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

[Meimi_chan]

I queued for A9N/A10N as monk in hopes of winning a bolt for an alt class. I get into A9 almost immediately, greetings and we are ready to go.

Adds and first mini boss go down without problems.
Bard accidentally pulls the big boss with Foe (hey, it happens) but tank is fast to establish order so we start.
I stepped into the fire once (shame on me!), popped all of my self healing CDs and a potion to stay alive because I didn't receive any heal from either of the astros. But I survived from my stupid mistake.
We wipe before the Faust add appears for reasons unknown to me as I was the only one alive with the OT.

Drg starts to get vocal in party chat but gets ignored and tank pulls again.
Before the Faust appears, MT goes down.
So I am MT now, I am ready! I turn the boss away from the group, pop fists of earth and... And I am dead before I can use any other CDs.
OT grabs the boss and I see a healer raising the dead MT.
Faust spawns and both healers are low on MP, I don't really expect to see a raise coming even if the drg starts nagging them in chat about it.
So I wait.
And wait.
Bard starts singing Mage's ballad.
I see their MP slowly going back up.
Drg keeps nagging them.
I see that they have full MP now, so I'll surely get a raise! Nope, I stay on the floor until the end of the fight.

During my wait, I did entertain the idea of just hitting return, but then it would have been really childish.
I did notice that neither of healers pulled out cards or Aspected Benefic (either sect), I saw an Aspected Helios once from the diurnal ast and that's it.

I roll high on the bolt and win it, while drama starts in party chat between drg calling healers incompetent and someone mentioning drg low dps.
Well, with all the time I spent on the floor it surely must have been higher than mine!

[Ersilon]

I got my mentor crown Saturday morning via the DoL/DoH requirements because I love the crafting system in this game. That being said, I do take it upon myself to learn the ins and outs of dungeon mechanics and at least how classes and jobs work so I'm not "one of those mentors" so often discussed in this thread.

So, what do my friends do to celebrate? Why, drag me into a roulette, of course! This lala marauder... let's just ssay that he was wearing a terriblemish-mash of legit tank gear, DoW gear, and... caster boots. We're in Halatali and he states this is his first time tanking. I look and he's got summoner to 60, at least, so by all rights, he should know how to gear his character. Anyways, first boss drops the tank boots, and we all pass so he gets them. I encourage him to put them on, but he doesn't immediately. He dies during one of the trash pulls due to squishy factor, and as he is running back, he puts the new boots on. Things are instantly a bit better now that his tanking gear outnumbers his non-tank gear. A brief lesson in threat generation and we're golden.

It was nice to have a positive experience for my first run as a mentor.

[dragonseth07]

It was nice to have a positive experience for my first run as a mentor.

Enjoy that feeling. It will be far outnumbered by "It's my sub I'll play how I want".

[Spayd]

Tanking Sohm Al, I had the luxury of running into a NIN using level 55 weapons.

Not equip level. ITEM LEVEL.

Needless to say, the rest of the party got to carry them through, while I admonished them for not bothering to upgrade their most vital piece. They protested that they hadn't received a drop, I explained that this ain't Diablo and that item level matters far more than rarity and even a cheap NQ level appropriate upgrade would be better. All in all, sadly a typical DF experience.

The story gets interesting about an hour later however. I run into them again. They HAVE upgraded their weapon to an ilvl 133 MB weapon, and now actually take up a decent chunk of the enmity bar, so they at least knew how to play their class. Wound up giving them the commendation on that second run for actually taking my advice!

Hey I think I was there! Was lvling BLM! Or maybe I'm mistaken!

[HyoMinPark]

Welp. So I unlocked MCH finally... because I am running out of things to level. XD Anyways, queued into Leveling Roulette with an FC mate, and we landed in Haukke Manor with a synced WHM, and a level 31 GLA. First time in the dungeon. He asked to us to help him out, since it was his first time, and I was like "Sure! ^^ No problem!" After all, I had my mentor crown on.


