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

[Vidu]

Since when? I never had to go to any NPC to get the status that I recall. And I've been mentor since partway through Heavensward.

You forgot it about it then - in order to become a mentor you need to agree to certain "terms" (in essence you agree to set a good example for newbies and invite them to the NN). You can only do that at such an NPC but since its really just a less-than-a-minute-and-done-thing you probably dont remember it.
So the answer is: Since ever - I recall going to the one in aleport when they introduced the mentor system.

[Avatre]

You forgot it about it then - in order to become a mentor you need to agree to certain "terms" (in essence you agree to set a good example for newbies and invite them to the NN). You can only do that at such an NPC but since its really just a less-than-a-minute-and-done-thing you probably dont remember it.
So the answer is: Since ever - I recall going to the one in aleport when they introduced the mentor system.

Huh...probably one of those things I just quickly clicked through to get something off the map then(I do that a lot...even with chocobo porter people).

[Claviusnex]

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This tank has on Shire gear. That is, level 60 gear. Stuff you can't get without getting to a location that requires you clear said dungeon.
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Anyone have any possible explanation for this?

Might be new to tanking. You can get a lot of tomestones so buying a set for a different job is a good way to use them up.

[odintius]

Might be new to tanking. You can get a lot of tomestones so buying a set for a different job is a good way to use them up.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/tales_of_adventure/ jump potions gives you that gear.

[Awful]

Does not compute.

Oops sorry brainfart haha yeah was either the BLM or MNK, dunno why I wrote it as that my apologies.

[VanilleFang]

Oops sorry brainfart haha yeah was either the BLM or MNK, dunno why I wrote it as that my apologies.

Ooh. I thought the tanks friends had lied about him being new. That makes more sense. My "does not compute" was directed had the claim that he was new, not toward you.

[AxHell]

Got Cutter's Cry with my PLD last night. Team was a MNK, a DRG and a WHM.

I noticed right away by inspecting the WHM that it was his first healer job but thought he know how to play it.
That was not the case.

Now, he was not terrible far from it, but he made stuff that defied common sense. First of all he didn't have Esuna which is for me, kind of a must have for any dungeon and you know how Cutter's Cry loves them status effects.
Second he was DPSing. Not that I mind a healer DPSing, but I mind when the 2 DPS are dead and when I'm about to die and when I popped up my cooldowns.

I understand being new to your job and not being fully familiar with it but I think that at lvl 38, it is kind of expected from you to know how to play it.

I managed to give advices and he listened and some progress...but still.

I know I'm just bashing him but I hope that he is getting better at his job because he seemed to know his stuff, as he got 2 tanks and some DPS jobs at lvl 70.

[Tridus]

Got Cutter's Cry with my PLD last night. Team was a MNK, a DRG and a WHM.

I noticed right away by inspecting the WHM that it was his first healer job but thought he know how to play it.
That was not the case.

Now, he was not terrible far from it, but he made stuff that defied common sense. First of all he didn't have Esuna which is for me, kind of a must have for any dungeon and you know how Cutter's Cry loves them status effects.

This thread exists because new healers miss Esuna all the time. Frankly, role skills have not worked out that well for healers.

[DevonEllwood]

Me and two friends went into a leveling roulette and one wanted to take rogue in and I reminded him that it’s level 16, while he was 13. Other grind said he didn’t want to get sastasha anyway. We still got sastasha and with a sprout lancer. He said he was new so we gave him the full tour and had some fun joking around. Newbie lancer was great and I was glad we could give him a positive experience for his first dungeon.

Earlier today I wanted to continue gear grinding for desynth exp and ended up healing baelsar’s wall three times which was a bit of a mistake.

First run was quick with a dark knight tanks and two popoto red mages. Second time netted me two weird dragoon’s a a paladin that was allergic to mitigation as well as keeping aggro. The tank was in shield oath but constantly lost aggro from me ( dpsing) and the dragoons. And the dragoons... one used buffs and for the most part had heavy thrust up. The other one never used any buffs including heavy thrust but was using their jumps plenty while the other just didn’t.

The run was slow be we got through. Third time just went down hill from there. One paladin, a machinist and a mentor monk. The paladin pulls the mobs up around the corner and aggro goes everywhere. Everyone had dots on them and I am surprised I was able to manage to keep everyone alive. The tank used rampart, one of three of his buffs I will see through the run. We get to the first boss and I remind the paladin this boss might be the one with the tank busters ( I get the first and second ones confused)and hoped he would get the hint. Boss ends with him remarking on yep, that was the one. He didn’t use any mitigation despite understanding what a tank buster was. Second boss was a complete mess. Machinist dude decides to stay in a corner missing aoe healing and neglects using a turret. Monk is still quiet. Tank still doesn’t use cooldowns except for one random hallowed ground. Trying to keep up healing everything not paying attention to the motion jammers and trying to keep an eye on the tank he still ends up dying. I didn’t hit raise as I thought I did and ended up using swiftcast on something else, I try a hard raise while the machinist tanks. The paladin gets back up only to be shot down again right after. Swiftcast is up though so I get him back up. The machinist is at least giving the mana regen and I see mantra too which I was greatful for both. The machinist dies to aoe damage as I’m trying to heal the tank back up and I ended up neglecting myself which finally wiped it. I reminded everyone that the motion sensors do pick up auto attacks and the tank thanks me for the bit of information. We get there and him and the motion no are still attacking during that phase. Tank still dies but we managed to get through. At the last boss I remind the tank again about tank busters and it would be really nice if he could mitigate them if possible. I see sheltron once. Machinist buddy was the only one breaking me out of the chains until the end.

Tank was friendly but seriously unprepared. He had full shire gear but I didn’t check his classes. Minion dropped at the end and I ended up getting it. I’m just not sure I want to heal this dungeon again.

I keep seeing all these horror stories but I never reall end up in a bad party as bad as the one I was in. I guess the ingredient I was missing was just I wasn’t doing bealsar’s wall. Also...really long post?

[Enla]

This thread exists because new healers miss Esuna all the time. Frankly, role skills have not worked out that well for healers.

I'm still annoyed they made esuna a role ability. :/ I'd much rather take rescue or something else instead of having to slot them in and out on the fly.