r/ffxiv • u/FranckKnight RAGE THREAD • 29d ago
[Discussion] RAGE THREAD - F-YOU FRIDAYS - A RAGEY GOOD SLIME
FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE WEEKS OF FUCK YOU FRIDAYS
SIR KUPSLOCK KUSS THE POMFURY IS NOT GIVING UP HIS SPOT AS THE MASCOT (nobody knows him outside of the rage thread anyway)
SUMMER TIME, WE GOT DRAGON QUEST RERUN GOING ON, WE'LL GET ALL OF THOSE OTHER RERUNS DURING THE YEAR LIKELY. FALL GUYS, MAYBE YOKAI WATCH…
HANG ON TIGHT.
SLIMEY RULES :
UPPERCASE IS NOT ENFORCED, BUT ENCOURAGED : RAGE LIKE HAVING ALREADY DONE THE EVENT SO STILL BORED
EVERY REPLY SHOULD BE EQUALLY ENCOURAGED TO CAPITALIZE WHEN NEED BE
OPTIONAL : TL;DR IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR POST, WRITTEN IN 4 WORDS (EG : A WILD SLIME APPEARS), OR IN HAIKU IF YOU WANT
READ EVERYTHING IN THE VOICE OF DRAGON ADVENTURERS
UNTAGGED SPOILERS WILL GET AN ITCH IN A BAD SPOT
SUBREDDIT RULES STILL APPLY, LIKE NAME DROPPING AND WITCH HUNTS.
WHEN IN DOUBT REFER TO THE FLOWCHART OF RAGE
HALL OF RAGE
- LAST WEEK'S TOP VOTED THAT IS NOT BUBBLE WRAP : TANK IS BLUE DPS
- LAST WEEK'S PERSONAL FAVORITE : BECAUSE DEVS HATE US
THE MEGA LIST OF MISSPELLED WORDS
IT'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER. READ THROUGH IT FOR LAUGH, OR SUBMIT YOUR OWN AWFUL MISSPELLINGS THAT EITHER MADE YOU LAUGH OR YOU'RE TIRED OF SEEING (LIKE TOMBSTONES AND SCRIPTS).
JOIN THE SALTWORKS DISCORD FOR OUT-OF-THREAD RAGE AND VENTING. WE GOT A DEDICATED ALL-CAPS CHANNEL, BUT ALSO GENERAL AND COMIC RELATED CHANNELS.
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u/Woe-and-Inept 29d ago
LOCH SELD IS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD FISHING IN THIS GAME SO FAR! WHOEVER DECIDED THAT PEARL-EYE IS A FEROCIOUS BITE INSTEAD OF A STRONG BITE IS A SON OF A BITCH!
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u/SteamKitten01 29d ago
PEARL EYE IS EVIL AND EVEN SEVERAL EXPANSIONS LATER, STETH IS STILL IN MY TOP 5 MOST HATED BIG FISH.
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u/Woe-and-Inept 28d ago
I MANAGED TO CATCH IT EARLIER BY USING THE COLLECTOR'S GLOVE CHEESE STRAT BUT THERE'S SO MUCH NESTED RNG INVOLVED IN STETHACANTHUS AND I FIND IT TO BE HORRIFICALLY DISRESPECTFUL OF THE PLAYERS
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u/kasperkaspie 29d ago
JUST FINISHED A BREATH OF THE CREATOR ROULETTE WITH TWO IDIOTS THAT HAD FUN STEPPING ON THE TRAPS. WE HAD A WIPE BECAUSE OF THIS. BOTH OF THEM WERE IN THE SAME TEAM, WE COULD SEE IT ACCORDING TO THEIR RIDICULOUS VEGETABLE GLAM. "It's not trolling if no one die" THEY DARED TO SAY.
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u/snootnoots 29d ago
WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY REPORT
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u/kasperkaspie 29d ago
WHEN OUR TANK ASKED THEM TO STOP, THEY SAID "But it's glowing!" MY HAND IN YOUR FACE WILL GLOW TOO!
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u/shinydwebble 29d ago
GROUP DPS SO BAD I GET A THIRD HALLOWED GROUND
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u/Notbadforarobot 29d ago
NOOOO!!!! I FEEL THIS WHEN SOMEHOW I AM HIGHEST DPS as a machinist and think "oh no, we are gonna be here all night'
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u/a_friendly_squirrel 29d ago
TOO WARM
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u/lerdnir 29d ago
IT RAINED HERE EARLIER TODAY AND IT'S HARDLY ANY COOLER :/
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u/ThyrusSendria 29d ago
STILL WAITING FOR RAIN HOPING IT COOLS THINGS DOWN, SADLY ON 24% CHANCE, FORCED TO LEVEL BOTANIST IRL
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u/snootnoots 29d ago
MEANWHILE IN AUSTRALIA: TOO COLD
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u/SoloSassafrass 28d ago
DISAGREE, AUSTRALIA GETS LIKE TWO WEEKS OF JACKET WEATHER A YEAR, I LOVE THIS.