Well, the healer wasn't having any of this, and started pulling mobs ahead of the tank, who was trying to get them off of the healer. We do the first room, and the first wandering Maidservant, and the healer just goes AFK. Not a single word. Well, we had to wait until we could Vote Dismiss them, but continued to trudge along with a few deaths (since, no heals). I started telling the tank about how he could unlock PLD, and become a stronger version of a GLA. He was extremely receptive to the advice! I was glad, since so many people get testy when you start offering them advice. Anyways, we get to the first boss, my FC mate (on DRG) ends up tanking it since he severely out-geared the tank, and we were trying to help keep him alive, since we still didn't have a healer. FC mate goes down, and then the baby tank goes down around 40%. I kite the boss for the last 40% on my MCH. XD I was laughing the entire time.

FC mate says he will leave and re-queue as a healer (since I was queued in as something to level), but he couldn't get the duty to pop, and eventually got a penalty. :c So we get another DPS, and I say that I will try requeuing as a healer, and tell the tank to make sure he clicks "Recruit Members" so I can get in. I get in on AST, right after a BRD queued in. Now that we had a full party, we continued the rest of the dungeon with no deaths at all. Granted, I focused entirely on healing/tossing out cards since the tank was kind of squishy, but the other three party members did great without me adding to the DPS. We get to the last locked door, and realize we're a key short. The BRD actually ran back to grab another key, but the tank decided to just go for the boss. I'm guessing he probably wanted to go level up Marauder and get his PLD soul crystal. X3

This gladiator...I was convinced the entire run that he was actually an alt. XD He was doing extremely well for someone who was so new to the game (he said this was his first MMO, and that he was only running the trial version of the game). He Flashed appropriately; he cycled through his cooldowns better than some tanks that are more experienced. Sure, there were aggro issues, since the BRD was geared, but he did well regardless. I was so proud of the little beansprout tank!

I told him at the end of the dungeon to remember what I told him when it came to unlocking PLD, and that I hope to run into him in another dungeon some day. With the way he handled GLA, I'm sure he'll make a great PLD. He said he has another character on my server (his main was actually on another server from me), so I told him not to hesitate to send me a tell if he has a question about anything, and I'll do my best to help him. I'm just so glad to have a good mentoring experience again. :3 And I was just so proud of the tank! X3 It really is the experiences like this one that make being a mentor feel truly rewarding.


...I need to correct myself with the sprout tank if he does contact me on me server. Since I'm an idiot and gave him incorrect information. Sigh...well, so much for that...

[Azper]

Undergeared shenanigans.

This reminds me of the Expert Roulette I had the other day that landed me with a Black Mage with an i160(?!) weapon. All the rest of his gear was clearly enough to get him in, but somehow he neglected to upgrade the most vital piece of equipment. I out dps'd him the whole run... as a white mage.

[Fluestergras]

I'm guessing he probably wanted to go level up Marauder and get his PLD soul crystal. X3

I hope it's just a mistake in your post, because you need conjurer at 15 to become a paladin, not marauder

[HyoMinPark]

I hope it's just a mistake in your post, because you need conjurer at 15 to become a paladin, not marauder

Awh piss.
Well I have been up for 24 hours... Now I just feel embarrassed.
I must have been thinking about WAR and mixed them up. He said he'll add me on his other character so I will make sure I set it straight when he does.

Either way, the experience was still rewarding.

[Killerkub]

So I was in Ifrit Ex as a Black Mage... everything was going to hell because the tank kept turning around Ifrit, making us wipe a good number of times. Finally we get pretty darn close to beating him but then everyone aside from myself and a healer dies so the party calls for a LB.

What do I do?
I use it on the last big nail because I had tunnel dps vision and it didn't hit me the LB was for the healer to bring everyone back until right after.

Biggest facepalm in my FF life.

[hydralus]

Doing PotD, DRG stops fighting monster to go open chest.
Steps on landmine, sliver of HPs left
Still opens the chest; kaboom, dead.