*sighs at Queues as DPS*

[Fystrael Abylstyrwyn]

If i know the place though i have no problems taking charge and just telling the Tank how to do mobs and bosses if they are new. 

 

From a newb tank: :love:.

 

I can't map dungeons in games, some sort of weird mental block I have.  I need navigators to point my axe in the right direction, then I'll get to swinging and being beat on.

[LeCard]

It's not too bad at Lv50. BLM, DRG, MNK and BRD are all in high demand so you rarely have any issue with getting into a group as one if you ask around.

 

The main issue is that the average player is bad at teamwork. People tend to take on a "well it's his/her problem" mentality when it comes to taking responsibility in a group.

 

 

Good info about level 50, gives me something to look forward to. And certainly a good point on the mentality.

I had an amazing group today for Hauke manor, The healer talked to the tank, the tank talked to the healer, they both talked to the DPS and the DPS stayed on point and talked to the Healer and tank. It barely felt like a dungeon with all that teamwork going on.

 

Also, I will be going SCH route, so if there are any healers out there that have tips for me, or tanks I might be healing in the future that have requests, please just speak up. I don't mind critique(so long as it is constructive) it builds to better playing in the future when done right. I have done some off healing(or replacement healing in some instances as ACN) but I'm sure I still have plenty to learn as the main healer.

[Rakoh]

Good info about level 50, gives me something to look forward to. And certainly a good point on the mentality.

I had an amazing group today for Hauke manor, The healer talked to the tank, the tank talked to the healer, they both talked to the DPS and the DPS stayed on point and talked to the Healer and tank. It barely felt like a dungeon with all that teamwork going on.

 

Also, I will be going SCH route, so if there are any healers out there that have tips for me, or tanks I might be healing in the future that have requests, please just speak up. I don't mind critique(so long as it is constructive) it builds to better playing in the future when done right. I have done some off healing(or replacement healing in some instances as ACN) but I'm sure I still have plenty to learn as the main healer.

 

The game is very fair in its difficulty. It punishes mistakes and parties that can't work as a team. As I noted in my previous post, the thing that makes speedruns work is that everyone is on the ball, communicating and importantly, not blaming each other for wipes.

 

It's not even a thing about good and bad players really. While, if given the choices between a good player, or a bad player with the right attitude, I would invite a good player to a party, likely suceed and never talk to them again. However, I would take the bad player with the right attitude into a linkshell as a more long term thing. You can help someone that is bad but has the right mentality to learn how to play thier class and the game over time.

 

I have one more, very important rule with dungeons, raid especially too:

 

If someone is yelling, particularly on voice chat, don't assume that they are automatically mad.

 

Raids are frantic and can be stressful. People yell out orders and instructions without really thinking and it can be easy to mistake it for actual anger or hostility. Sometimes you need communication to be very clear, sometimes it might be something yelled out because it happened so suddenly. Sometimes it might be that you just need to help that person calm down a little. Sometimes people use all caps in chat mid-battle because it's more noticable. It can be easy to mistake stuff like this for people yelling at you personally.

[Lost River]

Well, as far as how things go, I haven't had anyone complain to me while tanking as either a PLD or WAR as Lucinne, except once.. a DPS who apparently "knew it all" yet he died twice during the whole time for trying to be a tank himself. *laughs* You don't attack stuff -no one else- is attacking and drag the aggro across the whole area and expect me to get it back immediately.

[raindrops]

The only big problem I see with allowing arcanists looking to become scholars to queue as healers is that there'd need to be some sort of check to make sure that they ARE geared/statted to heal. Pre-scholars should absolutely be allowed to queue as healer but there needs to be a way to stop arcanists who only intend to DPS from queueing as scholar to dodge queues.

 

It'd be a short sighted as hell thing to do (dodging queues to create a group that is likely to wipe) but I don't doubt that there would be people who tried to do it and it'd be doubly frustrating for people who then have to go back and tackle the DPS queue again.

 

On a side note - I'm on Faerie right now and will likely be transfering to Gilg to be with friends when the option opens. I'm only level 30, but I'm always happy to rerun old dungeons if anyone needs help with the story quests and I'm a healer, so you can stand in my very fast queue with me. I won't always be able to run a dungeon immediately, obviously, but if you need help and we're on the same server then drop me a line.

[LandStander]

*Ahem* That is why you have a friends list ^^. I run Ifrit all the time with people in my LS'! It's the only thing that breaks me from my crafting addiction. Most of my crafting classes are now higher than my battle classes ; ;. 

