(08-27-2013, 10:25 AM)lady2beetle Wrote:

(08-22-2013, 07:00 PM)Ashren Snow Wrote: First of all I just want to start by saying that the claims that duty finders have  a negative impact on communities is just superstition. I've been in Beta since Phase 2 started and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I have never been so frustrated trying to play a game than I was sitting in front of Copperbell or Hauke Manor shouting for hours trying to find a group.

On the other hand when the Duty Finder was added the very first group I got into was Brayflox and the people I ran with were incredibly helpful since it was my first time running it, they were chatty, friendly, and I was actually sad I couldn't play with them again (perhaps the only downside I can say to the Duty Finder).

Now with that being said, I'm all for this idea despite the above sentiments. Personally though, I'm not going to join a group with someone to talk about the weather or chat about your dog/cat. When I get into a group or a dungeon the most I usually talk is to explain a boss fight or something, anything else is just slowing things down especially when I'll likely need to run the same dungeon another 10+ times.

tl;dr: The Duty Finder isn't a bad thing, and neither is not wanting to talk and only wanting to progress in a group. However I am all for a server specific dungeon crawler group.

Pretty much everything Ashren said. My personal opinion is that the dungeon group atmosphere is hurt far more by certain dps-meters than by the ability to be paired up to random strangers. I've had no lack of amazing runs so far using the duty finder in FFXIV and I've run a lot of dungeons - something I'd never have been able to do without the duty-finder.

That said, I too, am all for something like this. Sometimes I want to meet new people in the duty finder, and sometimes I want to run with people I know.

(09-12-2013, 01:22 AM)Aleister Wrote: I envy you and wish you continue to have runs like that. I'm the opposite.. I refuse to do randoms now because post-game people are just... the biggest douches you have seen and demand perfection.. That is my experience though sadly.. O_< I'm a tank and I r refusingz them instant queues post-game at the moment haha.

(09-12-2013, 01:54 AM)TheCurls Wrote: You can tank for me any day.

(09-12-2013, 02:18 AM)C Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:22 AM)Aleister Wrote: I envy you and wish you continue to have runs like that. I'm the opposite.. I refuse to do randoms now because post-game people are just... the biggest douches you have seen and demand perfection.. That is my experience though sadly.. O_< I'm a tank and I r refusingz them instant queues post-game at the moment haha.

Sadly, while I used to hold the opposite view that the DF wasn't as negative an influence on server culture as the OP had suggested, having experienced the end-game DF and the absolutely sociopathic behaviour it engenders, I can no longer defend it. The whole experience of the end-game DF has just traumatised me to the point that I'm waiting for enough friends to reach 50 so I can do the storyline 8-man finale in peace, -_-.

(09-27-2013, 04:12 AM)michikyou Wrote: Would love to join! I'm always keen for joining a guild for dungeon runs
*healer, farming Breyflox for RP gear*

(09-27-2013, 04:23 AM)Oroban Wrote:

(09-27-2013, 04:12 AM)michikyou Wrote: Would love to join! I'm always keen for joining a guild for dungeon runs
*healer, farming Breyflox for RP gear*

G...good luck with Brayflox farming. I was in there for ages to get both cavalry and infantry sets for RP reasons. It was absolutely brutal. I wish you the best, because I will be avoiding that place for a long while.

(09-27-2013, 04:28 AM)Brent Stone Wrote: Hi there! Paladin tank here, only level thirty-five but leveling as quickly as possible. I'm very interested in this and would like a spot before it fills up! I'd just ask outright in-game, but alas, it's late and the servers are down.

Hopefully I can get in touch before it fills up! =)