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

[Mysterysword]

Well, I decided to go as DRK for Leveling Roulette. Turns out that was a terrible idea, because then I ended up in Doma Castle, as a level 67 DRK, with a total ilvl of 277, while using an ilvl 270 weapon and belt. Because this game does not want to let me farm gear.

So, being an unsynced tank + squishiest tank job + subpar gear, I decided to do small pulls only throughout the entire dungeon. Especially since nobody else in the party was synced either.

Clearly, the rest of the party disagreed, because the BLM decided to run to the second group after I pulled the first, and the AST decided to follow them for whatever reason. They then brought the pull back to where I was still tanking the first group.

Nope. I hate this dungeon, and I hate people trying to make me do pulls I'm not comfortable with. It was incredibly satisfying to watch the mobs chew up both DPS. They didn't try to do it again after that.

[Meanken]

I had one of those fun ones on level roulette last night. Cue as SMN, get Brayflox in progress. They've already pulled last boss, apparently they diden't wanna wait on a DPS. So I got to stand outside a gate for 2 minutes until they killed it, and got a free half level of EXP.

[Aosha]

Entered an in prog alliance roulette, for World of Darkness (15min in).
At Angra Mainyu. 1 healer, 0 tanks across all 3 alliances, +missing a few DPS.
One DPS in my alliance goes out and returns as a tank. Couple healers join, and we go.
Run goes fairly smooth and the rest of the spots are filled up along the way.

That's it. No punchline. Was just weird seeing an almost purely red alliance list when joining.

[Urthdigger]

Had a Bardam's Mettle last night with a tank that couldn't stay alive, and kept randomly going AFK between fights. Finally after the first boss they did the large pull right before the second boss, but didn't aggro the first pack at all. It proceeded to kill the healer, then the rest of us, and he proceeded to say it was the BRD's fault for pulling them? In any case, he proceeded to just AFK at the entrance, so we kicked him for AFK. We then proceeded to get another tank... with an ilvl 115 weapon. I tanked the final boss on DRG ;_;

I then queued up for Bardam's again, and got... the same shitty first tank. This time they just sat at the entrance, not saying a word, just occasionally converting gear to materia. After 5 minutes we kicked him and got a real tank this time.

[Kakiko]

Did Sirensong for the first time as a healer last night. Did it three times for someone in PF who wanted to level up through it. We wiped once in that hallway with the big mob because our tank disconnected (no fault of mine). All three times, kept everyone alive, played the cards and got AOEs buffs as much as I could. No comms. RDM that I was running with got them all. Ok, so, guess I need to review what I do and maybe lengthen my heal threshold.



Then did Shisui with a friend (DRG) for the first time as healer. I lagged going into the dungeon and the tank (who was a mentor, if that means anything) wanted to know how that was even possible. Lagged on the duty pop. I say "first time here as healer; please be gentle with the pulls" which prompts the tank to sprint away from me while I'm casting protect, and proceed to pull the entire first area as far away as they could. We sprint to catch up, tank is nearly dead; I pop protect on them, Aspected Benefic and Essential Dignity because it was a hail mary. We manage to live through that and the first boss. Again, pulling cards, applying what will work for our group, royal roading Spire to get the aoe next time, redrawing inappropriate cards, etc. Get to the part with all the guards. Tank proceeds to pull all of them, while sprinting, to the end. Their health is dropping fast, I pop Aspected Bene on them, swiftcast a Benefic II, and when Aspected Bene runs out, throw another on them after casting Lucid Dreaming. Cue them telling me to stop throwing Regen on them because it increases enmity and enmity = (expletive) hitting me instead of them (there was only one moment when I did pull with the guards, so ok fine, my bad). They said that just as the last Aspected Bene ran out, I said ok, and because they had every single guard on them and we had just gotten up to them, they faceplanted and we wiped. I said, I told you I was new to this as healer at the start and not to pull so much. DRG repeated that. Tank then goes on about how healing is the same in all dungeons, doesn't matter if I've never been there as healer before. It goes on and on until we get to the princess and I finally said, look if you don't like how I'm doing this you can vote kick me. No hard feelings. Tank replies that it's "them" (the DRG, I assume since our DPS hadn't said anything) who doesn't like what the tank is doing (no, I don't like what they were doing either but, I was trying to adjust). After the princess, DRG says they have to use the bathroom b/c of meds they're on. Tank ignores and just keeps pulling. I ask if DRG is ok, they say ya but if they hadn't, I honestly would've just stopped and let the tank eat floor again. Made it through, though, with only that one wipe. Ended up with a comm out of it all. No idea which one gave it to me.

I get that healers and DPS need to adjust to tanks and that tanks set the pace. But, I think especially with a mentor as a tank, and being told that someone is new to a crucial job in the particular area, some leeway needs to be given. So, tank if you're reading this: help us new players out a little when we're telling you from the get-go that we're new to that area as a certain job. It makes the run go so much more smoothly.