 

And DPS queues are always going to be the longest with any game.

[IncubusManatee]

Generally speaking, the reason why people don't want to Heal or Tank is because those two roles have far more responsibility put on them as compared to DPS roles.  When the group wipes, people start bitching at the healer (which I can attest to after having done a Stone Quarry where the tank could only tank one mob at a time, and the DPS bitched at me for not being able to keep the tank up while trying to keep myself alive with 4 of the 6 mobs on me).  If there's a shitty DPS who can't follow kill order, the tank's job becomes a nightmare of desperately trying to get threat back - and usually failing.  Then everyone is mad at him (because, geeze, why couldn't he hold threat?!) as opposed to the real culprit - that being the DPS.

 

Yep, 100% this. The one thing that's put me off tanking is the "tank is god" mentality. You're expected to know the most efficient path through the dungeon, the tactics for every boss, spot a pat a mile away, hold aggro over dps who're targeting the wrong mob, bake a cherry pie whilst standing on your head, etc. It's a hell of a lot of responsibility to pile onto one role. It wouldn't be quite so bad if you were allowed to make mistakes as you learn but more often than not you get slammed in the face by a rage train.

 

If people want more tanks and shorter queues, they should work together as a team, share some of the responsibility and offer helpful tips to new or struggling tanks rather than shouting at them.

 

 

If only I could add more quote's to this one reply-but lo-I CANNOT!

 

I must agree wholeheartedly that I am in the same boat. Tank's are treated as such due to the fact that they are the literal HEART of the team. They are expected to do everything perfectly-and without flaw. It's just how gamer's minds are hardwired now it seem's.

 

And when you have a new player taking on the role of Tank-you can see some spark's really fly at the newby. It offsettles and makes players less likely to take up the mantle and disheartens those whom would have truly enjoyed that class/position/role. 

 

Some people are just too uptight. Mistakes occur. Relax a bit and don't put on your sh*t kicker's too soon. 

 

Doesn't help that everyone expects everything from the Tank, and doesn't look at the DPS for doing something akin to a chicken lacking a head. 

 

Hell, even Vet-tanker's are prone to accident's and issues at times. 

 

 

So. Work together as a team. Relax. Help each other. WIN.

[LiadansWhisper]

It's not too bad at Lv50. BLM, DRG, MNK and BRD are all in high demand so you rarely have any issue with getting into a group as one if you ask around.

 

The main issue is that the average player is bad at teamwork. People tend to take on a "well it's his/her problem" mentality when it comes to taking responsibility in a group.

 

Let's use a patrol linking to a fight with a 4 man group of a WAR, WHM, BLM and MNK as an example. The patrol charges at the party, aggros the WHM due to healing aggro and kills him/her, resulting in a messy wipe. Whose fault is this?

 

1. The WAR, for picking a bad place to fight and not picking up the adds?
   
2. The WHM, for not Reposing the patrol as they got close and not running to the tank with the adds they aggro'd?
   
3. The BLM, for not using Sleep or Freeze to stop the patrol and controlling the adds in the first place?
   
4. The MNK, for fighting too close and not off tanking the patrol?
   

If you answered 5: All of the above, then you would be correct. Everyone needs to take responsibility. Rinh is completely right. People need to earn how to work together as a team and take responsibility and not only that, take initiative. I've prevented many messy wipes by being proactive with my Sleep on nearby patrols on BLM for example.

 

Disagree.  From a healing perspective, if I Repose a mob in a group, the rest immediately aggro on me.  Even if I get to the tank in time, 9 times out of 10, he won't be able to pull them off me fast enough to keep me from dying.  The best thing for me, as a healer, to do is to simply run to the other side of the tank and pray.  Even if I hit Shroud of Saints, if I'm the only person with threat on those adds (and I will be if I'm healing the tank, which I will almost certainly be doing since we're dealing with another pack), it won't matter.  They'll still come straight for me.  And because Regen is a primary mana-saving healing tool, there's an extremely high probability that I'll get threat before anyone else no matter what I do - because I can't click the HoT off another player.  They have to do that themselves, and by the time they do (assuming they even think to do so), it's too late.

 

So honestly, as a WHM, there's not a hell of a lot I can do to control anything in this situation, especially if the tank is already being beaten on (since I can't really stop for 3 seconds to try to get a Repose off that one of the DPS or the tank is going to break almost immediately) and risk the tank dropping.

 

The bulk of the blame is just basically situational awareness.  If you see a patrol approaching, the best thing to do would be to back away.  But the tanking game being as it is, it's hard to watch chat, the area around you, and do your job, so I can't completely blame the tank.

