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

[MPNZ]

1) dont know
2) tank was in i400 as per their original post; dont know bout the healer
3) no such thing as too many mobs in holminster if the tank is in i400 and every one else is in at least 385 and doing their job
4) dont know
5) doubtful since they described not doing well despite their best efforts, probably includes dodging aoes
6) dont need to be melded to do a leveling dungeon lol

also you were claiming the tank wasnt using cooldowns or was improperly geared, which his original post stated he was in i400 and using cooldowns

Which is like an assumption and not what was said as there was no accusations of the sort. And, according to the tnk: they had an AST, which has had like tons of issues since launch, so...

1) controller player
2) adjusting, rusty, or new/learning player
3) distracted attention or ailing health

[Katie_Kitty]

1) controller player

??

What's this got to do with anything?

[Mirhd]

I don't normally bother with dungeon roulettes because I hate the rush mentality, but the daily bonus is decent and I'm still leveling AST, so...

Dear PLDs - stop spamming Clemency at 70% health. You are not dying; not even close. If I don't even have to pop Lightspeed to keep up with the incoming damage, it's not likely that you'll be eating dirt any time soon. All you're doing is making me waste mana and a GCD because your damn Clemency hit a micro second before my heal did, so... thanks for that. Also, I have Essential Dignity for a quick "oh crap!" heal. For crying out loud, I have WHM and SCH maxed already, so clearly I'm not new to healing in FFXIV. Stop spamming Clemency, it's a waste of mana and a GCD. Geez. Saint Mocianne's Arboretum isn't even a difficult dungeon, come on... and yes, the PLD was pulling big, still not hard.

And no, I was not letting their HP ping-pong all over the place, yet they kept doing this the entire dungeon when it was quite clear they were going to be fine... I don't get it, I really don't. I didn't bother saying anything, just rolled my eyes and left after we finished.

EDIT: This is more a "me" thing, but I just can't get used to GNB for some reason. I haven't stepped foot in anything with it (other than squadrons) because I don't trust myself with it at this point, but, it's just so... squishy and awkward? I don't know, going to practice with squadrons some more, but for now it's just not clicking.

[Mhaeric]

??

What's this got to do with anything?

Controller players have to press up/down on the d-pad multiple times to tab to their target, so it leads to a lot more button pressing than mouse and keyboard. With KBM you can just hit f4-f8 to target your card's target and f1 or tab to get your main target back. They're both really busy, but controllers have a little bit extra business on top of the regular business.

[Moonfish]

??

What's this got to do with anything?

Obviously they are saying controller users, like myself, can’t play AST effectively. /s

[Hugowulf]

Which is like an assumption and not what was said as there was no accusations of the sort. And, according to the tnk: they had an AST, which has had like tons of issues since launch, so...

1) controller player
2) adjusting, rusty, or new/learning player
3) distracted attention or ailing health

These are some of the weirdest excuses I’ve seen anyone pull from thin air. Granted, number two makes sense, if the ast said anything in chat.

[Mavrias]

Also, if the tnk is being dumb or just wearing lv 65 gear...

Which is like an assumption and not what was said as there was no accusations of the sort. And, according to the tnk: they had an AST, which has had like tons of issues since launch, so...

1) controller player
2) adjusting, rusty, or new/learning player
3) distracted attention or ailing health

Yeah? Not what you said? Really?

Any healing job can heal through large pulls. Its a problem with the player not the tools if theyre struggling under decent conditions.

I play on controller and do plenty fine. Being on a controller isnt the issue. No one's considered new at level 71. People will be expecting you to play like a healer who's leveled manually to 71, whether you bought a job boost or not.

[Starvi]

Did I miss a recent tank guide update or why do a lot of tanks these days use Provoke very liberally throughout fights...basically on cd. There are no hate issues....there are no stragglers that need to be caught...nothing...but some use it all the time or even pull with it. The latter...ok...with the recent changes to the skill you can do that...but it doesn't really make any sense.

I don't get it. Can anyone enlighten me or tell me what I missed?

[RyuSaarva]

Did I miss a recent tank guide update or why do a lot of tanks these days use Provoke very liberally throughout fights...basically on cd. There are no hate issues....there are no stragglers that need to be caught...nothing...but some use it all the time or even pull with it. The latter...ok...with the recent changes to the skill you can do that...but it doesn't really make any sense.

I don't get it. Can anyone enlighten me or tell me what I missed?

provoke increase your enmity generation, it's not just a tank swap +1 enmity anymore, but it's pointless to use it because tanks already generate way too much enmity this expansion.

[Mhaeric]

provoke increase your enmity generation, it's not just a tank swap +1 enmity anymore

No, Provoke is still the same ability as before although I don't know if the enmity lead it gives you is specifically +1 or not. The ability hasn't undergone any functional changes, and is meant to be able to guarantee peeling a mob off of another player if they grab aggro. This mostly happens during a running pull these days. Tank swapping isn't really much of a thing anymore, but that's not because of any changes to Provoke or Shirk.

"Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity."