Unwritten rules thread

[AphraelAmarantha]

1. Don't let tank die!
2. Tank has healing priority.
3. If tank is fine heal DPS.
4. Always try to dps, even if it's just DoTs, I've noticed even when things are hectic there is always a small opening to apply these.
5. Don't talk or at minimum, just say "o/" or "ty". Otherwise things will turn into drama.
6. Rule 5 doesn't apply if I have to afk for whatever reason. Must let party know.
7. Don't get involved in play disputes between players.
8. Do report parser users if they reveal numbers and use it to harass people.
9. Don't play DPS or Tank. It is just asking for a kick.
10. Don't play Savage or Ultimate. I am not good enough for this content so don't bother.
11. Do not join any guilds/FCs for whatever reason. Drama will just ensue.

I can't think of anything else but those are my unwritten rules. Keeps my play experience pleasant. :3

[LalaRu]

Don't talk or at minimum, just say "o/" ...

What's the meaning of "o/" ? I only recently saw it used in chat. I'm not into 4chan or reddit and clearly missed this new slang.

[CressSiren]

What's the meaning of "o/" ? I only recently saw it used in chat. I'm not into 4chan or reddit and clearly missed this new slang.

"o/" looks like a person waving. It's just another form of greeting and/or cheering.

[LordLonghammer]

If at all possible don't leave the yard of your FC house. Nothing good happens out there.

If you do leave your FC home treat all players as NPCs unless you have determined them to be a mentally stable human. (Same applies to instances. Don't tell that boy how to play npcs can't use that info or reply)

You play every pull, trash, boss, adds, dummies, world mobs, and even fish. Like your life depends on it.

You never (unless you can't pull again due to added time) "just wipe it" you wrestle that Dragon until you breathe your final breath. You never give up on yourself or your team.

[Shurrikhan]

That I follow, or wish others would follow:

1. If you're going to afk for more than a couple minutes in a dungeon, move first to within Rescue range of the lock-out area so you can rejoin the fight upon return -- though a rez may be necessary first.

2. Anyone can do anything, insofar as their kit allows. Know the short-term goals of each roles -- where to gather, when mitigation is necessary, etc. -- and the conventions to accomplish them. Play around the specialist, as they'll have point on the specialized task (healing or tanking), but know that if your toolkit allows, your responsibilities over even specialized tasks do not end just because you have a specialist for that task in group; only when there is an effective cap or the action comes at greater cost to some other function (though these will each be more often the case than not, especially in the case of a DPS healing, for instance) do you let a specialist handle the task completely.

3. Just because something is your specialty doesn't mean someone else can't do it better. A cross-Clemency during Requiescat after a combo-finisher will do a hell of a lot more than your Cure II, while allowing you to Holy spam mass-AoE. A mana-capped DA-Abyssal likewise will do more healing than any of your particular spells, but its ability to be spammed will only last as long as there are many mobs and either Blood effect. Be aware. Know others' toolkits.

4. Know your AoE and mobility ranges. While it's on the BLM to be within AM range if he wants to use you to escape, do not beg for healing after moving out of AoE heal range from its optimal position; unless forced by mechanics that you couldn't prepare for to reach an better result, that, too, is on you.

5. Always be doing something. Unless facing Blighted Bouquet or Pyretic. As long as you're not wasting uptime on restorative abilities, it is virtually impossible for casting nothing or using zero TP in a given GCD to be worthwhile (only exception -- mass-AoE when resource-starved, which usually comes down to too low of DPS and/or wasted uptime on restorative abilities).

6. If someone takes issue with your performance, your default behavior should be to reflect on your rotation, positioning, and engagement -- not to attempt to have them banned just because you made a normally easy pull impossible.

That I see:
1. Feel free to afk without warning.

2. Assume that if you are the tank or healer, then you are free to hold hostage the time of all others in your group. See rule 1, but know that it now affects all 4 players -- or so you would think.

3. Report any tank who says so much as "I need at least a couple of those 12 mobs to be dead within the 30 seconds that my CDs are up". Try your best to get him banned; he may have just slighted your willingness to learn or perform accordingly. Do not ask for advice. Equatable cases for non-tanks.

4. Pop sprint, run towards boss, and then wait until Sprint has faded. Bonus for popping CDs before afking.

5. If you converse, be sure to stop doing anything during that time, rather than using the ample up-to-2.5 seconds between GCDs to gradually continue your text.

[Bashum]

One and only rule.

Interact with everyone as if they were face to face with me. I hate the attitudes that the anonymity of the internet brings out in some people.

[Vanitas]

Only one rule.
Kick ass and chew bubble gum.

[Vanitas]

Crap I'm out of bubble gum

[Texa]

He who smelt it, dealt it.

[RitsukoSonoda]

1. You ask me to heal at your own risk. I have killed more players in this game than any other healer ever in this game... and I have never queued PvP as a healer... >.>

2. Friendly fire isn't.

3. Suppressing fire doesn't

4. If brute force doesn't work you aren't using enough.

5. Make sure that cute girl isn't really an effeminate looking guy before you start hitting on her

6. Never play a pirate when you are sober

7. Chew my food before I eat it... *stares at tasty lala*