 

Wipes happen.

 

Giving each other tips and advice is another great thing. Like I didn't know that Bane from SMN or the Knockback from WHM don't break my sleep. So with that and some coordination from the WHM, we can sleep a mob that we aggro'd and punt it back to the tank to Flash/Provoke. Most tanks don't realise that Flash doesn't break sleep so there is no need to AoE with a BLM or WHM in the party. But they won't know that unless you tell them.

 

You can also completely DoT up an add, Sleep it, and the DoTs will just eat the mob alive without breaking the CC.

 

I always keep the following in mind in dungeons:

 

1. Yelling gets you nowhere. There is a person behind every character
   
2. Never assume malice when stupidity is why someone did something dumb.
   
3. Never assume stupidity when inexperience is why someone did something dumb.
   
4. Never assume inexperience when an honest mistake, lag or good old fashioned software/hardware failure is why someone did something dumb.
   
5. Always assume that there is someone completely new to every group.
   
6. Especially if they told you they have done the dungeon before.
   
7. Speed Runs are only to be done in a premade group with people you are confident in and play well with.
   
8. Wipes happen. Deal with it.
   
9. Seriously, wipes happen even to the best groups. maybe someone made a mistake or lag happened. Sometimes in a boss fight bad luck happens when it comes to mechanics or the circumstances making it impossible to avoid damage. There have been plenty of times when a wipe happened, it was nobody's fault but someone still ragequits anyway.
   
10. Take a break from the game regularly. no really, stepping away from the keyboard for about 15 mins is great for calming down after a stressful dungeon run.
    
11. Practise makes permanent. Practise with guidance makes perfect. Don't be afraid to ask other players as to how they do things, or anything at all. it's always best to look silly for a moment then to live in ignorance.
    

 

Agree with most of this, but when someone is repeatedly ignoring what they are told, it gets very frustrating (especially with no way to kick them).  Case in point: Did Stone Quarry with my tanking buddy.  Trash pulls were much better, but the Summoner with us was dead on the floor every single boss fight.  Now, it wasn't because I just hated him and didn't heal him.  No, it was because he just fucking ignored everything we told him to do.  On the second boss, for instance, we asked him to stand near me and the other DPS so that I could hit him with my AoE healing.  We were tanking the boss close to the cannons to make getting to them easier on the Dragoon DPS with us.  What did the Summoner do?  Camped out by the door, completely out of range of my healing.  So after telling him in /party repeatedly to get over here, I just gave up and stopped trying.  I explained after the second wipe to please come over by me.  Did he?  Nope.  Stood by the door and ended up dead on the floor.  Again.

 

This crap happened every single boss fight.  We basically 3-manned the dungeon.  There's nothing you can do about it when someone just won't fucking listen.  Nothing at all, and that gets to people real quick.

[Oroban]

Curses on the DPS queue curse, haha. I'm trying to get Titan before the servers go down for maint..half an hour in and no luck so far. I hope I can do it!

[LiadansWhisper]

Curses on the DPS queue curse, haha. I'm trying to get Titan before the servers go down for maint..half an hour in and no luck so far. I hope I can do it!

 

If you didn't get it tonight, send me a tell tomorrow and I'll be happy to help if you need a healer.

[Oroban]

Curses on the DPS queue curse, haha. I'm trying to get Titan before the servers go down for maint..half an hour in and no luck so far. I hope I can do it!

 

If you didn't get it tonight, send me a tell tomorrow and I'll be happy to help if you need a healer.

I didn't get it, unfortunately! I went to the restroom and came back to get the "YOU DIDN'T CLICK THE BUTTON, START OVER" message. I wanted to cry, hah. I'd love to grab you to help tomorrow! It'll probably have to be post-work though, which means 10pm est or later.

[LiadansWhisper]

Curses on the DPS queue curse, haha. I'm trying to get Titan before the servers go down for maint..half an hour in and no luck so far. I hope I can do it!

 

If you didn't get it tonight, send me a tell tomorrow and I'll be happy to help if you need a healer.

I didn't get it, unfortunately! I went to the restroom and came back to get the "YOU DIDN'T CLICK THE BUTTON, START OVER" message. I wanted to cry, hah. I'd love to grab you to help tomorrow! It'll probably have to be post-work though, which means 10pm est or later.

 

Unless a miracle happens and we down Garrosh tonight, I'll be raiding in WoW until 10pm CST anyway, so.  