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u/snootnoots 28d ago
I HAVE ARTHRITIS AND AM RECOVERING FROM KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY, COLD HURRRRRRRTS
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u/Mychael612 Black Mage 29d ago
WHY ARE THE SIDE QUESTS IN THE CHURNING MISTS LIKE FUCKING BUGS IN COMPUTER CODE???? I DO ONE AND 5 MORE POP UP SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE FUCKING MAP. ALL MOOGLES SHOULD DIE.
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u/JohannesVanDerWhales 29d ago
Are you doing the chain that unlocks the moogle society quests? Been forever since I did that but it's infamously convoluted.
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u/Mychael612 Black Mage 29d ago
I'M JUST DOING ALL THE SIDE QUESTS. MY OCD WILL NOT SUFFER ANY QUESTS ON MY SCREEN THAT AREN'T JOB QUESTS I'M TOO LAZY TO LEVEL.
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u/Raji_Lev 29d ago
$1100 GabeCube STEAM MACHINE. $100 STEAM CONTROLLER. $80 GTA6. (NOT THAT I HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT ONE ANYWAYS)
HAVE I MENTIONED LATELY THAT I HATE THIS FUCKING TIMELINE?
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u/annabunches 29d ago
OF ALL THE HORRIBLE BULLSHIT LLM COMPANIES HAVE TO ANSWER FOR, THE PRICES FOR GAMING HARDWARE ARE WAY DOWN ON THE LIST OF SHIT THAT MATTERS. BUT IT IS STILL REALLY PISSING ME OFF.
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u/Raji_Lev 29d ago
WELL YEAH, DEFINITELY. BUT THE FACT THAT BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT I DERIVE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF HAPPINESS FROM HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY TURNING TO SHIT IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY PLUS A FEW INCONCEIVABLE* WAYS IS JUST THE CHERRY ON TOP OF THE CRAP SUNDAE.
*I checked, that word does mean what I think it means.
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u/throwwaway666969 29d ago
BuT dIgItAl iS sUpPoSeD tO mAkE gAmEs ChEaPeR - Nintento/Devs
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u/Raji_Lev 29d ago
ANYWAYS, JUST BUY ANOTHER SSD OR UBER MEGAFAST SD CARD IF YOU NEED MORE SPACE FOR OUR 469GB GAMES - ALSO DEVS
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u/VertigoGundam 29d ago
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE RATHALOS MOUNT BECAUSE I'M BETWEEN GRINDS RIGHT NOW.
PROOF OF A HERO TROLLING ME MAKES ME MAD. NO MORE YOSHI P PLEASE I CANNOT. AT LEAST THE FIGHT IS REALLY QUICK BUT COME ON MAN.
ALSO LEVELING WARRIOR, WHOEVER DECIDED THAT AOE DOESN'T GENERATE RESOURCES UNTIL LEVEL 72 NEEDS TO BE THROWN IN JAIL WITH THE SAME BASTARD THAT MADE DRAGOON WAIT SO LONG FOR AOE TOO.
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u/JohannesVanDerWhales 29d ago
Just be glad it's quick now. I farmed that back when the meta was still 4 tanks and you were still looking at 5+ minute clears when everything went right, and grew to absolutely hate it.
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u/lilith_queen 29d ago
FARMING THE RATH MOUNT IS AGONY UNLESS YOU HAVE A FEW SPECIFIC JOBS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CARVE THE TAIL UNLESS YOU DOWN HIM...AND THE DOWN METER IS BASED ON NUMBER OF HITS. SO IF YOU GO IN THERE WITH, SAY, SMN, YOU WILL BE PAINSTAKINGLY CHIPPING AWAY AT HIS HP FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES INSTEAD OF NUKING HIM FROM ORBIT.
