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

[Valdima]

No particular story, But every time i try and to tank, whether i warn them that i'm new to tanking or not, someone bitches.

I'm too slow

I'm too fast

I'm not picking up the mobs that THEY aggroed

BuT ThE HeAlEr (please stop complaining for my SO, they hate that but they're too polite of a person to call you out themselves)

YoU DoNt HaVe GoOd GeAr!11 (we're in level 20-30 dungeons eugene, shut up)

LET JUS RUSH BOSS!/BUT I DONT WANNA DO LOW LV DUNGEON IT BORING GO FAST (if you don't want to do low level dungeons, don't que. We don't have to put up with you and you don't have to complain for 10 minutes strait, simple!)

iF YoU DuN KnO RoLe No PlAy! (excuse me where you a genious master level dragoon the minute you picked up the lance? don't answer that, we can all see thats a no.)

[LalaRu]

Running a new tank in an another server, 34-ish and a bit undergeared in Brayflox. At first pull the healer noticed he had to put a bit more effort on healing and ditched the duty with penalty. When other healer came (almost instantly) we ended it in 20'.

The sweet taste of thinking of that healer still eating 10' more of penalty after we done it all.

[Mixt]

First the good news: I now have all 250 Triple Triad cards currently in the game, and am currently working on the last trial mount for SB, 15 Seiryu totems and counting.

The bad news: Multiple double digit percentage enrage wipes on Seiryu EX due to people being really bad.

They are all "Nah, calm your balls dude, enrage is totally not a problem" *Enrage at 14%* "OMG!"

Me: I told you this wasn't going to work.

Them: Stop being so negative dude, or we report you for ruining the mood *Enrage wipes at 14% again*

Me: ...NOPE! *Leaves* Farm party my ass.


And now another one.

Cursekeeper starts casting, the other tank Shirks right BEFORE i provoke, then an attack from him causes him to regain aggro and eat the buster, causing a party wipe explosion.

He then tells me that i should provoke.

Also such fun things like two DPS being assigned to the same waymark and a bunch of other shenanigans.

Also me messing up because i'm used to being on B/2, but they made me go on A/1, leading to accidents where i try going B/2 out of sheer habit, remember that's not what we are doing this time, turn around too late, BOOM everybody dies from one of big ogre things with the tethers cleaving everyone because i tried to reflexively pick up the one i always have in every single run prior to this one, then remember too late that i was supposed to go for the other one this time.

I did warn them that might happen, but they didn't listen, then made fun of me when it did.

Then there was the fun one yesterday where they decided that i should be the one pulling the boss, and then threw a hissy fit when it was pointed out that Paladins are not really that great at pulling bosses compared to the other tank classes.
There goes my opener.

[MetalSnakeXI1]

It's not gonna be easy to tell this without me sounding a bit entitled but.........I'll try

So recently I decided to to farm Tsukuyomi again...this time for the moonlit fish tank for my FC(it's for a friend of mine in the FC) since I already got the mounts for all Stormblood primals

I joined a farm group,say that I'm gonna pass on the dog since I only need the fish tank

Everyone on that PF said they're gonna pass on it,so I assumed so and we do a couple of runs till it dropped.............and then someone rolls "Need" on it anyway

I was miffed to say the least but the guy that got it s apologized as he said he rolled on it by mistake so all good ...........until one bard came in.

That bard,by his own admission,already has multiples of every single loot from Tsuki EX including the fishtank,he said so himself when I asked him.He said he wanted another one so he could sell it on the Market board.And when I told him "Please I need it" he acted all high and mighty and started throwing sarcastic remarks.

Basically no different than having 99 totems and then rolling on the mount anyway

I know I sound entitled cuz there is no way you'd just hog a specific loot exclusively to you without using lootmaster. But when a pf tells me they're gonna pass on it,they gave me certain expectation which led me to trust them.If they said nothing I wouldn't even feel a single drop of the salt that flows in me right now.

and after that,the fish tank never dropped,throughout almost all of the 15 runs i did that day

Basically,if you're gonna tell someone you're gonna roll or not....commit to it instead of flatout lying or mashing need through the loot list on stuff u already have/don't need.If you're gonna roll need just roll without saying anything or make it clear that you need it

[Anselmet]

Me: I told you this wasn't going to work.

Them: Stop being so negative dude, or we report you for ruining the mood *Enrage wipes at 14% again*

Me: ...NOPE! *Leaves* Farm party my ass.

Don't you love these new rules? I had this happen the other night when I was farming Shinryuu and kept telling people that if we keep messing up the first half of Shinryuu we weren't clearing him period. I wrote out a few things such as healer marker doesn't go there, healer earth shaker left/dps right and after wiping I mentioned that the dps was seemed low bc we weren't skipping mechanics (ppl claimed I was parsing, I was not its just duh if you get the tornado in the center and healers are having to do the healing mechs on the purple heads in the first half, ya dps is low) To be fair I am really close to getting 99 totems for my much wanted dog. But not being able to critique in ex fights makes me just wanna wait til i can do him unsync'd. Wasn't calling anyone names but I guess I'm an evil elitist for pointing these things out. (Good god, not even close but hey w.e excuses their bad gameplay and let's them sleep at night.)

[Aosha]

Just so we're all clear, someone on reddit specifically asked the support people if giving gameplay feedback and instructions was still allowed. The answer boiled down to something along the lines of 'so long as you're not being overtly mean or calling people names, you're good'.