[Chika Ito]

It's because everyone, and their mother's, DPS (figure of speech). Queing with a tank or healer, or being one yourself, takes less time in ques. Sadly there is so many people that do DPS that the que must take a longer time to process all of the requests, and fit you into which one you want to que for. It sucks.

[Oroban]

Curses on the DPS queue curse, haha. I'm trying to get Titan before the servers go down for maint..half an hour in and no luck so far. I hope I can do it!

 

If you didn't get it tonight, send me a tell tomorrow and I'll be happy to help if you need a healer.

I didn't get it, unfortunately! I went to the restroom and came back to get the "YOU DIDN'T CLICK THE BUTTON, START OVER" message. I wanted to cry, hah. I'd love to grab you to help tomorrow! It'll probably have to be post-work though, which means 10pm est or later.

 

Unless a miracle happens and we down Garrosh tonight, I'll be raiding in WoW until 10pm CST anyway, so.  

Well then, that's serendipitous! If only I could get my lazy-ass non RPing friend to tank for me, but he's kind of a turd like that. I'll give a look for you when I get on after work in the evening, then.

[Lost River]

I love to tank as Lucinne.

[Oroban]

I love to tank as Lucinne.

Obviously this is my cue to be overly optimistic and pretend this is an offer. 8-)

[DriftingFable]

Yeah DPS ques. I typically try to do a combination of Queuing, asking in Shout and asking my LS. Sometimes I'm lucky. Sometimes I'm not. Sometimes I'm even asleep waiting for the que . Heck I'm still searching Brayflox for my infantry chest piece I might as well try grinding there till 40 .

 

That being said it does kind of make feel guilty the fact that I've chosen Monk out of all my other war classes to cap to 50 first when I intend to cap them all anyhow. But considering the amount of work that the tank has to deal with, maybe its for the best at this moment. DPS through all of the future dungeons then go back and learn how to tank them when I pick up PLD or WAR again. Being a fresh new tank in an unfamiliar area seems to be a stigma in game with a lot of PuGs.

 

Off-topic: Can I get in on that Titan smack down(assuming its Trial Titan) as the second DPS?

[Lost River]

I'll tank whenever I want to. Sure, I'll help but I have to be on as Lucinne first!

[Oroban]

Yeah DPS ques. I typically try to do a combination of Queuing, asking in Shout and asking my LS. Sometimes I'm lucky. Sometimes I'm not. Sometimes I'm even asleep waiting for the que . Heck I'm still searching Brayflox for my infantry chest piece I might as well try grinding there till 40 .

 

That being said it does kind of make feel guilty the fact that I've chosen Monk out of all my other war classes to cap to 50 first when I intend to cap them all anyhow. But considering the amount of work that the tank has to deal with, maybe its for the best at this moment. DPS through all of the future dungeons then go back and learn how to tank them when I pick up PLD or WAR again. Being a fresh new tank in an unfamiliar area seems to be a stigma in game with a lot of PuGs.

 

Off-topic: Can I get in on that Titan smack down(assuming its Trial Titan) as the second DPS?

You definitely can get in on it. Heck, you're already on my friend list, so I don't see that it'd be that much of a huge deal! I was gonna actually ask you earlier, but you were already in duty-finder for what I assume was the hunt for leopard underpants, so I didn't want to disturb you.

[Aleister]

It's not too bad at Lv50. BLM, DRG, MNK and BRD are all in high demand so you rarely have any issue with getting into a group as one if you ask around.

 

The main issue is that the average player is bad at teamwork. People tend to take on a "well it's his/her problem" mentality when it comes to taking responsibility in a group.

 

Let's use a patrol linking to a fight with a 4 man group of a WAR, WHM, BLM and MNK as an example. The patrol charges at the party, aggros the WHM due to healing aggro and kills him/her, resulting in a messy wipe. Whose fault is this?

 

1. The WAR, for picking a bad place to fight and not picking up the adds?
   
2. The WHM, for not Reposing the patrol as they got close and not running to the tank with the adds they aggro'd?
   
3. The BLM, for not using Sleep or Freeze to stop the patrol and controlling the adds in the first place?
   
4. The MNK, for fighting too close and not off tanking the patrol?
   

If you answered 5: All of the above, then you would be correct. Everyone needs to take responsibility. Rinh is completely right. People need to earn how to work together as a team and take responsibility and not only that, take initiative. I've prevented many messy wipes by being proactive with my Sleep on nearby patrols on BLM for example.

