FFXIV Random Praise Thread: Time to melee RDM

[Seravi Edalborez]

So I imagine it's not a "new discovery" but I found this cool:

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Can LoS the tail swipe and still be in healing vision of tank, for ultimate lazymode. Adjust for whatever minor rotating your tank does in a particular instance. Did this on WHM as well, standing where the fairy is (though then you have to move to be able to nuke boss).

Also found out gil drops from dungeons are split between the 4 party members. I did the "log out in an instance" trick after a finished WP to friend my alt and went back to the chest before first boss that spawns beetles. Holy'd them down, got ~200 gil apiece.

[Vuitton]

That's how I've always done the fight, haha. :3

[Raineer]

Why not tank him rotated 90 deg clockwise in that same spot? I must not do what others do. The way I tank him the healer can stand behind the pot the entire time, minus purple lines and healing faraway DPS.

I have to run to where that tank is standing in the pic in order to avoid explosion, but I run back to my spot as it casts so the boss never turns.

[Seravi Edalborez]

I find the position I posted less stressful; if they pull it correctly (most of the time) I can stand behind pot the whole time anyways. I just have fairy there as a bonus (or as WHM alt my gear isn't amazing yet so I have to actually heal once or twice). I've had (bad) tanks try to move or rotate for catastrophe but they suck at it and get us breathed.

Also I don't like that rotated since it makes it awkward if I want to help DPS the rear gargoyle.

This, for example, was a pull made by a Relic+ Allagan PLD from the "entrance" side of the statue and pissed me off:

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[Grey Jorildyn]

I just tank it right where it spawns. Best positioning ever.

[blowfin]

Been a while since I've even done AK, but I love it when it gets tanked almost completely behind the pole (pain in the ass to target for ranged and healers) with the tail facing the middle of the room. Seems to happen nearly every time in AK, not sure why people bother to move it in the first place when they position it like that.

[Seravi Edalborez]

I just tank it right where it spawns. Best positioning ever.

I get off too much on DF tomfoolery to see this outside of FC parties

[Raineer]

I find the position I posted less stressful; if they pull it correctly (most of the time) I can stand behind pot the whole time anyways. I just have fairy there as a bonus (or as WHM alt my gear isn't amazing yet so I have to actually heal once or twice). I've had (bad) tanks try to move or rotate for catastrophe but they suck at it and get us breathed.

Also I don't like that rotated since it makes it awkward if I want to help DPS the rear gargoyle.

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Ahh ok, I see the bad then. They rotate towards the pot instead of away from it - like in your spoilered pic.

[lilbubbles]

As bad as it gets, I would rather them face the ass toward the pot like that then the face.

At least the tail attack has a hit indicator I can maybe dodge as opposed to the face attack that just hits me, slows me, and makes me hard to cure lol.

[CrstyCptSteveWitherspoon]

After they gave WP myth I've yet to do, and never plan to do, an AK again.

[dejet]

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...e_kick_coming/

thank god. Will not happen in 2.1 but ya happy to see them preparing to fix this issue.

[Tyrath]

The live letter says its in 2.1...

Q31: Will a kick feature be implemented to the Duty Finder?

A31: We will be adding this in patch 2.1. It will be a vote kick-style system and their will be limitations when using it.

[Carth]

I wonder what the limitations are.

[Karbuncle]

Probably prevent you from kicking more than (X) people a run or something similar. So a group of 3 jackasses can't just sit at the entrance to a dungeon replacing/kicking people.

[arus2001]

Should also hope you can't kick people while there's loot in the treasure pool or for a couple minutes after a boss so people can't kick before the chest is opened.

[lilbubbles]

Or kicking people right at the end before tomes drop, that would be hilarious, I mean mean and I totally wouldn't do that to someone.

[SamanosukeShiva]

or kicking people in the beginning after you spawn cause, "/check, yeah lets kick this guy"

[Kiarax]

KICK ALL PLDS

[Rocl]

Random Praise: My group has had more tank drops than anything else. Maybe tied with caster drops.

wtb brd drops pst

it's okay, we got more tank shit last week and the early turns but double healer drop from turn 5 awwh yeah

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[Seravi Edalborez]

Week of the BLM;
T1: DRG body, Tank body
T2: Caster body + hands
T4: Caster belt + legs

Our BLMs are geared to the teeth.