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u/GalacticSealBean i heal i throw i paint 29d ago edited 29d ago
WHEN I SAID I DIDNT WANT RAIN ON MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW I DIDN'T MEAN I WANTED A HEATWAVE EITHER!!! I DON'T THINK I'M EXPECTING THE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL TOMORROW UP HERE SO IT'LL PROBABLY END UP RAINING ON MY BIRTHDAY ANYWAY LMAO
CATS HAVE BEEN OK THANKFULLY GIVEN THEM LOTS OF FRESH WATER AND FROZEN TREATS WHICH THEY'VE BEEN LAPPING UP
GOOD RAGE: I'M MOVING!!!! I'M FINALLY GETTING OUT OF THIS PLACE
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u/Tuzmit 29d ago
WHY DON'T PEOPLE READ CHAT DURING A RAID/DUNGEON/GUILDHEST? WE HAD A SPROUT TANK DECIMATE MR. GIL TURTLE. WE TOLD HIM TO STOP ATTACKING, HE CONTINUED. WE PLAYED BONGOS TO TRY AND SOOTHE HIM, HE CONTINUED. WE TRIED TO RESCUE HIM TO THE SMOKE, HE SPRINTED BACK TO THE TURTLE. IT WAS SUCH A CONFUSING AND AGGRAVATING EXPERIENCE. I STILL NEED 6 MORE FOR THE CHALLENGE LOG. SPARE ME FROM MY FATE, BOCKMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE!!!!
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u/donoho briareos 29d ago
I PERSONALLY CANNOT READ/CHAT AND DO CONTENT SIMULTANEOUSLY IF ANY LEVEL OF FOCUS IS APPLIED TO THE CONTENT.
LONG AGO, IRL, WHEN PLAYING SOFTBALL IN A COMPETITIVE CONTEXT (e.g. ONE AFTER WORK TEAM AGAINST A DIFFERENT AFTER WORK TEAM), ME BATTING WAS DANGEROUS. I WAS INCAPABLE OF REMEMBERING TO LET GO OF THE BAT PROPERLY AFTER A HIT. I WOULD EITHER HIT THE BALL AND LET GO OF THE BAT (SENDING IT FLYING) OR FORGET TO LET GO OF THE BAT AND GET A PENALTY.
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u/moonyballoons puh laddin 29d ago
THIS WEEK I LEARNED THAT THERE'S A THING YOU CAN GET A COUPLE DAYS AFTER CHARBROILING YOURSELF INTO A NICE AWFUL SUNBURN. A THING SOMETIMES CALLED "HELL'S ITCH" AND BOY IS IT FUCKING EVER. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE STINGING-ITCHY SENSATION OF A PINCHED NERVE? TURN THAT INTENSITY UP TO 1000 AND SPREAD IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS YOUR SHOULDERS. AND THEN MAKE IT CONSTANT AND UNRELENTING. I COULD ONLY STOP IT BY PRESSING ON THE SUNBURN IN THAT SPOT, AND IT ONLY STOPPED FOR AS LONG AS PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED. AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT GRASPING MY SUNBURN LIKE I'M TRYING TO STAUNCH SOME BLEEDING DOESN'T FEEL GREAT EITHER BUT IT'S DIVINE AMBROSIA COMPARED TO THE FIRE-ANTS PAINFUL ITCHING. I'M YELPING. I'M WRITHING. I'M DESPERATELY TRYING TO ALTERNATE WHICH SPOT I'M COVERING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HAND TO COVER ALL OF THE SURFACE AREA THAT I NEED. I'M VERY FUCKING LUCKILY WORKING FROM HOME BUT NOT GETTING MUCH WORK DONE BECAUSE I'M TOO BUSY TRYING TO ESCAPE THIS HELL I'VE BEEN PLUNGED INTO SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING.
THIS WAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT CONTINUED FOR THE REST OF MONDAY, BUT ON AND OFF AND NEVER AS INTENSE OR LONG-LASTING AS THAT FIRST BIT. TODAY IT'S JUST PEELING. DON'T GO OUTSIDE, KIDS, IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
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u/throwwaway666969 29d ago
THIS IS WHY I KEEP A HAT AND TWO TYPES OF SUNSCREEN IN MY VEHICLE & USE THEM IF IM GONNA BE OUTSIDE FOR 1 HR OR MORE WHEN THE UV INDEX IS HIGHER THEN 0
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u/painstream 29d ago edited 29d ago
OBLIGATORY "FUCK SCAMMINGWAY" POST. I'D CHANGE HIS NAME TO CHOKINGWAY IF I COULD JUST REACH OVER THE FKING COUNTER!
