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

[Rymm]

They killed my mark last.

Ah yes, I love when dps seem to go out of their way to purposefully ignore marks.

[SpiritMuse]

Ah yes, I love when dps seem to go out of their way to purposefully ignore marks.

Yes... they also completely refused to aoe. I mean the nin seemed inexperienced and was nice about it but the mch seemed to know what they were doing in single target at least and had no excuse. I didn't do mass pulls, needless to say.

[SilkaN]

Expert roulette.
Playing as always, stuff dies a lot slower than with a premade party.
Yep, I was carrying someone again.

Got three Germans on voice chat (got curious since none of them replied to my greeting) and their BLM's DPS was abysmal.
Was thinking to myself: "Should I comment on it? I don't wanna queue again "
I gave it a try and the tank replies:
"Ye, I'm noticing this every time."

????
Why don't you do something about it, then? Give him advice, link him guides, w/e?
From that point on I didn't bother anymore. I just wanted to finish the dungeon.


edit
The guy had +260 gear and a 270 weapon. No excuses. :/

[bounddreamer]

Yesterday a couple of static mates and I went into leveling roulette and got Halatali Normal.

Examining the other dps made me cough up blood.

He was wearing the Gae Bolg Atma...okay, okay...

Then the raptorskin gathering top, the gathering work gloves, crafting pants and shoes, and his jewelry was weathered tank, healer, and caster pieces.

The kicker was he had the "House Fortemps Knight" title.

We tried to talk to him about his gear, but all he said was he had his relic equipped for the dungeon, and he knew his gear was bad and was "planning on getting hunting seals gear later." He was on controller and typing in "say."

I can't even.

[LalaRu]

...Halatali Normal...Examining the other dps...

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

[Mysterysword]

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

Hey, if you don't catch them early, you wind up with DPS with ilvl 110 weapons in Sohm Al and healers with ilvl 170 weapons in Antitower. In a patch where both ilvl 120 and ilvl 230 weapons are easily and cheaply available.

[KeiranOlive]

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

Hey, if you don't catch them early, you wind up with DPS with ilvl 110 weapons in Sohm Al and healers with ilvl 170 weapons in Antitower. In a patch where both ilvl 120 and ilvl 230 weapons are easily and cheaply available.

...Or as we have seen, this in the Aery D:

Oh... that trusty doctore's fork!

It is clear we must spread the word about proper gearing. Also if we catch them early while they are new leafs, are they less likely to respond with "It's my sub," and, "I know how to play,"?

[Urthdigger]

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

I actually make a habit of checking gear in any dungeon below level 30. I've pointed quite a few people towards the hall of novice by telling them about the +xp ring

[bounddreamer]

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

LalaRu, did I say we kicked him? No, because we didn't. It was Halatali Normal. We tried to talk to him about his gear but he either didn't get what we were saying, or there was a communication barrier because he was on controller and not keyboard.

I always examine my party mates. I'm not sure why this is surprising. When I tank 24 mans, I look across other alliances and examine the other tanks. When I heal in 24 mans, I examine my co healer first.

What we were concerned about was a level 50 dragoon wearing crafting and gathering gear instead of his i90 relic armor. Which implied he hadn't even done his class quests.

[bardaboo]

Examining gear in... Halatali? Normal? Next step what will be?
Kick out whoever haven't i15 in Sastasha?

If he's got the relic he's lvl 50 and should have the i90 quest gear.... wanna rethink your rage target?