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

[MeiUshu]

I had the strangest run. My 17th at that in PoTD (full runs each time). I was sitting at 29/27 and since I forgot to remove the join in progress I ended up on lvl 49 last boss, and I literally mean last boss. I asked what happened and they said other player dropped not happy with drops. According to them, they had no drops from the entire 41-50 runs. I commented that I was a little sad to know that I would have to start over from 1 without having had a chance to attempt at least part of the whole run 41-50. It is my fault in the first place to be in that situation though, as I forgot to remove the *in progress* .

Here is the strange thing. We started on the last boss and she did her insta-kill type of action and we wipped. I am pretty sure the wipe happened because they didn try hard enough..either because they felt bad or because they too were not happy with the drops...but thanks to them I was able to attempt again that 41-50 and reach 29/29 on my 18th run. Did a 19th full run that brought me no upgrade..There were silver chests opened but the upgrade never applied to me, 3 silver chest opened to be exact.

Even if I cant say 100% it was on purpose, it sure saved me a few hours !!

[Grant_Wilshire]

I'm a newbie and most times I show up it is the first time I am playing the content. I have had some really bad ones - people yelling at me for being incompetent and then typing "figures" when I inform them it is my first time.

I did end up in a good group this last time that actually helped me with my technique and waited as I watched the cutscenes (didn't even realize I could skip them). Because they were kind I learned a lot and can be more productive next time. Thanks to everyone who realizes there is a person on the other side!

[Hasrat]

Don't have to bebot to ignore chat.

Behavior like that is pretty suspicious, though. Last time I suspected a bot, it was silent chat in addition to watching them clearly /following the tank, and poor skill usage. I think that was an Arcanist that never used Bane, opting instead for some other bizarre aetherflow use I couldn't quite figure out.

[Mysterysword]

Well, this is it. I'm done. I quit tanking forever. I don't care if this means I'll never be a mentor, I was never going to be a mentor anyway.

What brought this on? Amdapor Keep HM, in which I was PLD. I load in, the healer is a SCH, who casts Protect. No fairy, no aetherflow. This is a lvl. 60 SCH and SMN, who doesn't have Swiftcast. I remind them to get out a fairy and put on aetherflow.

No response, so I just shrug and do the first pull. SCH promptly puts on Cleric Stance, starts DPSing, and lets my HP fall to 1.8k before finally healing me. They finally summon Eos after the first pull is dead. I go on, doing a large pull. Except that SCH is just standing back in the first room, not saying a word. I die, the DPS die, and no explanation for this crap is offered. We move on to the first boss. While I'm casting Stoneskin on myself and the DPS, because god knows this SCH can't be bothered to, the SCH casts Bio on the boss, pulling it.

At this point, I'm standing here, wondering if I'm being trolled. A DPS dies, and because this SCH doesn't have Swiftcast, they take an eternity to ress them, then get themselves killed, which leads to a wipe, of course. SCH tells me to "stop with the shit (casting Stoneskin) and move on with pulling", and that during that large pull in which I died, they were AFK, and apparently it's my fault I didn't realise someone was AFK, when nobody said a goddamn word.

After this, I'm abruptly kicked. So sure. Okay. The run can stop for this SCH to go AFK, but nobody has time for me to cast Stoneskin. And it's my fault for not being psychic.

I'm done. I am completely done. I quit tanking forever. I am not going to deal with pathetic excuses for human beings such as these, anymore. I'm done. If you've ever wondered why there are so few tanks around, having to deal with bullshit like this is why.

[Mwynn]

Outschies[/I][/B]

Tank Life isn't easy, this is when you're being low level and can't manage Enmity even if you try hard or be it when you're a High Level Tank that something like this happens.
Here I thought every Tank has Eyes on me as a Healers and are like "If you let me die, you go to hell" but ya, seeing your case makes it sadder.

You done nothing wrong, those Players were playing with you / trolling at best and since when does a Healer Pull a Boss? That Healer basically asked for getting teared to pieces...

No Fairy as a Scholar? Why in the Seven Hells did this Player even became a Scholar after all? The goddamn Fairy is the Reason just to become a Scholar *lol*

Oh and I can completely, yes hate me, completely understand if a Healer or DPS have no Swiftcast, that goes for Sprouts or People that haven't done ARR / HW Story 3.0 Story.
Swiftcast is a must for Casting Jobs later on!

You have done your Job as a Tank, that is Tanking and Trash Groups not getting away with their Focus on the Tank. It is the Job of the Healer to Heal the Tank and keeping him alive while the DPS getting the Trash Group down.
Sure things like Stance Dancing is a Bonus if you do it, if the Healer does Damage aswell that is a Bonus yet, in that case, it was just Stupid on their Side...

[Kikoten]

Palace of the Dead.

41 - 50

Someone in the group finally gets 30/30.

We reach the final boss.

Drop the final boss to 1%.

Final boss insta-kills us.

I couldn't stun the boss in time.

Kill me. Just kill me.

[Fluestergras]

Final boss insta-kills us.

What is this insta-kill-skill anyway? How do you trigger it? Didn't see this on my run, which was in a party composition without any stuns (BLM/BRD/SCH/SCH) :O

[Kikoten]

What is this insta-kill-skill anyway? How do you trigger it? Didn't see this on my run, which was in a party composition without any stuns (BLM/BRD/SCH/SCH) :O

I have no idea what it was. Maybe it was just a hard AoE move, and we were all mid-to-low on health at the time she did it, but damn me for not even thinking to stun her before she used it. All I had to do was push one button, and that person with 30/30 could have finally gone home with a 235 weapon, and the rest of us could have maintained that ONE point we gained that run.

I can't even put into words how depressing that is. I'm using PotD to get me into the flow of just being a tank, because tanking is my weakest role.

[TankHunter678]

What is this insta-kill-skill anyway? How do you trigger it? Didn't see this on my run, which was in a party composition without any stuns (BLM/BRD/SCH/SCH) :O

If she gets 5 runes activated then its an auto-wipe on the next Black Honeymoon.

The way it works is that over the course of the Fight she starts chain casting In Health. Further she starts being able to cast Black Honeymoon multiple times before the runes are consumed and Black Honeymoon resets.

This can get very bad because during that stage of the fight if she uses her LoS attack to inflict hysteria on enough people... she can more or less go from 0 runes to 5 runes and auto-wipe on the next Black Honeymoon. Whats more is she always follows up the eye LoS attack with either an In Health or her teleport scythe attack into In Health.

[LunaFaye]

I have no idea what it was. Maybe it was just a hard AoE move, and we were all mid-to-low on health at the time she did it, but damn me for not even thinking to stun her before she used it. All I had to do was push one button, and that person with 30/30 could have finally gone home with a 235 weapon, and the rest of us could have maintained that ONE point we gained that run.

I can't even put into words how depressing that is. I'm using PotD to get me into the flow of just being a tank, because tanking is my weakest role.

There's no move that you can stun. If one or more players got hit by her room wide aoe (in health) without being next to her or away from her, depending on the orange indicator, the moment she casts dark harvest you get hit by a lot of dmg. You could have been full health, still would have died probably depending on how many people ignored her mechanics. Same counts for the cold feet mechanic, if you don't turn away and you get hit by hysteria, you'll end up standing in the "in health" mechanic she casts right after. If your party is to slow, you end up dodging the old tam tara hard mechanics (circles, statues etc), that move can't be stunned either.