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

[HyoMinPark]

Doing roulettes yesterday with my FC team. We started with trials and got Ramuh. I was MT and my friend was OT, and since we were both collecting poetics, the new person bonus was a beautiful message to behold. Anyways, I think more than one person was new, because no one knew to eat the orbs when they were tethered to another. I'm tanking and typing out advice in the chat when I notice my health just plummet. Pop convalescence and Dark Mind, and my health doesn't move even though I see "Cure"--"Cure"--"Cure" over and over again. Look up, and the healer is healing me in CS. I mention it in the chat (as my cooldowns fall off and my health drops to 30%). WHM keeps on healing. In cleric.

We wipe to Judgement bolt because people weren't killing adds. Before I pull, I explain the mechanics again. The SCH (who spent the entire first part tethered to the WHM) says "Oh! I'm supposed to eat the orbs?" (This was after we had been typing it out over and over in the chat before the wipe. I reply yes and explain that eating three breaks the tether. I wait patiently for them to summon Eos/Selene. They don't so myself and my FC mate ask them which faerie they plan to use. They summon Eos. Round two begins. We kill the adds fast enough, but we still wipe. WHM gets terrored (as does my friend) and no one shocks them out of it after myself and a MNK kept telling them to shock them out of terror. I die because WHM is dead and SCH isn't healing me. SCH uses LB2...while only him and two DPS are alive. -__- wipe #2.

Third time we finally cleared but God. Both of those healers got carried so hard. I understand the SCH was new, but when you have 4 party members shouting mechanics at you... ;-; why not listen? I walked away with 4 comms but still.

MS roulette: get Praetorium and proceed to groan inwardly, but the new player bonus pops and that makes it a little better I guess. Tanks run ahead and aggro first group, but then don't stay behind and the mobs all aggro myself and my friend (we're both on WHM). The entire rest of the party gets slaughtered because my friend and I are stunned (and then dead) and the tanks are like "Lol you're supposed to go through the transporter." I said "Hard to do when you're stunned because the tanks went through the transporter first."

Now, we had 4 new people in this party. So half were new (though I think one of the tanks was on an alt, but still). New people try in vain to watch the cutscenes but mentor tank pulls first boss. With only the two tanks and the two healers in the room. The DPS all leave the cutscene and sprint into the room. I'm a little annoyed now because these tanks are just running around in Sword Oath (because mentor tank said if one used Shield Oath they would be fighting for aggro????), and I know MS is super easy and most cheese it nowadays, but some of the new people looked like they wanted to experience it at the game intended (I.e., with mechanics and cutscenes).

Anyways, myself, the mentor tank, and my MNK friend are bickering in the chat because the mentor tank doesn't want to wait for the new people. They accuse us of biting their head off, and yes I was cross, but I got cheated out of my first run because people didn't want to wait for me and I didn't want to be that person for these new people. A DRG keeps jumping in and is like "barely seeing any of this place is how I prefer things" and I just respond that maybe, but others are different. And when half of the party is new, it's probably good to be a little bit more patient.

Idk. I know people rush through MS and just want it over with, but I felt bad for the bean sprouts in there. :/ And I know there's PF and they can make PF parties for non-cheesed clears, but when I did MS, I was completely unaware of what PF was and how to use it. >.<;;;

[revonine]

MS roulette: get Castrum

I had the same type of encounter today in Castrum except this time the mentor was a Dragoon. One Tank, one healer and 2 DPS we're new. Moaning that he "Doesn't want to spend all day in here". I replied with "Your free to leave whenever you want". "Only if you kick me". The poor first timers had a bad experience, they had to skip pretty much everything.

I can count on one hand easily the amount of actual nice and helpful mentors I've met.

[NaesakiAshwell]

I can count on one hand easily the amount of actual nice and helpful mentors I've met.

The low requirements and being granted a crown brings out the over entitled and trollish and "I'm superior cause I have a crown." bunch, they flock to it like moths to a flame.

