FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

**Carth** · 2013-12-26 22:51

Originally Posted by MrDodo

It's really starting to grate my nerves how absolutely terrible the average player is on my server.

That's typically why I can't be bothered to do those instances. After playing with the BG shell so much, the average DF group pisses me off too much. Let alone the ones that say they know what they're doing but actually don't.

**Jaybar** · 2013-12-26 23:14

Did a Roulette WP the other day. PLD asks if we want to do a SR. We say sure go ahead (its brd(me) blm pld whm setup - pretty appropriate from my experience). We pull all the way to beetles and tank dies bc healer ... did not heal. BLM? Single targeted. PLD keeps it cool and says we'll do regular. After first boss we try a big pull again. Tank stays alive but BLM is still single targeting. He mentions "I have never done a speedrun like this before."

I only have the patience to say "Then you've been doing regular runs" without raging.

**Biggz** · 2013-12-26 23:58

Hahaha oh shit that's priceless.

**Andradi** · 2013-12-27 00:16

Originally Posted by Scythiroth

I think pretty much most people can agree with this lol. Do not know what they were thinking releasing that dungeon with an ilvl 48 required entry, awarding ilvl 60 gear, and basically requiring people in ilvl 70+ gear to clear.

Does it actually need that much gear to clear, of have we just gotten used to overgearing things?

I remember doing AK back on getting a fresh 50, in AF and a 55 weapon. It was an uphill climb, but ultimately doable, more or less. Haven't done Pharos much so it's hard to compare, but is it actually un-completable with similar stuff?

**Deadgye** · 2013-12-27 00:21

I did pharos in half broken gear for the second to last boss, and crappy replacements for broken gear on the final boss. Half broken gear on the healer and other dps for last boss as well.

I haven't done it more than once though, but I'm willing to wager that amazing gear isn't necessary.

**Serenseven** · 2013-12-27 00:21

Originally Posted by Jem

Honestly I was really critical of people like this until I had this horror day where no matter where I was when shit went off, I still got hit. You would have the ridiculous situation of Titan landsliding in one direction and me getting knocked off the complete opposite side. And other people in my FC saw it on their screen too that I got knocked off in the opposite direction to landslide. So clearly wasn't just me sucking.

Yep. I was the same way. It's all fun and games until it happens to you.

Replaced my admittedly-ancient router today, thinking that would help. Nope.

**Kaisha** · 2013-12-27 00:44

Originally Posted by Dathus

I'm so fucking done with this game.

I had a BRD doing Chimera in reindeer gear last month. Suffice to say we did not clear that run with him. Would have figured a legacy player would have known better.

GG though to SE for adding item-level requirements to dungeons......of endgame only.

**Lokus** · 2013-12-27 00:55

Originally Posted by Andradi

Does it actually need that much gear to clear, of have we just gotten used to overgearing things?

I remember doing AK back on getting a fresh 50, in AF and a 55 weapon. It was an uphill climb, but ultimately doable, more or less. Haven't done Pharos much so it's hard to compare, but is it actually un-completable with similar stuff?

After I ran it once and figured out the mechanics, it's definitely doable with the suggested ilvl, just that it obviously is more challenging and requires less screw ups on the player's part. The new dungeons are def a case of people getting used to overgearing shit + unknown content.

**Shini** · 2013-12-27 02:05

I enjoy watching gear fall to the ground in CT. Gear I -could- use but don't feel like blowing my 1 item a week lot on.

...SE, why do you do this...

**Hellfury** · 2013-12-27 02:42

Originally Posted by Jaybar

Did a Roulette WP the other day. PLD asks if we want to do a SR. We say sure go ahead (its brd(me) blm pld whm setup - pretty appropriate from my experience). We pull all the way to beetles and tank dies bc healer ... did not heal. BLM? Single targeted. PLD keeps it cool and says we'll do regular. After first boss we try a big pull again. Tank stays alive but BLM is still single targeting. He mentions "I have never done a speedrun like this before."

I only have the patience to say "Then you've been doing regular runs" without raging.

Dude, did you run this with a hyur F PLD called Delicious Succubus (my alt)? Otherwise you have a creepy identical twin somewhere who had an identical run.

Mandatory random complaint: When I have been 90k'ed, and my character has been kicked out, it should be pretty obvious that the server should kick the ghosts proverbial behind when the same character tries to log in. Also, housing prices in the first place. Also, lag, so much lag, there are disadvantages to living at the "end of the line" here in Norway, despite being on 60/60 fiber.

