FFXIV Random Complaint Thread II: DPS can't count to potato

[Rehn]

Just had to heal the worst tank in any of my expert DF. WAR, rolls into wanderer's hard with 8k HP max with defiance (full STR right side). STR is cool and all, but your ass is nothing more than a wet noodle when you try to pull 2 packs.

Second 2x3 packs before first boss, went my usual healing prep so I can spam holy, the guy went from 8k > 7k > 1k > dead in a mere 2 second, a split second before my bene can hit him. Spent rest of dungeon making sure he doesn't fall over cause he's worse than a i90 PLD in shield oath.

Even doing 1 pack at a time, it's just laughable he can drop below 50% within a second from full. Yuck.

On last boss, he spends 2 standard-spawning worth of time in mid, before he finally listened and started fighting him off the ground buff. I should have screenshotted it because the entire room was nearly full of the ground buff when we finally killed.

[Sephiroth]

SE's content scheduling really isn't good enough. Going to be a 9 month wait between Final Coil and Alexander Hard. No one could have predicted that at the start of the year so of course I booked my summer holiday for the end of August thinking they couldn't possibly come close to releasing the next raid near that time and my group would have it on farm by then so taking time out wouldn't be an issue. So now I'm going to have to drop out my group because taking 3 weeks out a month after a new raid isn't acceptable as we won't have it on farm by then (we aren't hardcore enough to do 10 hours a day 7 days a week at the beginning).

So yeah I'm very disappointed with SE's planning for content. We've effectively skipped a patch yet SE continues collecting subscriptions. My last hope for this game is that SE designs the loot system in such a way that being in a static isn't necessary otherwise I may as well quit raiding altogether. 3.2's raid will no doubt be released around April when most people would predict it around January/February. You can't plan time out around that kind of shit and I'm certainly not making myself available all year round for a game.

[Ratatapa]

1h pvp queue, all that for 40 poetics

[Taint]

So yeah I'm very disappointed with SE's planning for content. We've effectively skipped a patch yet SE continues collecting subscriptions. My last hope for this game is that SE designs the loot system in such a way that being in a static isn't necessary otherwise I may as well quit raiding altogether. 3.2's raid will no doubt be released around April when most people would predict it around January/February. You can't plan time out around that kind of shit and I'm certainly not making myself available all year round for a game.

Fingers crossed that statics aren't as important. I have a very good static, but I'd really like to play with friends that aren't in my static. 1 item + 1 token a week would work fine for me with zero entry lockout.

[Classikmage]

What's up with HM dungeons lately? Did like around 30 Snowcloaks for Zodiac item and ar least 15 of them I had new member bonus for. Now I'm doing Amdapor Keep(Normal), did it about 7 times. And only 2 of them DIDN'T have first time bonus. What's with the mad influx of new people at the moment? One of those AK's I ended up having to solo Demon Wall from about 50% > 0 ... on WHM... because everyone else fell off. And of course still didn't get a dungeon item. -_-;

I had one Snowcloak with a BLM, BRD, and WAR... sounds great, but...

WAR had i70 weapon
BRD had i80 weapon
BLM had i90 weapon

I'll let your own guess about the armor they were wearing.

[Kaisha]

Probably the complete lack of use for soldiery for anyone that's been playing since 2.4 which gives little incentive to do the roulette besides random gear to desynth/seals. So all you get are noobs that still need the dungeons, and folks like yourself doing zodiac grind.

[Seravi Edalborez]

What's up with HM dungeons lately? Did like around 30 Snowcloaks for Zodiac item and ar least 15 of them I had new member bonus for. Now I'm doing Amdapor Keep(Normal), did it about 7 times. And only 2 of them DIDN'T have first time bonus. What's with the mad influx of new people at the moment? One of those AK's I ended up having to solo Demon Wall from about 50% > 0 ... on WHM... because everyone else fell off. And of course still didn't get a dungeon item. -_-;

All the people who don't need this stuff quit/hiatus'd/don'tdodungeons. Similar issue for WoD right now, you get the mediocre'est players (or lazy fucks like me) because everyone else either doesn't need/want the stuff or can just do Coil.

[Edelweiss]

All the people who don't need this stuff quit/hiatus'd/don'tdodungeons. Similar issue for WoD right now, you get the mediocre'est players (or lazy fucks like me) because everyone else either doesn't need/want the stuff or can just do Coil.

