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    Jessica_VS's Avatar
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    Alystaziel Nightmoon
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    Marilith
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    Black Mage Lv 90

    The Plight of Duty Roulettes

    If you . . .

    . . . play DPS, then:
    1. your tank will be slow and pull 1 thing at a time
    2. your healer will be oblivious

    . . . play healer, then:
    1. your tank will never use AoE attacks to aggro enemies, so they charge at you instead
    2. your DPS will stand in every enemy AoE

    . . . play tank, then:
    1. your healer will only cast Cure 1 and stand there doing nothing in-between casts
    2. your DPS will not know 90% of their abilities and will deal less DPS than you


    The fundamental laws of MMOs, as inviolable as the laws of physics!
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    Last edited by Jessica_VS; 04-07-2024 at 08:28 AM.

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    Player Ardeth's Avatar
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    Ul Dah
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    Guy Friedman
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    Halicarnassus
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    Bard Lv 100
    Also, roulettes have a really bad retention rate in general. If you did them every day for a month by the next one, you'd rather do anything else. It's like gearing on a casual level takes way too long that by the time I am geared, I want to unsubscribe from the fatigue of it all. It's cheap consumable content. I don't remember the good groups and gripe about the bad ones. It as a system is stale. It has been for years. It was stale when it came out, let's be honest. You can only play Wrath of the Lich King of fantasy for so many years before you want off the ride. I don't even gear anymore. I one and done and unsubscribe. Something has to give.
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    Player Ardeth's Avatar
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    Guy Friedman
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    Halicarnassus
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    Bard Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica_VS View Post
    I do them every time I play. I like the way it hurts.
    I used to not mind them, but over ten years of this is enough for me. I find myself playing and being subscribed less and less. Even this new event I logged in did the event logged off and unsubscribed. Obviously, I'm still interested in the game, and I try to keep up with it, but I'm kinda done grinding tomestones.
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  5. 04-07-2024 01:35 AM

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    Equitable_Remedy's Avatar
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    Eristede Kell
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    Sargatanas
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    Ninja Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica_VS View Post
    If you . . .

    . . . play DPS, then:
    1. your tank will be slow and pull 1 thing at a time
    2. your healer will be oblivious

    . . . play healer, then:
    1. your tank will never use AoE attacks to aggro enemies, so they charge at you instead
    2. your DPS will stand in every enemy AoE

    . . . play tank, then:
    1. your healer will only cast Cure 1 and stand there doing nothing in-between casts
    2. your DPS will not know 90% of their abilities and will deal less DPS than you


    The fundamental laws of MMOs, as inviolable as the laws of physics!
    Preach!

    TBH the single-pulling tank is the worst thing that can happen in a dungeon - just painful to experience.
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    Player Bun_Vivant's Avatar
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    Bun Vivant
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    Halicarnassus
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    Sage Lv 95
    Quote Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy View Post
    TBH the single-pulling tank is the worst thing that can happen in a dungeon
    You need to pug more dungeons, because it definitely isn't.

    I like wall-to-wall pull as much as the next Dyskrasia-spamming Sage, but occasionally getting a new tank who pulls small is a nice change in pace. I just relax and go with it.
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    ryouma17's Avatar
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    Haven Belle
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    Excalibur
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    Summoner Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy View Post
    TBH the single-pulling tank is the worst thing that can happen in a dungeon - just painful to experience.
    2nd worst, the worst are the healers who only focus on doing damage and dont bother to heal
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    Supersnow845's Avatar
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    Andreas Cestelle
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    Jenova
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    Scholar Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by ryouma17 View Post
    2nd worst, the worst are the healers who only focus on doing damage and dont bother to heal
    Well I mean the tank doesn’t need the healer anyway so why bother actually healing, you are just wasting button presses
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    Gullis Hil
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    Twintania
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    White Mage Lv 100
    This is dangerously too relatable
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