[Selova]

Just got out of The Vault on my machinist and words cannot possibly describe my confusion at the astrologian healer we had in our group. He kept using all of his damage buffing cards on himself and the tank, not once did i see any of the damage increasing card effects on either me or the bard in our group. He completely held a balance throughout the entire last boss fight without even using it on anyone, I didn't even notice any card effects on anyone period throughout that encounter. We wiped twice with the healer at above 80% mana, he kept trying to spam cast helios while only being in range of the tank, I was below 50% hp for over 2 minutes in the 2nd half of the fight. It was just a absolute mess and i had even done a double take at our healer icon because I didn't even realize that he was a astrologian due to the lack of any card effects casted on any of the damage dealers. It was just such a strange experience.

[Selova]

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I'd totally tank for you if i could, I love tanking groups for newer players and helping them out through new content. You sound like a blast to run with honestly. I'm sorry about your sour experience with that tank that should have been setting a example and helping out, seems mentor status doesn't mean anything anymore.

[Mesarthim]

and most of the group just didn't have time to get over before they were sent flying.

The thing is people have plenty of time to react, they just need to be aware of the situation and pay attention to what he casts. If you wait until the pulse aoe you're already taking too long to notice but you might still make it if you book it. If you wait to run to the other side as the ice lands you messed up and are dead (a mistake a lot of people seem to make).

I heavily recommend focus targeting him and if it ever says void blizzard your eyes better be on the ground looking for that pulse aoe. The first void blizzard is trivial but I recommend what I said a second ago in regards to the second (single) one. I had plenty of time to plan accordingly once he started to cast it. However when I turned around I notice the great majority of the raid only starting to move after he flew away.

It was a slaughter.

[Seryne]

50/60 roulette. Get Baelsar's Wall. Ez pz! Except it absolutely wasn't.

It was myself as NIN, a RDM, a PLD, and AST. The PLD and AST were a couple judging by their names which always is an ill omen for me as the couples I get stuck with are generally bad... Anyway! When we finish loading in the PLD takes off without protect. Alrighty then...
The RDM and I stood behind for it and by the time we got to the tank he was dying. The RDM and I hit the adds like one time and IMMEDIATELY pulled from the tank. The tank was dying, the RDM was dying, I was dying and the healer was doing goodness knows what. We wiped of course.
Okay round two, fight! Oh, wait, nope same thing happened as before. Third try? More death! By this time I should have known to get the hell out of dodge but I wanted to finish the dungeon since it was going to be what pushed me to 70.
When we finally make it to the first boss we nearly wipe there because the healer isn't doing anything. No, really, they were just standing there trying to look as menacing as possible with their globe. No healing, no DPS, just nothing at all. I'm not even joking when I say the tanks health dipped to the hundreds before they bothered to heal him. The healer dies to something at about 20%-ish, still not even sure what. The tank finally remembers clemency is a thing and heals himself while we kill the boss.
Nothing eventful happens on the platform ride to the second boss but at that point I decide I'm going to start Smokescreening the RDM and using Shade Walker on the tank because ripping hate from him was hurting like heck.
Second boss! My god what a mess that was. We wiped TWICE. The first time I'll admit I pooped the bed and probably was the cause of the wipe. I had a moment and moved during the no move-y bit and the boss threw an AoE on me. I blew up, healer hardcasted(Swiftcast????????) Ascend on me, tank was already low health like the prior boss, he dies, RDM dies, and the healer dies. Again, I should have left but I was sticking through so I could hit 70 dammit!
Round two, fight... the floor! This time we wiped because the boss tossed the AoE on the healer and they blew up from moving at the no moving bit. Third go around we got it though.
Again nothing eventful on the trash before the last boss. RDM and I did pull a few times though.
Now onto the Griffin. Oh goodness me the Griffin. We wiped twice here as well. The healer and the tank both absolutely would NOT dodge that AoE he does where he covers all but all small area of the arena, the one where he yells the infamous SLOPPEH. Yeah, those two were SLOPPEH as hell. They both were hit by it twice and the healer went down while we were at maybe 45%? Wipe and try again. Second time... SAME. EXACT. THING. THEY JUST WOULD NOT DODGE!
I ended up becoming very agitated and saying "Yeah, that's it I'm done." in chat and just leaving.

I don't know if they ever cleared or not. My money is on they didn't. I just hope that RDM got out of there too because I felt bad for them being subjected to that tank and healer too.
I ended up dinging 70 through a FATE in the Lochs at least so I'm happy about that

[Sieben79]

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If the tank runs away while you cast protect and the dps stay with you, wait until he respawn

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Lol, I feel with you. You sure they were a couple? Certainly not anymore after that run