Not even that good.

I've seen multiple wipes on virtually everything (bosses and trash) due to absolutely fucking garbage alliance DPS and healers who had trouble even keeping their most basic shit up. And a considerably larger than normal amount of people completely unable to understand any mechanic (my favorite: people insisting you need to run that fucking Femata's Vulnerability Up AoE shit to the main tank). Also two healers that refuse to heal tanks who aren't full VIT.

To make things worse, it took 5 Vote Abandoned runs this past week before I finally got WoD done and got my fucking Onion Knight card after who the fuck knows how many WoDs. At least I don't have to go back any more.

[Classikmage]

The thing is, it feels like this just started up last week with Snowcloak. Before that, I might occasionally get 1 person that was new maybe 1/5 runs. And we could easily talk him through it. But now it's most of the time. 2 really low level DPS, or sometimes even 3 people brand new to the fight.

I chalked up Snowcloak to being like that because it was MSQ, (new people really wanting to get their missions done) and when I was done with it, I thought it might get better.... than I tried Amdapor Keep.... and it actually got worse. D:

[Ratatapa]

Getting more and more zenith and atma users.

When you confront them on using atma their answer is " but it's i100"

I wanna punch them so hard sometimes

Edit : wiping on garuda ex, people don't dodge initial shriek or feather drops

[Classikmage]

I90 in amdapor keep I can deal with, but these guys are decked in 50 and under gear. af\crafted\etc.

[Niiro]

When you confront them on using atma their answer is " but it's i100"

I pin this one on SE for making atma weapons the way they did.

They should have made the DMG increase happen upon the Zenith->Atma upgrade and just let the other stuff come from the books afterwards (it's not like people wouldn't do them, you have to if you wanna progress with the weapon).

Farming all 12 atmas and not getting any actual improvement on your weapon always seemed like a kick in the balls to me (at least with the old atma drop rates).

[Eldelphia]

I think it's just people trying to finish the story before the expansion. I've been farming for key items too and am seeing the same thing.

[Taruina]

I90 in amdapor keep I can deal with, but these guys are decked in 50 and under gear. af\crafted\etc.

So you were in full DL/Vanya's when you first stepped foot into AK for your relic questline? Damn...

[Ratatapa]

That I agree what bugs me is stuff like

Titan EX full I110-120 gear but I80 or I90 relic weapon

[Niiro]

I'd say it's because people get the false impression that your relic weapon is always "good [enough]" because the game practically assigns it to you as part of your job quests.

Or by extension the fact that it can eventually be your best weapon causes people to attach to them regardless of how far behind they may be (or how much better easier to get alternatives are).

I guess it also doesn't help that most people probably don't realize the importance of DMG values (combined with how the ilvl average is not at all proportioned to represent actual increases in effectiveness).

[Ratatapa]

I'd say it's because people get the false impression that your relic weapon is always "good [enough]" because the game practically assigns it to you as part of your job quests.

Or by extension the fact that it can, eventually be your best weapon causes people to attach to them regardless of how far behind they may be (or how much better easier to get alternatives are).

I guess it also doesn't help that most people probably don't realize the importance of DMG values (combined with how the ilvl average is not at all proportioned to represent actual increases in effectiveness).

Or I forgot but does crafting gear get faster SB if it's hq ( not talking materia) but just if gear is nq vs hq

I see so many I110 hq crafting gear with no materia in it

[Niiro]

Yea, iirc it's +5% for HQ and +5% per melded materia.

[Raldo]

Yea, iirc it's +25% for HQ and +25% per melded materia.

Fixed. The difference really is large. HQ triple melded will SB exactly twice as fast as NQ unmelded.

I see so many I110 hq crafting gear with no materia in it

Who in the world is spiritbonding i110 stuff? I guess they think they might get a head start on T5 materia? I suspect you'll only be able to get it from Lv51+ gear.

[Ratatapa]

Fixed. The difference really is large. HQ triple melded will SB exactly twice as fast as NQ unmelded.

Who in the world is spiritbonding i110 stuff? I guess they think they might get a head start on T5 materia? I suspect you'll only be able to get it from Lv51+ gear.

Nah I saw that since release of i110 crafted gear