FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

[Obsidian]

I run through them all with Rampart + Sentinel and have the DPS LB Ultima. It kind of tickles.

[Niiro]

Even when that gets fixed (you can get around it by turning off Shield Oath first, then putting up Sword Oath) you'll still have issues when tank swapping or with WAR tanks in general. PLD's only legitimate combo generates too much threat for a WAR to be able to do anything other than spam Butcher's Block.

A PLD in sword oath should not pull hate off a WAR if the WAR doesn't suck.

Halone combo in sword oath is 150 + (200 x2) + (260 x 4)

A Butcher's combo in Defiance is (150 x 2) + (200 x 4) + (280 x 8)

Keep in mind this is using the old x2 enmity modifier for defiance, it's higher now (idk if anyone's figured it out yet).

As long as a WAR is using Butchers for every other combo they shouldn't be losing hate unless there's some huge gear disparity.

[Raldo]

While I don't disagree with you, flatly comparing potency is just plain ridiculous. It completely ignores the damage penalty granted by Defiance (Maim makes up for it, but not completely). Also, I'm pretty sure the 2x enmity modifier was only valid for beta, and I haven't seen any real testing on it since release (plus, like you said 2.1 changed it again).

[Evane]

Crystal Tower - Labyrinth of the Onion.

[Ksandra]

Crystal Tower - Labyrinth of the Onion.

I have come to the conclusion that SE had brd and monk drop the most on purpose because it doesn't matter if you have drgs and monks in CT. And made tank shit drop the least so tanks have to keep queuing.

[Niiro]

Anyone else find mobs that ignore block/parry retarded?

Makes so much of tank mitigation useless, all the parry on tank gear amounts to dick.

[Datonare]

I find that tank mitigation stats boring and dumb in the first place. I'm not sure how people feel about the system, but in Rift, they'd have a "toughness" stat for endgame, which was needed to reduce dungeon/raid mobs' extra damage to get it manageable. Some kind of damage reduction and not just extra hp on tank gear would be nice

[Obsidian]

I expect we'll see more raw magic mobs as they continue to try to nerf PLD without actually nerfing it. I roll full DPS accessories in Turn 2.

[Datonare]

Giving fate bosses, especially those in charge of access to CT, stoneskin. 'cause that makes it so much fun when you are trying to low man it or solo

[Rocl]

And made tank shit drop the least so tanks have to keep queuing.

i see more tank shit than anything else tho

[Niiro]

I've seen no tank shit this week.

It's almost like the distribution is random and in any given week or even month the number of samples to draw from is too small to observe any kind of consistent pattern.

[Ksandra]

i see more tank shit than anything else tho

it could be just my experience skewing things totally. Just when hubby and I run I usually get a healer/caster drop within 3 runs. He's had two weeks now where he's done 20+ runs just to see a tank piece drop. And he'd take any slot.

So ya, anecdote is an anecdote but I see the onion joke mentioned a lot, so I am still going to believe it. XD

[TheDirtyHobo]

Random chance is random, go figure. Each chest had about nine items it can drop, so having 20 runs without seeing an item you want is unlikely (~8%), but still easily possible.

[CrstyCptSteveWitherspoon]

Old static dissolved, trying to form new one and there's so many bad players out there I'm on the fence if it's even worth it. Currently the game is more frustrating than fun because of how many people just completely suck at the game and actually act like they're good while shit and blaming the people they run with for wiping. Next week is the last attempt before I cancel sub (EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS LEFT).

Complaint from last night: Went to join a PF turn 4 as tank. I have 66xx hp and this other guy has 62xx hp(I have no food up, not sure about him). He goes, I'll MT you can OT. I reply, Uh you might want a different tank then because I've been main tanking this for the past 3-4 months and have never OT'd it. He says, Oh it's not really any different you just pick up adds and hold them. The whm in the party that I'm friends with says, if it's not any different then why don't you do it? He replies with, I've done it a few times but I've never actually beaten it off tanking.

Oh ok. Dropping group now.

[Ratatapa]

People calling me cheater because i've tanked Garuda and titan EX at Ilv75 when thye think it's imposible under I80

[Deathbringer]

HL Roulette 1: Manor HM. Sch gets one-shotted from the spirit cutters and eventually rage-quits.
HL Roulette 2: AK. DPS gets repelled off the ring 4 times then rage-quits.

I don't even......

[Lyall]

Wiped to Titan last night for 4 hours between three or four different parties. Kept getting him down to around 15% then everything went tits up.

Not Extreme mode, mind you. I wiped to Titan Hard for 4 hours in 2014.

[Niiro]

Why did you stay past the first 30 minutes....

[Deathbeckons]

Old static dissolved, trying to form new one and there's so many bad players out there I'm on the fence if it's even worth it. Currently the game is more frustrating than fun because of how many people just completely suck at the game and actually act like they're good while shit and blaming the people they run with for wiping. Next week is the last attempt before I cancel sub (EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS LEFT).

Complaint from last night: Went to join a PF turn 4 as tank. I have 66xx hp and this other guy has 62xx hp(I have no food up, not sure about him). He goes, I'll MT you can OT. I reply, Uh you might want a different tank then because I've been main tanking this for the past 3-4 months and have never OT'd it. He says, Oh it's not really any different you just pick up adds and hold them. The whm in the party that I'm friends with says, if it's not any different then why don't you do it? He replies with, I've done it a few times but I've never actually beaten it off tanking.

Oh ok. Dropping group now.

could not agree with this more. if you dont have 7 other people you know who play well and consistently, this game is fucking terrible to try to get shit done in. 4 hours of banging my head against titan with multiple groups (even a group where 4 people died to first set of bombs) and trying to teach people how to do shit if they werent familiar. people in my fc were finally on and not busy later. we just 1 shotted it and laughed...

[Tyrath]

Why did you stay past the first 30 minutes....

He said between 3 or 4 parties.