[Cincierta]

So my friend decided to drag the rest of us into Bismarck Hard to help another FC mate out. 4-man party comp we pull in to load up are WAR, PLD (me), RDM 1, and SCH.

We load in, and get WHM, RDM 2, SAM, and BLM for the rest of the party. Everyone gets the notice that someone's new. This is important.

We divvy up the adds and get through phase 1 with little problems (our fc sch was new to the fight and we were helping her, and the whm we had was awesome in supporting the group), when we get to the dps check and clear, and I grab my add (we decided which ones we were getting beforehand to ease things in case we had an unreliable healer).

I then notice that the adds are not dead, but someone fired off one dragonkiller...and Bismarck disables the second one before someone could fire it. A second set pops and I grab more adds...and my WAR friend then realizes RDM 2 is trying to attempt the rush strategy, which is to fire off the dragonkillers when the tanks are positioned close enough to bumrush the adds.

However, they had not bothered to tell the rest of the group, and the both of us were not positioned for it. More adds spawn, people die from aoes and getting knocked off and we wipe. RDM 2 said they tried to fire off the second dragonkiller but 'sprint did not work.'

The amount of ripping done on RDM 2 by 4 other people correcting them was astounding. They were mad about not being told about them attempting to do said strat unless you inform the rest of the group. Said rdm insisted it was possible to do their strategy; but when someone is new and assuming they are doing it blind (which seems to be 80% of the time I've done trials), it's best that they do the tried and true method, which is to kill all adds first. We rebuff and get through the dps check, and I grab my add while my war friend takes the other two. Bismarck smacks the island and stuns everyone, and I realize he's stuck in the knockback aoe from one of his adds.

'Well, I'm gonna eat this.'

I watch him get booped off and my inner tank runs my character over to take over. RDM 2 focuses a bit more on dpsing the adds (everyone else is doing their job) instead of hanging around the dragonkillers, and while the adds are sitting at 1%, she fires them off. Luckily one of the other dps notices this and hits the other one. We manage to down Bismarck, and the rest of us realize that RDM 2 had already fled, probably due to embarrassment for assuming and getting called out on it.

Moral of the story: inform your party at the start so the rest of them are on the same page as you, especially in a pug, and especially if it's for a strategy you have in mind. It'll make you look that much less of a moron when you do and fail spectacularly.

[Mirakumi]

Was in a run earlier or Saint Moci Hard on my ninja. We had a Sch who couldn't dodge mechanics very well so whenever it was up he'd Eos beam himself and eat all the mechanics.
I was a little stunned and worried.
TBH.

[MetalSnakeXI1]

It's not gonna be easy to tell this without me sounding a bit entitled but.........I'll try

So recently I decided to to farm Tsukuyomi again...this time for the moonlit fish tank for my FC(it's for a friend of mine in the FC) since I already got the mounts for all Stormblood primals

I joined a farm group,say that I'm gonna pass on the dog since I only need the fish tank

Everyone on that PF said they're gonna pass on it,so I assumed so and we do a couple of runs till it dropped.............and then someone rolls "Need" on it anyway

I was miffed to say the least but the guy that got it s apologized as he said he rolled on it by mistake so all good ...........until one bard came in.

That bard,by his own admission,already has multiples of every single loot from Tsuki EX including the fishtank,he said so himself when I asked him.He said he wanted another one so he could sell it on the Market board.And when I told him "Please I need it" he acted all high and mighty and started throwing sarcastic remarks.

Basically no different than having 99 totems and then rolling on the mount anyway

I know I sound entitled cuz there is no way you'd just hog a specific loot exclusively to you without using lootmaster. But when a pf tells me they're gonna pass on it,they gave me certain expectation which led me to trust them.If they said nothing I wouldn't even feel a single drop of the salt that flows in me right now.

and after that,the fish tank never dropped,throughout almost all of the 15 runs i did that day

Basically,if you're gonna tell someone you're gonna roll or not....commit to it instead of flatout lying or mashing need through the loot list on stuff u already have/don't need.If you're gonna roll need just roll without saying anything or make it clear that you need it

Thankfully this ended on a happy note as today I went into a new group as a DRG and finally...FINALLLY got the fish tank after I rolled a 98 on it.

And with this,my farming for Stormnblood primals has finally come to an end

[Aster_E]

Not DF related, really, but I keep getting into reflect/light parties in Pyros where half of the DPS consistently mess up on pressing their buttons, as opposed to maybe once or twice by simple, basic error, tanks who faceplant into the ground because lol what are cooldowns and/or protective logos, and other groups who get into the same instance, say nothing, and show up to take as many moths and wind sprites as they can (and btw, they're never seen on any PF before I queue into Pyros).

To make it worse, I'm eLV 60, and am remaining so until the almost unlikely event I can get my BA/Ozma clear (which I hear is one of the worst examples of kitten herding, and getting everything right and organized, in the whole game). If it wasn't for that then I'd gladly de-level to 49 and stockpile my light so I can stand a snowball's chance in Penny's hole in getting actually good stats on my four relics instead of half-decent ones (thanks, Yoshi). It wouldn't take anywhere as long, I mean. Now? Now I have to endure this in so many groups, some of which fall apart so easily, and possibly risk losing most of any number of Reflect stacks because of how that system works.

I want to be free of Eureka; I really do. ;-;