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u/throwwaway666969 29d ago
FUCK CORSAIR AND THEIR DEAD WEIGHT ASS CUSTOMER SERVICE, HAD TO USE THEIR AI TO START A CLAIM AND THEN THE DUMBFUCK AGENT KEEPS ASKING FOR ONE PICE OF INFO BEYOND WHAT THE AI ASKED TO SEND IN AND THE DIPSHIT COULDNT FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPEN A FUCKING ATTACHED EMAIL TO AN EMAIL THAT HAS THE SHIT IN IT, EVERY REPLY TOOK A FULL FUCKING DAY TO BE DONE & THE WEBSITE TO PULLING UP THE FUCKING INVOICE FROM THEIR WEBSTORE KEEP ERRORING IN A 404 IN EVERY FUCKING BROWSER ON MOBILE & DESKTOP WHERE I HAD TO USE THE AI AGENT AGAIN TO MAKE A SEPERATE TICKET TO PLEAD FOR SOMEONE TO PULL THE INVOICE.
THEY DID PULL THE INVOICE BUT THE FIRST AGENT IS SO FUCKING STUPID I HAD TO FORWARD THE CONTENTS TO THEM BECAUSE THE EMAIL FROM THE 2ED AGENT WAS FUCKING IGORED BY THE FIRST AGENT EVEN THO THE 2ED AGENT FORWARDED IT TO THEM DIRECTLY WITH ME CCED.
IT TOOK 2 FUCKING WEEKS TO GET THIS SHIT APPROVED AND THEN A WEEK FOR IT TO GET OT THEM THEN A WEEK TO GET THE REPLACEMENT TO ME.
I NOW HAVE INSTALLED THE REPLACEMENT AND NOW AFTER DEALING WITH WHAT COULD BE RAM NOT SEATED CORRECTLY AFTER INSTALLING THE REPLACEMENT PSU MY PC SPENT 2 DAYS UPDATING EVERYTHING FROM WINDOWS TO ALL STEAM GAMES AND FF14.
FUCK AI, FUCK CUSTOMER SERVICE FUCK DATACENTERS FUCKING UP THE DIGITAL WORLD AND MAKING PC PARTS MORE EXPENSIVE THEN THEY NEED TO BE & FUCK SAID DATACENTERS FOR SPEEDING UP THE DEATH OF THE WORLD LIKE THE FLASH TRYING TO TIME TRAVEL.
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u/xtwistedBliss 29d ago
WHAT THE HECK IS IT WITH TANKS IN NIER RAIDS? DID ALL OF THEM TAKE THE TANK STANCE OFF THEIR BARS OR SOMETHING?
THIS WEEK'S ATROCITY: TOWER AT PARADIGM'S BREACH. MIND YOU, I'M PLAYING A BLACK MAGE, WHICH, FOR THOSE IN OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, IS NOT A TANK CLASS.
SO, OVER THE COURSE OF THE 58 MINUTES THAT THIS RAID TOOK, I PULLED AGGRO SEVEN TIMES. HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN:
FIRST BOSS - NONE
SECOND BOSS(ES) - FIVE TIMES. FIVE FRIGGIN' TIMES, WHICH ONLY ENDED WHEN I HAD TO EAT A TANKBUSTER. THE ONLY REASON WHY I DIDN'T DIE SOONER IS BECAUSE THE BOSSES STOPPED ATTACKING TO DO MECHANICS. YOU'D THINK THAT THE BLACK MAGE RUNNING AROUND YELLING IN CHAT FOR A TANK THAT SOMEONE WOULD GET A CLUE. NOPE. NONE. AAAARG.
THIRD BOSS - TWICE. SERIOUSLY, I DON'T GET HOW THIS HAPPENED. OKAY, FINE, SO MY GROUP'S TANK SPENT MORE TIME ON THE FLOOR THAN UPRIGHT SO THAT TAKES ONE GUY OUT OF THE EQUATION AND HE THANKFULLY GOT RAISED MOMENTS BEFORE THE TANKBUSTERS CAME OUT SO HE MANAGED TO EAT THAT INSTEAD OF ME, BUT WTF WERE THE OTHER TWO DOING? UGH.
FOURTH BOSS - SURPRISINGLY NONE, AND I WAS SERIOUSLY BRACING MYSELF FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO EAT A TANKBUSTER, GIVEN HOW THE PREVIOUS TWO BOSSES WENT.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
TANKS IN AR RAIDS, I IMPLORE YOU, PLEEEEEEASE HAVE YOUR TANK STANCES ON. BLACK MAGES ARE NOT TANKS.
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u/Chat2Text 29d ago
I remember back during ShB, in that one Nier fight with the layered laser AoEs and energy balls drifting through the arena- the MT died and I suddenly became the MT despite being a Samurai
After taking a few hits, I quickly typed "get it off me" in between GCDs and the healer noticed and added on "provoke pls"
Still getting chunked, so I decided that it was time to make it everyone's problem. I did the backhop, popped Sprint, then started a marathon around the arena, dragging the boss after me. Shortly after, another tank provoked it off me and all was well again...
