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

[Deathrexs]

So weird story from A7, I queue as tank for it and everything goes smoothly up to the boss which i get to OT. No one said anything, so I just assumed there would be no tank swap since that's what most groups do nowadays. First run, ninja suddenly goes to mid with mark and gets 4 of us into the cage so of course we wipe. Second run, MT suddenly decided to stay in the tank cage with me so we die and wipe again. At this point, they suddenly decided to dismiss me from duty and I'm really baffled with no idea what did I do wrong aside from a few comments i did when the ninja decided to suddenly take the mark to the mid with everyone and asking the mt why did he decided to stay with me in the cage.

Anyways, I guess the can remain wiping and I got to re-queue again and proceed to one-shot the fight with the new group.

[Acantha]

So, had to report, just had the most wonderful run of the Library. Needed to do the roulette for some tomes and tbh wanted to cut down queue times if possible so I clicked on in progress and queued up. I get the Library, 3 mins in. So I jump in and start typing:

"Evenin' all, what happened? D/c?" no reply for a sec thought oh damn... they're gonna be a silent group I'd just had one in Satsasha, all had sprouts but don't think the tank was, seemed to know the dungeon a bit too well lol... anyway I tried to give them some tips as i'd love to be a proper mentor one day but mostly got ignored. Had to remind the archer "please don't run off ahead [and pull all the enemies], we don't want you to die!" and the healer "try to use medica only when we're all down like 1/4 health at most, generates a lot of aggro for you" and "if you do pull aggro though run towards the tank so they can take it back". Anyway, back to the Library.

They soon piped up and said the last healer bailed and the other DPS couldn't wait so we just sat and chatted for a bit. Eventually we get a SCH and start to run through the dungeon. I'll admit I died once on the giant book guy, but I told them I just got scared *ff7 flashback!* and we laughed it off. Also other than my derpy death (I ran right into the book... doh) it was very smooth. We carried on, chatting all the way about how the tank wants a new hat, how he was glad to have 2 miqote and a lala healer cause we looked awesome lol and which jobs we were all considering leveling next. Got to the last boss and actually coordinated before the fight. These guys were such a breathe of fresh air in the DF. I've been a bit down recently and wasn't sure I was even up to going into DF in case I did get someone mean but these guys... They really made me feel better
Unfortunately, we were all on different servers but, we wished each other well on our travels and all said we hoped we met again.

So Grey Bear & Shaedris Fluffytail, I hope you don't mind me naming you and if you ever read this, you truly made my day, thank you xx

[Acantha]

I didn't want to abaddon the group right away,

I was trying to think of a pun for abaddon :P but i'm not that witty >.<

As for the DPs, I'm actually pretty sure both of them were bots. They didn't look like the typical "pre made bots", like "creating a new character > choose hyur male > done", but they often started to run and cast at the same time and overall gave me the feeling that something wasn't right with them.

Most of the bots (well, I suspect they're bots) I see are Lalafells, in the adders nest in Gridania I see them stood in front of one of the NPCs and there's so many all with similar names and looks just different jobs and they flicker in and out as they change and run off/disappear like when you get off a mount...

[NaesakiAshwell]

So Grey Bear

Did he happen to be a Roegadyn from Odin? If so he's in an LS I set up ^^ he's really nice so I'll be sure to let him know :-)

If it turns out to be the same guy xD

[Selli]

Mentor Roulette, got Sastasha again. The tank was new and the BRD and I spent the run telling him various things he needed to know. It was a good run. ^.^ The Lancer we had was also new, but he knew the dungeon and his class so he just came along for the ride, lol. They were all very sweet and friendly and this was one of those times I wish I could hand out more than one commendation.

[AlwaysGuilty]

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..... How have we not met yet!?!?!?

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OK! So, this is a few days old. But, I remember most of it.

At that time, I was a level 59 WHM, and a bit undergeared, and my luck was so bad I got the library from the roulette. I let the party know, and they were cool about it. But... Tank pulls like 3 or 4 groups, and took damage quicker than I could heal, we wiped and after 5 or so mins, and 2 lb uses, we beat 'em. Continue on our way. Silly me dies at 1st boss, then eventually the others, who at this time, are super nice about it. We beat boss on 2nd try, then move along. I could tell how bad my healing was, but it wasn't super bad, and I was able to keep tank alive. We beat 2nd boss 1st try. Move along, smooth sailing ahead. We wipe again along the way, but still, morale is high.

Tank dies just before last boss, but I get in a swiftcast+raise and all is fine. At last boss, I end up dying as I always forget what to do. Luckily the others absolutely crushed the boss and we all say gj etc. I apologise for how bad I was, and they were still cool about it. Got 3 comms surprisingly.

Probably one of the worst healing runs I've ever done. Don't worry though, I'm a much better healer now lol.

[Snugglebutt]

It's always good to have a party composed of mature and reasonable people. Not angry, impatient ones. Like when I died in Neverreap few days back by being knocked off the platform on final boss because I was few steps too far away from boss, I apologized and the group said "Np". Something so small as two letters letting you know it's okay and not to sweat it makes so much difference to the mood and enjoyment of a run rather than a ragefest over a simple mistake...everyone makes mistakes from time to time and having a run with people that understand and are willing to accept that is nice. Just like a single word "hey", "heya" or "hello" at start of a run can make it more enjoyable and relaxed.

[Ashewalker]

Roulette 60, Got Neverreap, i went through it as i ussualy do as BLM, i go with the old Rotation for BLM (Level 50) for the normal mobs, and i was dealing with something in LS at the moment, so it was more free.

So... last boss, the other BLm on the team says she has been focusing me the whole dungeon and said i only used Fire I, Thunder and Blizzard III, saying i was using a bot and to turn it off...

Okay where to start.... Black Mage has instant casts when the abilities proc, so you wouldn't see me casting other than these, other than when i use Blizzard III its to regen MP, then i change to Astral Fire with Fire III for less mana cost and 3 stacks of Astral Fire.

So she said she recorded it in a stream like trying to threaten me. So i said " Send it to SE" and she kept on accusing me of using a bot...When she fell twice off the ledge

This will show how it went... i took the screenies after the "Incident"
Red is the one acusing

[SaitoHikari]

Great. So now actually playing the class the way it's supposed to be played (although not exactly efficiently, an old rotation though) is now grounds for being accused to be a bot.

[Hrimfaxi]

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I have only experience a bot once during one of Gordias dungeons.
One person shout out that one of the healer was a bot so he told the party to either kick or the other healer to solo heal.
The bot healer didnt respond and was the first one to die within less the 5 mins into the fight. Scholar was awesome that time in solo healing.
I had another DRG in antitower who played in such a irritating way that i can't tell if he/she is a bot or just lazy play.
I don't think bots respond to party chats unless i am wrong. :\