Stunbot is NOT fun

[Kryzen]

Ifrit needs to be made harder. Solo tank and stunbotted ifrit today all at once. second tank D/C or something but we just ended up letting Ifrit cast eruption through first phase then since second and third phase are on easily recognized patterns I was able to just interrupt him while maintaining threat the entire time.... Granted i have done this bastard pushing 40 times now, sword still has not dropped, and have his patterns perfectly memorized but still he should not be so predictable.

at this point i am done with Ifrit and will just have to progress without the sword. Future PLDs, save time and just get the WP drop.

[ZenBear]

DRG Stun 20sec CD
MNK Stun 20/40sec CD
WAR Stun 30sec CD
PLD Stun 2,5sec CD

can you see now why PLDs are good stunnbitches? xD

Looking at the patterns cited by the PLDs who MT and stun at the same time, I don't see why a DRG can't handle stuns. Eruptions don't happen very often, certainly never less than 3 seconds apart, thus rendering the 2.5 CD overkill.

Also, why can nobody find the . key? I keep seeing , being used in its place. :P

[Scratchs]

I know this all has been said but just gonna put out my experience. It freaking sucks being the stunner, whats the point of even having a mechanic like this in a game? To torture one particular player?

Zone out for a few millisecond everyone's dead and mad at you. I just say "Resist" every time I miss, usually no one bothers to check the log. I'm human I zone off at times and I make mistakes.

I'm 0/38 on Ifrit's fire sword(approximately) so I hope you all understand my bitterness

[Kenka]

After doing this ad nauseam yesterday (no PLD sword dropped, obviously) I think that this deserves some kind of achievement or something.

I would be fine by having Ifrit's face's silouette engraved on my shield. I've slammed my shield on his face so many times that it has to be already there..

xD

[Warlyx]

I would be fine by having Ifrit's face's silouette engraved on my shield. I've slammed my shield on his face so many times that it has to be already there..

xD

but u slammed his ass....u really want that on your shield? :P

[Kenka]

but u slammed his ass....u really want that on your shield? :P

Er.. Er..

Good point..

[Prince_Myshkin]

Just as an update, I seem to have my stuns down and don't miss any eruptions. Regardless, I still hate the job. Hopefully the mechanic will be removed, but as it stands SE is dead silent about what the hell their plans are with this game other than taking a month to fix server issues.

[Razzis]

I'm a Paladin and honestly this doesn't bother me. If its for the good of the group then do it. I catch on to his patterns and throw in CoS and RoH combo and still stun effectively so I'm not bored. But being a paladin your stun is more reliable because its on a GC and not a 20/30s CD. Yea of course a melee class could do a stun rotation or something along the lines no problem but while they are anticipating an Eruption that's DPS that a PLD can't make up for. If done properly Ifrit HM is not hard at all so maybe those few seconds of no DPS from 1 class is no big deal but if I can do something better and easier then another class then why not? We're all in it for the win. I find it to be a small sacrifice if any considering not ALL bosses are this way (bosses that fully resist stun always) so to me... I take it for the team.

[MorbidAngel]

What's not fun is people ignoring my request to not use any stuns/interrupts and when you get fully resisted and ask if someone is using one they blatantly lie about not using them...lol. Other than that, no one should ever wipe due to stuns imo.

[Kinseykinz]

stunbot...not fair blah blah

Welcome to the real MMO world where the person with 'that skill' is sometimes exploited for it.


You're only whining because it effects you...but a good team player knows 'sometimes i have to have less fun for the betterment of the group'. Also, isn't a tanks job to Protect the party from a a bosses damage?
...in Ifrit that means stunning.

...and trust me, you don't want your abilty to stun taken away.

Lastly, you don't need to stun Ifrit to win, it makes it far easier on the party, but the battle isn't based around having that one mechanic.


So shame on the party for solely relying on the PLD to stun and not just being proactive and getting out of danger...but just like tanks expect healers to heal and Esuna etc, and DPS to keep proper rotations...Tanks are expected to perform their party role well. In Ifrit, if you are a PLD learn to Stun.

/endthread