r/TalesFromDF

Quick late night Normal Raid roulette, immediately things are weird as SGE just casually walks out of the starting gate while we're still waiting on a first timer's CS. Brush it off as desync or something since nobody else comments on it, but they're already at the Fausts before we're able to move.

Minimal issues aside from multiple Diagnosis while I'm full HP. Then comes the classic clusterfuck first A5 pull; OT doesn't voke, bombs aren't cleared, bunch of deaths to people not transforming for the raidwides, and eventually die. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Second pull, full health SGE suddenly dies from nothing and their body is underneath the area with only their name visible. SCH spends their entire swiftcast trying to find them but isn't able to rez. They seem content to just let SCH solo heal until after over a minute later I speak up and coincidentally there's now no issue rezzing them.

They make their final comment right as the fight ends, only letting me get in my ???? before they leave. Also about PLD's comment, UCOB is the only content they've cleared (which tomestone shows they bought)

Anon log to show spontaneous combustion: https://www.fflogs.com/reports/a:XxdZVw3gcKnP7tjR?type=deaths&fight=last

So I'll be honest right off the bat: Yeah, I said something I shouldn't have. My friend and I were already wound the hell up from our M9 run that could've been its own post honestly but there was no excuse to call someone a bellend and I probably had a big hand in provoking the response I got but holy moly.....

So I finished levelling my alt the other day, and I (DNC) thought I'd treat my friend (WHM) to some second chance points by running through the normal modes. To cut a long story short on the M9, we wiped on the first add phase about 3 times with this burger king crown mentor who kept yelling at everyone while hoovering up as many vuln stacks as physically possible and painting the floor with their innards. So we were a little short fused.

M10 and 11 go fine. In fact in 11 we get a bunch of the people we meet again in M12 and its just fine, the BLM and PLD die twice (and not to falling off the arena if fflogs is correct-that's relevant in a bit) but we one shot the fight.

Then we get into M12 with most of these same people, and the PLD and BLM keep jumping off during Feral Fission (where the arena breaks up into squares). The second or third time they did and other people were messing up, it led to this poor overhealing SGE getting their face kicked in by a tank buster. My friend got annoyed, started typing that their funnies were killing people, then ate a mechanic and died. This led to a wipe, but not before the PLD who had received a res tried to solo the boss for about 2 minutes. They claimed it was just some inside joke.

2nd pull comes around, Feral Fission comes up and I watch exactly what happens: the BLM stays still, but the PLD immediately walks off..again. So I call them out with the word I shouldn't have said and then the GNB just lost it and unleashed just a barrage of claims and insults at me and my friend:

They said it was the PLD's first time (it's not, the screenshots show no achievement (just me and the silent picto who shared a last name with the GNB) and a fflog recorded for the fight)

They said my friend got the TB so she griefed the pull. It wasn't her with the tb and she was upset with herself for getting baited into saying something and causing us to spend more time in the fight.

They then started to imply that he's somehow physically incapable of not walking off when presented with an arena split and we should've known that because we were in M11 with them and we are just AWFUL AWFUL people to make fun of someone's handicap??? Again, the logs show this PLD was perfectly capable of completing this fight without dying 2 and a half weeks ago... Also they said it was an inside joke like last pull and now suddenly its a handicap of some kind?? Even the DRG was like: yeah, sure.

I just stopped reading after a while, took the loot and left. But seriously, awards to this GNB, the theatrics were off the charts.

Hello first time posting here since i became a lurker lol
Imagine: level 83 dungeon, should be ez, haven't played it in a while but it's not a hard one. Tank is a returner, cool cool maybe it will take a little longer but no biggie. We run to the first mob pack, like normal, but oh wait I'm taking damage why is that? Turns out they didn't run with us, oh no worries we just have to go a little slower then.

But then, I'm still taking damage. Only reason why we're still not dead is the healer (huge props to them). After the first boss and where we get into the elevator, i speak up, to please manage the aggro on mobs because they kept hitting me. And everything just crumbles after.

I saw almost 0 mit used, the only time when it was used and i saw it was on the last mob pull before the last boss, after all enemies were dead, and the tank used all their mit, including invuln. So yeah. Not great. Wouldn't recommend.

Edit: I did report this person, so hopefully they'll be taken care of

Red is me, green is the healer.

My problem isn’t my health as at least they did keep us alive, but they prolonged the fight by not dps’ing a lot, and it was just before reset so i was kinda in a hurry to get the bonus before said reset

Pretty sure these DPS know each other (4 letter first name starting with A, same home world)

Chat got quiet for the rest of the raid after this lol

For information, I had to say to the tank to AOE (it's also an AOE issue here) and they did it! Yay! But I noticed the healer doing nothing else than heal, even if the party was full hp... The funny part is this person has White Mage level 55 and Astro level 92... I'm a bit surprised.

Nothing so extravagant, but the "hm?" and "mhm" (before leaving) are quite funny...

I believe when you see a level 96 Tank running mobs in circles then dying to a Gas Bomb AoE in normal Hatali, you shouldn't waste your time or energy trying to 'give them advice' or anything. That said, I understand the PUG's contempt for the tank's poor attitude.

The WAR was a crafter mentor duo with the LNC. The PUG was likely an alt account sprout, which may have served to trigger the WAR. I am a 'sprout' playing a free trial account and just wanted my leveling roulette done. Also controller player, so I don't type unless absolutely needed.

Just looking for some opinions on a short exchange had in a Mentor roulette (myself in Orange, other Mentor in Blue).

I'm aware of the general disdain held towards Mentors. I wear the crown because I genuinely like giving newer players reasons to enjoy the game. I think a friendly community and other helpful players does more in that regard than any new content can when it comes to retaining players.

I'm not asking for a "who's right, who's wrong" here, since both can be correct in their own way. I guess I'm just wondering where most people land on the scale when it comes to landing an EX duty in Mentor roulette.

I personally have no problems performing well enough to clear them, but not everyone is me. It's likely that the people queueing in DF for an EX aren't prepared for the sharp increase in difficulty from something like a Hard mode trial or a Dungeon. I know that when I see an EX pop up, it's going to be a challenge. Not to perform the mechanics, but to try and form some level of understanding for the individuals who may have no idea what they signed up for.

On the other hand, I agree that the job of a Mentor is to mentor. It's to teach. It's to introduce new concepts and reinforce existing ones in players who may need it.

All that being said, most EX duties I've run into in Mentor roulette have been ARR and can usually be brute forced to completion with enough repetition, but I always thought the "uh-oh, an EX trial" sentiment was widely shared amongst people running Mentor roulette.

Thoughts?

Waiting for PF to fill and this tank greeted us with this...😭 ok dawg..

So I made a pf for storms crown and a whm joined seemed chill at first then this happened😂

Blue is me green is the whm

Green: me

Red: DPS from duty 1, DPS from duty 2

Blue: tank

Just prior to queuing for some daily roulettes, I'd been thinking of my late grandmother. First I queue up for High Level as an adventurer in need (healer) and encounter a DPS that shares her first name. 'Cool coincidence', I think. Next up is leveling.

My ping isn't great, so I'm often the last one to load into a duty. I catch a glimpse at the party list before we're off. Oh hey, it's the same DPS as earlier! Oh- nevermind, they're from a different server and their last name has a slight spelling deviation.
Both players were very nice. Did I manifest this? Is Grandma haunting my PC? Is this just a crazy coincidence? Who knows. Regardless, love you Grandma!