New feature becomes tool for trolls

[Brijou]

Why don't you guys, I dunno...

NOT go just because the count down started. If you know it's a bad countdown, just step back across the line and watch the shitstorm. You'll be fine. The fact that people need this to be idiot-proof is really sad, actually. Lmao.

Putting it much more delicately: While I understand your frustration, OP- there are already solutions in game. There isn't anything about the countdown that forces people to run in when it hits zero. It tells you who started it and if you casually glance at the party list and notice that that person is not a tank, hold back. You can also type a quick warning in party chat if you feel some people may still run in. Like: "Don't run in unless a tank goes first or you'll eat floor." And if people still run in, there is virtually nothing that can be done to save those people, lol. Echoing KaitlanKela above, just kick the offender if they pull and move on. ^^

[CUTS3R]

They should have displayed the job of the person initiating the countdown. This way if its iniated too early by an impatient DPS or healer, people know that guy can F right off and they need to stay put and wait for the others to arrive.


Personally countdowns should only be considered valid if initiated by the main Tank.


If said main Tank is the one being a jerk by doing it early, then let him pull and die alone. He will surely wait for everyone next time.

[NocX7]

Why don't you guys, I dunno...

NOT go just because the count down started. If you know it's a bad countdown, just step back across the line and watch the shitstorm. You'll be fine. The fact that people need this to be idiot-proof is really sad, actually. Lmao.

Even if you don't go in because you know better,some ppl will always go in and the wipe will happen anyway,wasting time for all involved. While I understand when you say "just don't run in",some will go in and then everyone has to wait for the wipe to happen and then wait for the kick to happen. Why not avoid all of this if there is a way? Making the feature available only to tanks in duty finder would greatly reduce how often this can happen.

[LineageRazor]

Not to defend this kind of behavior, but another solution is to, you know, stay on-task and at attention while doing a raid? It's not like these early pullers have some kind of magic shortcut that gets them to the arena faster. If they got there, anyone could get there. In the case of folks who've died and respawned, they need to be careful to wait at the shortcut until they see the message indicating that the next teleport space has been activated - if they do, they'll typically arrive AHEAD of most of the others in the raid.

While it's irritating when someone pulls a boss early (especially if they're not a tank), sometimes the number of people lagging behind has me seriously scratching my head. Did they go afk after the last boss, or something?

As a note, even in runs with trigger-happy players, I've noticed that if you post an alliance announcement indicating that a critical member (such as a tank or healer) had to step away for a moment, they'll usually hold back. They want to keep the run moving fast, and encourage folks who are chronically lagging behind to pay attention and keep their butt in gear - but even they understand that folks are unlikely to beat, say, Ozma, if one of the tanks is locked outside.

[Annah]

I agree. This tool should only be given to the tank

[Fyce]

Just use the countdown function yourself, it'll ast if you want to cancel the current ongoing countdown.
Say yes. No more countdown. No more pull.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I think it would be better if they could combine the two together. As healer I stay at the other side of the line until I am ready, so if I am not ready good luck :P

[Airget]

This feels like a non-issue, sure a DPS/Healer can troll and use it, yet it's so easy to tell who called for the countdown. if you feel the named person using the countdown is using it to troll, kick them for harassment, report them, etc.