Why are NPC parties so bad?

[Thangil]

Hi

The option to use a NPC party for dungeons during MSQs is great, so we don't have to wait for a party. In theory...

The main problem is, Aphinaud is the worst healer in gaming history! He doesn't heal me at all until I have less than 20% health. And the tank isn't much better.

I've been trying to do the Grand Cosmos dungeon for the MSQ with NPCs, and everything went somewhat ok until the last boss, the flame-something dude. Alphinaud keeps getting one-shotted, and Tancred (tank) can't control the boss at all. It's completely un-doable with NPCs.

And why is NPCs doing almost no damage at all? During trash mob fights, I'm the one to take them down. Tested several times, by AFKing and simply watching, and the rest of the group barely made a dent in any mob.

FIX IT.

Doing dungeons with my squadron is COMPLETELY different. Everything runs smoothly, like it's a group of real players, good players, and everyone is doing their job perfectly. The only issue is that they doesn't seem to take much damage if they don't move away from red areas, which is ridiculous.

[Supersnow845]

The reason trusts are bad is because they are designed to be bad to actually encourage you to play with other people because it’s an MMO

Trusts are more insurance against the game dying in the future or if people are crippingly antisocial, in general they expect you will run with other players which is why they leave the trusts as being 30-50% worse than an average player. To actually encourage you to play with other players

[Thangil]

The reason trusts are bad is because they are designed to be bad to actually encourage you to play with other people because it’s an MMO

Trusts are more insurance against the game dying in the future or if people are crippingly antisocial, in general they expect you will run with other players which is why they leave the trusts as being 30-50% worse than an average player. To actually encourage you to play with other players

I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against playing with other people. The issue here is not about that. The ONLY reason I wanna do dungeons with NPCs, is to eliminate the wait time, nothing else at all.

[AzhreiVahlok]

I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against playing with other people. The issue here is not about that. The ONLY reason I wanna do dungeons with NPCs, is to eliminate the wait time, nothing else at all.

that... & i can afk for even half an hour as long as i keep coming back within ten minutes to move the stick lol... I can take my time and actually enjoy the dungeon instead of having to deal with some f'ing wall to wall speedrun bs.... especially the first time. The npc's say things relevant and even build on the quests outside just b4 it (like alisae in Holminster). I can learn the bosses so well that when i DO get said dungeon in leveling roulette i can just do it by memory almost blindfolded and pretend the people are npc's lol... somewhat. Mainly it's just being able to take my time and enjoy it. ALWAYS do the msq dungeons with npc's the first time. I'm just past Mt Gulg and nothing in the game has even been that hard up to now... MSQ wise anyway.

LOL I went in a leveling roulette the other day (on sam)... got Holminster, and a bard said as we were waiting to start that she'd like to take time to watch the cutscenes being the first time for her. The tank immediately left... i was like wtf rofl...

[sindriiisgaming]

I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against playing with other people. The issue here is not about that. The ONLY reason I wanna do dungeons with NPCs, is to eliminate the wait time, nothing else at all.

Que as a tank or healer

[Supersnow845]

Que as a tank or healer

Maybe if they made those roles desirable to play people would

Who wants to spam 1 button while the tank does their job for them or queues into casual content to proceed to play solo and have a gimped melee rotation

There is nothing desirable about the supports in modern 14

[sindriiisgaming]

Maybe if they made those roles desirable to play people would

Who wants to spam 1 button while the tank does their job for them or queues into casual content to proceed to play solo and have a gimped melee rotation

There is nothing desirable about the supports in modern 14

Not only is gunbreaker desirable to play. It's rotation can be very stressful in high end content and with much fewer mitigation than pld war and drk it requires more careful planning, creating a return for investment. I also really enjoy pld in 8 man content because if its ability to carry a bad tank/healer. and war is the perfect dng tank. If you want a more engaging healer try scholar. Having to choose between healing and dpsing allways keeps things alive and healing in dngs as scholar requires brain power to accomplish

I'm afraid this is simply a matter of perspective vs matter of fact. Trying to say sprouts won't play tank is a flwed stance. Tank is the literal best job for a sprout because mecanics do not effect the the same and they have more panic buttons

[SeverianLyonesse]

The reason trusts are bad is because they are designed to be bad to actually encourage you to play with other people because it’s an MMO

Trusts are more insurance against the game dying in the future or if people are crippingly antisocial, in general they expect you will run with other players which is why they leave the trusts as being 30-50% worse than an average player. To actually encourage you to play with other players

And also encourage you to actually respect the mechanics instead of trusting Alphy will heal you.

[Jeeqbit]

Alphinaud healed the big pull at the start of Mt Gulg. You know the like 4 or 5 packs? I did that with Alphinaud.

As for them doing low damage, it's because they are trying to make the dungeon run last about 30 minutes and only do single target attacks. They want faster runs of 20 minutes or less to be something you get players for.

[Thangil]

Alphinaud healed the big pull at the start of Mt Gulg. You know the like 4 or 5 packs? I did that with Alphinaud.

As for them doing low damage, it's because they are trying to make the dungeon run last about 30 minutes and only do single target attacks. They want faster runs of 20 minutes or less to be something you get players for.

Then why is is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT when playing with my squadron?