A Healer's request to groups in dungeons:

[Maeka]

Please don't go anywhere before I cast protect.

I would highly appreciate it, if you would wait up until I'm ready. There's no rule saying you have to mash your sprint buttons and take off running as soon as the circle disappears.

Unlike some other people, I don't have the ridiculous amounts of money to dump into SSDs, and my computer is a little older than some other peoples' computers. Sometimes it takes me a little while to load up. Sometimes I get that annoying bug where I tell it to skip cutscene, and it takes it 5-10 seconds to realize I asked it to skip the cutscene so I end up having to watch half of it anyways.

And to add to all of this, I like to actually fill my Wondrous Tails, even after Stormblood because face it. 10k gil, 30k MGP, free V materia, wind-up dolls, etc are still nice even to this day.

A lot of times, I will have the top row of my WT journal done, and I'll enter a leveling dungeon with 9 Second Chance points. When I Q up for Leveling Dungeons, I do not know if I'm going to get a 1-49, 51-59, or Stormblood dungeon. Therefore, I cannot use a 2nd Chance before going into the dungeon.

If I don't do it at the beginning of the dungeon, I am likely to forget and end up with nothing at the end.

But of course, too many groups, everybody goes running off the moment the circle disappears and I don't even get time to throw protect up. More than likely, the tank is already starting a multi-pull when I still have the WT journal open and I'm not even ready. Then it's a scramble for me to rushrushrush, blow cooldowns, etc just to keep the impatient tank alive.

Please don't do this. This is very annoying. 10-15 seconds after the circle disappears is not too much to ask.

[Frizze]

You might already know this, but just FYI. Theres a setting you can turn on to automatically skip cutscenes youve already watched. Might help you get into the dungeon a little quicker. Wont help at all with people running off.

[Pence]

Most people will wait for protect and should....it's not a big issue if they don't though, just Swift > Protect when you get to first pull.

But I think it's unreasonable to expect people to wait for you to play around with WT or anything else.

[Besame]

All group starter buffs should cover the whole group in one shot..poor game creators.

[Rongway]

All group starter buffs should cover the whole group in one shot..poor game creators.

No, the game creators are just from a country where people aren't in so much of a hurry that they can't wait three seconds for a buff before running off.

But I think it's unreasonable to expect people to wait for you to play around with WT or anything else.

This, though. Cast protect, then fiddle with your book while you're running.

[Zephyr]

I long ago got fed up of tanks that can't wait 3 seconds that I stopped giving them protect if they ran off. They do that crap now they'll find themselves without protect and me unable to give it to them since I have it on macro now and can only cast it outside of battle. It's only 3 seconds that makes everyones life easier.

[Cold_Raven]

Proper etiquette of leader is to move ahead a few steps when ready, and then wait until the others start to follow before running into the rest of the dungeon.

Proper etiquette of others is to get ready and move ahead a few steps to show you're ready as quickly as possible.

[Damun]

Well lately everyone's been in such a @#*&(ing hurry that they're doing stupid stuff, like locking out other dps from fights, only serving to actually do the exact opposite.

Seriously people, STOP DOING STUPID CRAP IN YOUR RUSH TO GET THINGS DONE, YOU'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND YOURSELF.

[Maeka]

Well lately everyone's been in such a @#*&(ing hurry that they're doing stupid stuff, like locking out other dps from fights, only serving to actually do the exact opposite.

Seriously people, STOP DOING STUPID CRAP IN YOUR RUSH TO GET THINGS DONE, YOU'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND YOURSELF.

Yeah, the whole rush mentality is just getting ridiculous.

Protip: If you aren't having fun to the point you feel you must get done AS SOON AS POSSIBLE because you can't bear to stand another second in whatever dungeon you're in, just withdraw from the Duty Finder and let someone else in who actually feels like doing the content. Especially impatient DPS. Here's a hint for you impatient DPS: There's a Queue full of DPS, and if you don't really want to do the content, I'd rather kick you out of the party and get one of the many DPS who would be more appreciative that they got into a run in the first place. You spend 45 minutes waiting and the you act like an entitled spoiled brat who doesn't have time for anything. I'd rather boot you out and get someone else who is more thankful that they got a run and is willing to work with the rest of the group instead of demanding we fit to their time schedule.

[Spiroglyph]

I'm sorry, mate, this a battle you will never win. Especially now when tanks sprinting off as soon as they're able is A Thing.