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

[Sentaryuu]

Here's one. This one is actually a lot better than some I've posted which isn't a lot. I just don't post here often.

Anyway, I'm starting to lvl my first tank to 60. Got PLD at 50 and WAR at 33. This was with DRK (want it to be my main tank).

Que for lvling roulette. Get Dusk Vigil. My first time tanking a lv50+ dungeon.

It actually went very well. No wipes and I held aggro fine when everyone else was 60. Did my best trying the MP management which I think I did okay with.. And it was a less than 30min run as well. :P

At the end the DRK weapon dropped which I promptly took as well since it was an upgrade for me. I also received all 3 comms. They either were a premade or thought I did good. So yay!

So glad my first tanking experience in lv50+ content went well!

[Fluestergras]

Got Brayflox NM via leveling roulette on my dark knight some days ago and got a party with newbie bonus and three people who were unsynced. Only thing I could complain about this party was the lv34 astrologian not using card buffs or Diurnal (and thus not using Aspected Benefic either), but I didn't say anything, the healing was okay and I had a really bad run prior to this because I asked a dark knight in Haukke NM why they didn't use Darkside and got flamed for this. The DPS were doing their thing pretty well too, and as everyone needed exp and was nice and did okay, I decided to clear the entire dungeon to give everyone decent exp and the newbie their map achievement because I felt like doing something good to nice people.
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...The newbie didn't get the map achievement /cry

[Rhyku]

Halatali, after 1st two group of mobs, I got told to not use Fire II because it was hard for tank to keep aggro.
We ran the dungeon fine with no wipes, but I felt bad cos I was still stealing aggro with just Fire I ><

FC mate later told me I probably should have just stuck to using Blizz 1 lol

[AskaRay]

Went to test out my sexy new CPU in Void Ark
when suddenly
Error 90000! Constantly. I was rightfully kicked, it was awful.
Guess I do need an ethernet connection :'( Oh well, setting that up later today.

[Slappah]

Went to test out my sexy new CPU in Void Ark
when suddenly
Error 90000! Constantly. I was rightfully kicked, it was awful.
Guess I do need an ethernet connection :'( Oh well, setting that up later today.

If there's one thing I've learned from my years of online gaming, it's that always go wired if possible

And if it isn't possible, make it possible

[Ashkendor]

If there's one thing I've learned from my years of online gaming, it's that always go wired if possible

And if it isn't possible, make it possible

Yep. After my awful experiences with wireless internet and wireless mouse/keyboard... never again. Not for gaming, anyway.

[Malicewolf]

Went into a Ex roulette and got fractal. I'm a PLD, playing with WHM, BLM and MNK. All three are building hate up like crazy. I'm really struggling keeping hate after the first pull. I lost hate a few times, but pulled them back in quickly. After we kill the mob, I tell them, "Wow! You guys sure hit hard! I had one hell of a time holding aggro!"

Then I look up and see I forgot shield oath. I turn it on and then say "Opps, I'm an idiot". Rest of the dungeon went just fine.

[Bernkastelx]

Fatty boom balatty boss combines the puddles and the big room aoe move somewhere after the second set of foobars spawn. Pretty sure he does it again not sure since it isn't going to wipe the raid regardless of two pads being covered. You can survive jumping on pad with puddles on it if healers are at least average, I have done it many times on melee classes. I don't know why people act like puddles are the main reason you wipe on that boss.

[Gilded]

About Cu Chu, I do avoid camping the platforms since I've experienced getting screwed over the nearest one because it had a puddle on it. Though while I ranged, I'm always near the boss anyway (I find it easier to move out of the Corrosive Bile range when I'm nearer, same with the tentacle slam, also Blank).

Recent DF runs have been good (had a couple of fast Arboretum runs wherein the Belladonna fight ended before the add phase, yay!), save for that one VA run in which we wiped because of -- as usual -- Cu Chu. Was among the last DPS standing in our pt, everyone kicks it at -- what, 1-2% boss HP left. People left, ranks replenished, and we gutted Cu Chu. Echidna went well. Got 3 comms, lol. I must have done something right.

Happened a few weeks back -- Arboretum run, had a PLD, WHM and a MNK (okay, not too sure with the tank and healer, but I'm kind of sure it was a MNK). Can't remember the earlier parts but it was a pretty slow run. The healer's not DPSing, the tank seems to be new, slow run overall but I'm not complaining. At the Belladonna fight, the MNK tried to help the tank with -- positioning the boss, I guess (for Atropine Spore so DPS/healer can get close to the boss without the minion circle?) but he died. Then he said something along the lines of "don't res me, it's not worth it".

I guess he expected that we'll wipe, but lol nope. Had to be one of the longest boss fights I've been in, used more Wildfire more times than I could count, but we 3-manned the whole thing until the end. No one else died. Admittedly the pt had to tank one of the add explosion/debuff every time they spawned and at one point I switched the MP turret on for a moment, but we finished. I'm not sure if the healer did try to res the other DPS at some point, or if they pitched in the DPS effort, but hey, the tank and I survived.

At the end of runs I usually thank everyone (unless it was terribad and people were asses...or you know, I was slow). I thanked the healer and the tank, and went on my merry way.

[Lyshell]

Angry healer rant incoming!

So still working on my first relic (snails pace I know lol) Doing A1. Healing partner dies twice, dps fail to kill adds at right spot or ignores them completely. I SOMEHOW keep the party alive enough for us to complete it.

0 Commendations.

I was livid! Really? 0 commendations!?!?! I'm not the type to beg for them but damn it 0 is just a slap in the face when I did nothing wrong. And it's a huge pet peeve of mine when DPS ignore mechanics! Yet if it wasn't for me we would have wiped. smfh.

I know it will happen so much more times spamming A1 but man ugh hate people!

/endrant.