 

Disagree.  From a healing perspective, if I Repose a mob in a group, the rest immediately aggro on me.  Even if I get to the tank in time, 9 times out of 10, he won't be able to pull them off me fast enough to keep me from dying.  The best thing for me, as a healer, to do is to simply run to the other side of the tank and pray.  Even if I hit Shroud of Saints, if I'm the only person with threat on those adds (and I will be if I'm healing the tank, which I will almost certainly be doing since we're dealing with another pack), it won't matter.  They'll still come straight for me.  And because Regen is a primary mana-saving healing tool, there's an extremely high probability that I'll get threat before anyone else no matter what I do - because I can't click the HoT off another player.  They have to do that themselves, and by the time they do (assuming they even think to do so), it's too late.

 

So honestly, as a WHM, there's not a hell of a lot I can do to control anything in this situation, especially if the tank is already being beaten on (since I can't really stop for 3 seconds to try to get a Repose off that one of the DPS or the tank is going to break almost immediately) and risk the tank dropping.

 

The bulk of the blame is just basically situational awareness.  If you see a patrol approaching, the best thing to do would be to back away.  But the tanking game being as it is, it's hard to watch chat, the area around you, and do your job, so I can't completely blame the tank.

 

Wipes happen.

I agree with her on this...

 

Also.. Not trying to sound mean or anything but why is there a thread for this? :l Dps queues have always been like this in any mmo with a 'duty finder'. Just gotta befriend a tank or healer and ask them/join them when they do stuff.. Saves the hassle with dealing with annoying derpy randoms.

 

Edit: Also I'm a Warrior tank and if you need a queue for any dungeon 1-50 (Except AK.. I tend only to do that annoying place with people I know a bit, sorry.) Hit me up and if I'm not busy or anything I most likely will not decline your request for help. I <3 the Titan fight btw.. Just saiyan.

[LeCard]

 

 

Also.. Not trying to sound mean or anything but why is there a thread for this? :l Dps queues have always been like this in any mmo with a 'duty finder'. Just gotta befriend a tank or healer and ask them/join them when they do stuff.. Saves the hassle with dealing with annoying derpy randoms.

I actually haven't really had an issue with Durpy randoms, just the 30-65 min. wait time that que as a DPS guarantees you.

 

I think i've had one or two tank/healer associated issues with randoms, but aside from that it's all good groups. (and by problems I mean tank thinks their god or healer isn't paying attention/DCs)

[DAISHI]

It's not too bad at Lv50. BLM, DRG, MNK and BRD are all in high demand so you rarely have any issue with getting into a group as one if you ask around.

 

The main issue is that the average player is bad at teamwork. People tend to take on a "well it's his/her problem" mentality when it comes to taking responsibility in a group.

 

Let's use a patrol linking to a fight with a 4 man group of a WAR, WHM, BLM and MNK as an example. The patrol charges at the party, aggros the WHM due to healing aggro and kills him/her, resulting in a messy wipe. Whose fault is this?

 

1. The WAR, for picking a bad place to fight and not picking up the adds?
   
2. The WHM, for not Reposing the patrol as they got close and not running to the tank with the adds they aggro'd?
   
3. The BLM, for not using Sleep or Freeze to stop the patrol and controlling the adds in the first place?
   
4. The MNK, for fighting too close and not off tanking the patrol?
   

If you answered 5: All of the above, then you would be correct. Everyone needs to take responsibility. Rinh is completely right. People need to earn how to work together as a team and take responsibility and not only that, take initiative. I've prevented many messy wipes by being proactive with my Sleep on nearby patrols on BLM for example.

 

Disagree.  From a healing perspective, if I Repose a mob in a group, the rest immediately aggro on me.  Even if I get to the tank in time, 9 times out of 10, he won't be able to pull them off me fast enough to keep me from dying.  The best thing for me, as a healer, to do is to simply run to the other side of the tank and pray.  Even if I hit Shroud of Saints, if I'm the only person with threat on those adds (and I will be if I'm healing the tank, which I will almost certainly be doing since we're dealing with another pack), it won't matter.  They'll still come straight for me.  And because Regen is a primary mana-saving healing tool, there's an extremely high probability that I'll get threat before anyone else no matter what I do - because I can't click the HoT off another player.  They have to do that themselves, and by the time they do (assuming they even think to do so), it's too late.

 

So honestly, as a WHM, there's not a hell of a lot I can do to control anything in this situation, especially if the tank is already being beaten on (since I can't really stop for 3 seconds to try to get a Repose off that one of the DPS or the tank is going to break almost immediately) and risk the tank dropping.

