are on.
If nobody played above average, I usually don't commend anyone, and on the rarest of occasions I am blessed with a party where everyone is outstanding and I wish I could commend them all.

[Mysterysword]

Didn't realize DPS com entitlement was a thing. Honestly, I feel that mentality completely goes against the point of commendations (not that there is much of a point).

If it is a thing, someone somewhere will feel entitled to it. I honestly can't tell if that post was a troll. There is honestly no point in gathering comms beyond 3000 of them, and you can easily get those without having to beg for comms or whatever.

But seriously? Calling people spiteful just because they don't comm you? That has to be trolling, right? Right?

[KaivaC]

- Do they not know the unspoken etiquette of commendations in a solid 4-man rando group? Tank + Healer. DPS + DPS.

I didn't even know this was a thing. I just assumed that tanks and healers tend to get coms. I know when I do a roulette, I either give it to the tank or the healer, depending on whether I'm DRK or AST. Then again, I don't really see comms as a big deal either.

[Syfurion]

- Do they not know the unspoken etiquette of commendations in a solid 4-man rando group? Tank + Healer. DPS + DPS.

First I've ever heard of this. Echoing Singularity, this is apparently a very unspoken agreement.

Plus they're commendations, they're almost completely worthless. Do people actually care that much about the fat chocobo?