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Rhylund

By Rhylund,
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Would you use a VoIP server (Mumble/Vent/TS) for dungeons and/or raids if one was available?  

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  1. 1. Would you use a VoIP server (Mumble/Vent/TS) for dungeons and/or raids if one was available?

    • Yes!
      27
    • Hells no!
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Aleister

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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.

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.

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C'io Behkt

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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, -_-.

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Aleister

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You can tank for me any day.

Don't I feed you to S'janna? o_O

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, -_-.

THANK YOU. I got really lucky with the storyline raids but afterwards.. Omfg I almost quit tanking cause of the douches out there.. I only put up with the bullshit via Ifrit was to get my axe to make dungeons just easier for my friends and static groups.. Ask anyone in this LS.. I am grumpy Ifrit slayer.. I lost like.. positive side of myself in the DF area.. >_> I even fought back with the frickin' douches I ran into in it.

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Oroban

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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.

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Michikyou

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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.

done 15+ runs, and haven't seen the gloves or robe drop once. Only had 1 bad tank. It isn't actually that hard.  :moogle:

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LiadansWhisper

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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! =)

 

You can't be invited unless you're online.  If you're on tomorrow afternoon (in about, oh, 10ish hours), I'm sure we can get you invited.  :)

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Belmont

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I have my PLD to 50 if another tank could be used.  I'm actually heading to sleep after making this post(and a few other posts), so I can get on tomorrow afternoon.

 

Just don't want to DF as tank.  Sure queues are fast but....I'd just much rather to tank for people I'm going to see the next run vs the anonymity factor where Mr. DPS1 blasts without the tank even grabbing aggro and then the group harrasses me and tank#2 for it(Happened twice on ifrit.  Fun stuff.)

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Dravus

Dravus

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If there's still room I'd love to get involved in this. There's a few dungeons I've yet to complete due to having a streak of poor luck with the duty finder. I'd also love to be able to do the level fifty story dungeons without the pressure of being expected to skip the cut-scenes. I'm currently sitting at level forty eight as a bard and intend to level everything on my character eventually.

 

I'm also interested in raiding when the time comes to indulge in that. I don't care about gear (though I'd be lying if I said that wasn't a bonus and a necessity at times) and so most of my dungeon crawling is driven by enjoying the atmosphere of dungeons and raids as they're intended. I never tired of doing Tempest Keep, Sunwell Plateau or Black Temple back in WoW due to how visually and musically appealing they were - and some of the dungeons in FFXIV intrigue me quite a bit.

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