 

The bulk of the blame is just basically situational awareness.  If you see a patrol approaching, the best thing to do would be to back away.  But the tanking game being as it is, it's hard to watch chat, the area around you, and do your job, so I can't completely blame the tank.

 

Wipes happen.

I agree with her on this...

 

Also.. Not trying to sound mean or anything but why is there a thread for this? :l Dps queues have always been like this in any mmo with a 'duty finder'. Just gotta befriend a tank or healer and ask them/join them when they do stuff.. Saves the hassle with dealing with annoying derpy randoms.

 

Edit: Also I'm a Warrior tank and if you need a queue for any dungeon 1-50 (Except AK.. I tend only to do that annoying place with people I know a bit, sorry.) Hit me up and if I'm not busy or anything I most likely will not decline your request for help. I <3 the Titan fight btw.. Just saiyan.

Because people can make a thread about anything they feel like discussing.

[Lost River]

Because I could want to, and I know playing DPS will have a longer queue. But when that queue goes past the norm as to what a DPS is (as I posted originally) I decided to say something about it. I don't mind waiting 15 - 35 minutes for DPS, but when that nearly stretches into a two hour mark, something isn't right.

[Aleister]

 

 

Also.. Not trying to sound mean or anything but why is there a thread for this? :l Dps queues have always been like this in any mmo with a 'duty finder'. Just gotta befriend a tank or healer and ask them/join them when they do stuff.. Saves the hassle with dealing with annoying derpy randoms.

I actually haven't really had an issue with Durpy randoms, just the 30-65 min. wait time that que as a DPS guarantees you.

 

I think i've had one or two tank/healer associated issues with randoms, but aside from that it's all good groups. (and by problems I mean tank thinks their god or healer isn't paying attention/DCs)

Everyone should be aware of the time they'll spend in the queue as a dps is what I'm saying cause of other games. The majority of the players playing are dps and out populate the ones playing tank/healers afterall. this goes especially for the primal trial fights.. No one is gonna do it again once they cleared it cause SE decided not to give regular fights any rewards.. Which is bad of course cause its a storyline quest. It is to be expected which is where community kicks in you know? Like RPC.. Great community, wouldn't be hard asking for help on here right?

 

I haven't had much issues with derpies either.. I deal with random assholes I get queued with on AK and Ifrit HM so much that I refuse to deal with randoms end-game now.. 2 weeks into the game and we have elitist pricks ruining people's fun and putting down tanks/healers learning.

[LeCard]

 

 

Also.. Not trying to sound mean or anything but why is there a thread for this? :l Dps queues have always been like this in any mmo with a 'duty finder'. Just gotta befriend a tank or healer and ask them/join them when they do stuff.. Saves the hassle with dealing with annoying derpy randoms.

I actually haven't really had an issue with Durpy randoms, just the 30-65 min. wait time that que as a DPS guarantees you.

 

I think i've had one or two tank/healer associated issues with randoms, but aside from that it's all good groups. (and by problems I mean tank thinks their god or healer isn't paying attention/DCs)

Everyone should be aware of the time they'll spend in the queue as a dps is what I'm saying cause of other games. The majority of the players playing are dps and out populate the ones playing tank/healers after. It is to be expected which is where community kicks in you know? Like RPC.. Great community, wouldn't be hard asking for help on here right?

 

I haven't had much issues with derpies either.. I deal with random assholes I get queued with on AK and Ifrit HM so much that I refuse to deal with randoms end-game now.. 2 weeks into the game and we have elitist pricks ruining people's fun and putting down tanks/healers learning.

that's great for when you want to plan out your dungeon runs a day or two in advance(or if you are on during peak hours and have access to alot of people ready to do your dungeon.(and yes I've gotten lucky with getting help a couple times) But I shouldn't need to plan out my play week just to do a dungeon in a reasonable time.

Some times I want to craft, sometimes I want to hop into RP, and sometimes I just get tired of doing other stuff and want to blast through some story, but it is serious immersion break for story when you hit the iron wall of the duty finder. You run through 1-2 hours of story and having fun doing the little solo missions and BAM! you now have to set aside 2-3 hours for a 35-45 min dungeon(60 if you kill everything). and the better part of those 2-3 hours isn't even doing the story that you want.

 

I don't mind waiting, I don't mind finding a /sh party, and I love it when I can grab a LS/FC member(s) and running the dungeon. What I mind is spending more time in que for the dungeon than I spent(will spend) getting to (doing) the dungeon.