**gaogaostegosaurus** · 2013-12-27 03:26

Originally Posted by Terria

I enjoy watching gear fall to the ground in CT. Gear I -could- use but don't feel like blowing my 1 item a week lot on.

...SE, why do you do this...

I'm an ADUUUULLLTTTT

edit: to quote the post I *thought* I posted after, because I apparently hadn't refreshed the page in a while

**Manako** · 2013-12-27 10:52

Lag is still very frustrating, espcially on Titan EX and of course you can't say "sorry guys, that was lag" because noone cares. Also they "fixed" jump but that doesn't really seem to enough to risk using on Titan unless I am jumping directly to him after landslide. Twice I've tried to cancel/move mid jump and I just die where I would have been safe.

I join Garuda EX/Ultima party finders with the "farming party exp only" tags on them on my whm, wind up with cohealers or tanks that don't know the drill. Once we joined one with an undergeared Mnk as the leader, who was complaining about DPS on garuda as we were getting 2 mistral songs in the beginning (because the mnk and another dps both died to mistral song on each run). He started gearchecking people and was trying to insinuate my husband (blm in turn 4 pants) didn't know his rotation seeing as everyone, except the monk, was geared to the teeth. I'm sure its possible to be carried through turn 4, but seems like you're in over your head if you think that is a weak link :-/

**Korins** · 2013-12-27 11:14

I'm so tired of all the black mages I get stuck with in Crystal Tower. I can't get into a party where I am the ONLY Black Mage so I can GET SOMETHING. I've lot lost on the Crimson Vest 3 times now. I was once in a party with FOUR OF US. Why so many casters?!

My heart breaks every time...I just want to get the hell out of DL is that so bad?!?!

**Jem** · 2013-12-27 11:21

Originally Posted by Korins

I'm so tired of all the black mages I get stuck with in Crystal Tower. I can't get into a party where I am the ONLY Black Mage so I can GET SOMETHING. I've lot lost on the Crimson Vest 3 times now. I was once in a party with FOUR OF US. Why so many casters?!

My heart breaks every time...I just want to get the hell out of DL is that so bad?!?!

Try get some of your LS/FC to go in with you on DPS jobs. Any slot you can block out with a friend increases your odds. And of course if you can block out all the slots (so 3 DPS friends) then you're guaranteed the drop if it does drop. I know if a friend asked me to go X job for whatever event so that they got a certain drop, then I would.

Either that or rig party finder set-ups to not have any other BLM's in although that may be a little more frowned upon!

**Niiro** · 2013-12-27 11:22

CT is annoying as fuck on a melee, half of your time is spent chasing mobs and the other half is trying in vain to maintain any kind of rotation.

You're constantly changing targets, chasing mobs down, dodging ground effects/AoEs/etc, getting in directional attacks is an exercise in futility on anything but bosses (which you spent 5s attacking then swap to adds that popped 20 feet away).

Granted everything in CT is faceroll tier and the only challenge is getting people to cooperate with each fight's gimmick, so there's hardly a DPS check involved, but it's still irritating.

**Andradi** · 2013-12-27 11:50

It's not too bad. In some of the fights you can ignore the adds (let the ranged take care of them?) and keep on the main boss.

Feels worse for tanks where a couple of fights have OTs doing nothing for more than half the time.

**Elcura** · 2013-12-27 11:56

Originally Posted by Andradi

It's not too bad. In some of the fights you can ignore the adds (let the ranged take care of them?) and keep on the main boss.

Feels worse for tanks where a couple of fights have OTs doing nothing for more than half the time.

Behemoth as OT is the most boring thing I've done in a video game.

**Therin** · 2013-12-27 12:12

Just do what all the other OTs do: Troll the group.

I've done 23 CT runs this week trying for Crimson Vest.

**Meresgi** · 2013-12-27 12:30

Originally Posted by Elcura

Behemoth as OT is the most boring thing I've done in a video game.

You dont like taunting a single mob every 2minutes and then clicking on a pillar over and over again!?!?!?

**Raldo** · 2013-12-27 12:32

Whoa whoa, who said anything about taunting mobs. That tower could turn red at any moment. Go back to your tower.

Related question: Is there any harm in letting the tower get to 2 or 3 red sections, so long as you hit it before it blows up? I did a CT once where I was the only WAR, and I really wanted to just keep applying the WAR debuffs on Behemoth, but I kept having to run back to the damn tower.

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