So sadly the good mentors are a rarity but when you do meet the good mentors its a lovely experience.

[Erim-Nelhah]

I had to join an in-progress Castrum last night after both tanks left at the start.

Serously, folks, MS Roulette is a 50/50 shot at Castrum and Praetoreum. Please don't join MS Roulette if you don't want to take the time to run whichever one you get.

On the other hand, my PLD got a level from it, so it's all good.

--Erim Nelhah

[Knahli]

don't... take this the wrong way, but... uh. What was the pickup line? Like. Nothing they said was bad. Hell, I'm a guy, I've been told I'm the Glue a number of times. It's just a simple compliment. I dunno. Doesn't seem overly flirty to me.

I mean hell. I'm rediculous when I'm in a party, and I make dick and balls jokes and obvious-fake flirts. <_< This guy just seemed like he was complimenting the healer.

I was thinking the same honestly. It just came across to me like he was being silly and friendly, especially since his first comment had the same patient air about it - but because someone happened to mention they were female, suddenly everything is a potential flirt attempt, haha.

Bard is RIDICULOUSLY fun when you end up with an Astrologian in a Void Ark run that decides to slap ALL the cards on you.

RAPID FIRE ARROWS FOR DAYS

My friend gets sad when I play with her AST on my Bard because she's always like "I gave you Balance/Arrow!" over our private linkshell to which I only reply "Thank you! ...what's that?".

Sohm Al was new to the guy to heal so some mechanics need to be learned, if everybody do like you and kick those that have yet to attempt a place how you think that person is going to learn how the dungeon works if systematically that person is. kicked ?...yeah sure...no need to answer me that someone the guy was trying to heal a new place is being kicked for trying...even if dying into aoes
I dont need an answer is not the place I just couldnt stay silent while reading this

I got the same impression ; Naturally there's little to judge since I wasn't in the run myself to see all that went on, but in my experience, 90% of the time it's people giving the most lazy and pathetic excuse for an explanation and expecting people to perform flawlessly off of that. That said, maybe the healer was just another mute that never replied or showed any inclination towards heeding what could have potentially been very coherent explanations either, so I don't know - though I am sceptical.

[raela]

Third time we finally cleared but God. Both of those healers got carried so hard. I understand the SCH was new, but when you have 4 party members shouting mechanics at you... ;-; why not listen? I walked away with 4 comms but still.

Some people do not read the chat window during combat due to focusing on other things. This is doubly problematic for a healer as they are likely watching HP bars.

[Erim-Nelhah]

My friend gets sad when I play with her AST on my Bard because she's always like "I gave you Balance/Arrow!" over our private linkshell to which I only reply "Thank you! ...what's that?".

Your friend has probably already told you, but I'll restate what they are here for those who don't know: The Balance is a straight damage buff, and The Arrow is an Attack Speed (that is, SkS, SpS, and AA speed) buff. Both are great for a bard, tho arguably a good BLM could make better use of The Arrow.

--Erim Nelhah

[Jatoi]

Ravana normal for trial roulette.

One by one, people were being knocked off. At about 10 or 15%, all that was left was me, the BLM and a BRD.

the BLM was tanking and the BRD was singing for us, I managed to keep us alive and we used the one spot in the arena that was left to prevent us from being thrown off. We made it though.

Holy crap.

[HyoMinPark]

Some people do not read the chat window during combat due to focusing on other things. This is doubly problematic for a healer as they are likely watching HP bars.

Be that as it may, they continued to not eat the orbs the other two times after we pulled and they saw the mechanics. :/ I wouldn't have been as frustrated with them if they had at least listened after the acknowledged the chat. :/

[AnaviAnael]

The low requirements and being granted a crown brings out the over entitled and trollish and "I'm superior cause I have a crown." bunch, they flock to it like moths to a flame.

So sadly the good mentors are a rarity but when you do meet the good mentors its a lovely experience.

Let's not forget that you can get a crown through crafting and gathering. I swear that's how most people must have gotten their crowns. >.>