Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent. 2.0

[Iyrnthota]

I constantly remind players to use the limit break in 24-man raids, "LB resets on bosses" I say.

If you have LB bar after bosses, use it on the mobs between bosses, else it will go to waste. I was surprised not many players knew about this.

Honestly, in a lot of ARaids, my brain is so autopilot I forget LB exists.

[Smollett]

I just want to get my roulettes done for the day and all I'm getting are tanks that pull 3 mobs at a time(I watched a pally manage to make the first portion of the Dead Ends take 4 pulls), or when I queue tank I get a SGE in level 80+ dungeon spamming e. diagnosis and not using any other abilities. The bar is literally not that high, but I guess I'll just dodge the duty and go do something else for 30 minutes.

That's why I prefer don't finish my day with roulette. It's like DF knows you're in a hurry and drops you in a kindergarten.

[KatiaRelanah]

Just wanted to share a pleasant experience I had the other night:

I played for like a month a few years ago, then recently came back to the game. Never even finished HW, let alone anything deeper into the game (despite going all in and preordering EW). Anyways, I was doing some trial or other (couldn't tell you which, unfortunately) as a SCH, quite suboptimally due to being a returning player with little experience even before my last hiatus. Whatever it was, it was a first-time run for me. Anyways, whatever it was we were fighting was down to like, 10% health or so? When a raidwide killed pretty much everyone except me somehow. I instaraised the other healer, only for them to get downed somehow right away. So it's just me and I think one tank still up, and I'm just like "well I guess we'll just grind away? Do I have the time to slow raise?" when someone chats "Heal LB3?" Oh, right, that's a thing. I didn't even have it hotbarred because I've never played savage/extreme content and basically figured I'd never be in the situation where I'd need to LB3 as a healer. So I pop it off, get everyone up, and am like "heck yes. I'm the hero."

Only got a single comm tho - I think I died to some mechanic earlier in the fight and it was only dumb luck that I clutched it. This is not to say I'm like, some comm-chasing wannabe burger king, I just thought, ya know, saving the raid from restarting might be ACTUALLY worth a comm, instead of the usual "just give them to the healers lol lmao" thoughtlessness?

This is a really mediocre story, I know, because I can't say what fight it was or when it was (sometime this past weekend, that's all I know). Felt really good though. I guess this isn't really a horror story, per SE? But I just wanted to brag about my accidental duty save somewhere without begging for updoots on Reddit or something.

[NekoMataMata]

That's why I prefer don't finish my day with roulette. It's like DF knows you're in a hurry and drops you in a kindergarten.

I mean I'm not really in that big of a rush. It's just I want to enjoy myself, and that's not enjoyable. I don't know how anyone can find enjoyment in slowly killing 3 mobs at a time in level 50+ content. If it's level 50 content or under and there's sprouts I'll handhold but otherwise I really expect more.

[Vahlnir]

That's why I prefer don't finish my day with roulette. It's like DF knows you're in a hurry and drops you in a kindergarten.

This has happened way more than once with me. "I'll just run a quick Trials roulette before I head to bed." Famous last words. At literally any other point in the day or night, even just 10 minutes prior, this would have been the perfect plan.

[Cincierta]

So my curse strikes again.

Yesterday a friend and I were running normal raid roulettes and we were thrown into P8N. I went in on BLM and he went in on PLD, and I realized it had been a while since I last did this fight, especially as a caster.

I'm still trying to nail down good spots to park myself to just spam Fire 4 to my heart's content in the fight before mechanics go back out.

So somewhere in the fight I realize vents were going out along with torches, and I said in voice chat 'I'm gonna die' while I was trying to move to a safe spot.

Suddenly 4 people just exploded and died, including my friend. My friend was understandably upset and made mention in party chat that I should just not speak the phrase. Like at all ever.

I can't help it.

[Frizze]

Felt really good though. I guess this isn't really a horror story, per SE?

No worries. Its all right there in the title. "Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Lets vent." Sharing good experiences and funny experiences is just as valid as sharing a horror story to get it off your chest(and hopefully purge it from your mind). Some people have weird expectations about this thread. Any story you feel should be told is welcome. Another not-so-secret, is that a lot of the people who come here to share bad experiences? Theyre actually talking about how much THEY screwed up, and hoping the party forgave them.

[Guillermo]

LVL roulette yesterday on my MCH, got Dzemael Darkhold with a party of sprouts and things go pretty smoothly throughout the run, until we hit the last boss.
WHM and NIN go night-night pretty fast from the cleave attacks and the puddles of pain on the floor which they didn't avoid, and WAR ends up dying as well with the boss at a couple % HP left.
Meanwhile I'm just running around, pew-pewing the boss until he finally dies, while my party members cheer me on from the floor.
Good times

[Smollett]

Decided to BLM in Euphrosyne. Not even comfortable with the job, not even decently geared, still keeping constant freezes since 6.35 AND my PC acting weird for two weeks. Don't ask why. I blame solar flares.

Anyway I want to apologize to the healers. Even though I died only once there was many cases where I was close. You did great job.

[AriannaStormwake]

i decided to join a hydaelyn ex group for duty completion
with me and the rpr being first timers
first pull we wiped but second was the clear
and we cleared 5 more times after that
got advice from one of the players and i learned to stay away from healers with the spread and stay with the right group for the magic vuln up cleaves
got TT card the mount 1 weapon coffer and drg spear
it was a nice fight havent had such fun since mount farming shinryu/hades ex+the music adds to that

also joined a PF group for the dark inside to help a fellow player
sure we had few wipes but whm lb3 saved us
got the zodiark card for the second time?

those are my tales