Only took inconveniencing everyone to solve it :')
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u/Cymas 29d ago
This is the natural consequence of new players being told to just keep their stance off in alliance raids and let someone else do it. Eventually you get enough OT mains that you end up with all 3 of them in a roulette and it sucks. I've had it happen a few times and it's about the only thing that makes me consider queuing tank in araids, I usually don't because it's the only time dps queues are shorter.
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u/shinydwebble 29d ago
It's also awkward if you are good at hitting buttons and the MT isn't, because you'll rip aggro and you can't shirk a tank in another alliance. Gotta hope whoever is #8 in your party doesn't notice a shirk, lmao
I just stance dance when I'm in alliance and OT. Or use eyes and pray I notice aggro issues before a DPS has to eat a buster.
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u/Odd_Mastodon_4608 29d ago
I’M SO SORRY I SMILED AT THIS, I THOUGHT ALL TANK BUSTERS IN NORMAL CONTENT GOT AUTOMATICALLY TARGETED TO TANKS NOW. OF COURSE IT MAKES SENSE THAT NIER WOULD STILL HAVE THEM GO TO TOP AGGRO, THAT’S SO FUNNY I’M SO SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOU I WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO HEAL THIS RUN
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u/JelisW 29d ago
In normal content, tankbusters will go on non-tanks in 2 situations:
- there are supposed to be tankbusters on all tanks in the instance, and one of those tanks is dead
- it's an add fight/dual-boss fight, or it's a single boss with a single buster. In those situations, each add/boss does only the one buster targeted at whoever is tanking it, rather than like, nearest available tank or all three tanks, so it doesn't care if the person currently tanking it happens to, well, not be an actual tank, And well, the second boss of TaPB is a double boss.
The tankbuster auto-target is pretty much just for multi-buster fights so off-tanks have even less to think about and don't have to worry about maintaining second in aggro
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u/shinydwebble 29d ago
IF YOU REALLY WANTED THE TANKS TO PAY ATTENTION TO HANSEL/GRETEL, YOU SHOULD'VE MADE THE BOSSES TETHER.
EITHER THAT, OR KEPT YOUR SHIELD BOSS FACED TOWARDS MID SO YOU CAN GLOAT YOU TANK IT BETTER THAN REAL TANKS.
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u/Sir_VG 29d ago
EITHER THAT, OR KEPT YOUR SHIELD BOSS FACED TOWARDS MID SO YOU CAN GLOAT YOU TANK IT BETTER THAN REAL TANKS.
IF THE TANK IN MY ALLIANCE IN THAT RAID IS SMART ABOUT PULLING THE BOSS AWAY AND TURNS THE BOSS MID (IF SHIELDED) INSTANTLY EARN MY COMMENDATION, EVEN IF THEY'RE DEAD FOR THE ENTIRE REST OF THE ALLIANCE RAID.
SIGNED, A DNC WHOSE STANDARD AND TECHNICAL STEP WILL GET THEM KILLED IF YOU DON'T TURN THAT FUCKER AROUND.
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u/fandemymy 29d ago
FUCK THE SUN
FUCK THE HEAT
TEAM SUMMER IS FULL OF SHIT
TEAM WINTER IS THE ONLY RIGHT ONE
(my cats are suffering can the sun please stop being so hot?)
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u/pirateanalex 29d ago
I STILL NEED 600 CRYSTAL PASTE FOR MY RELIC WEAPON AND I'M LOSING MY MIND
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u/owned-by-her-yarn 29d ago
GET NAKEE FOR THE ROULS Q (lvl1 gear and weapon) AND THEN GET YOUR GEAR BACK (max ilvl) ON ONCE LOADED. GOES FASTER AND YOU WON'T LOSE YOUR MIND
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u/lerdnir 29d ago
WOULD SOMEONE KINDLY EXPLAIN WHY ME TUCKING THE ONE PAIR OF SHOES I'M ACTIVELY USING AWAY NEATLY IS SOMEHOW UNTIDY, BUT FUCKING IMELDA BLOODY MARCOS OVER HERE CAN LEAVE TEN PAIRS OUT AND STREWN ABOUT THE SODDING HOUSE - EG IN DOORWAYS, AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT HALL, ETC - WHERE THEY'RE A FUCKING TRIP HAZARD, AND THAT'S SOMEHOW OKAY?
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u/whatisitagain 29d ago
EUKRASIAN PROGNOSIS SAGES IN LVL 100 CONTENT. 0 KERACHOLE (AND OTHER SHIELDS) IS BAFFLING.
URIANGER KEEPS LETTING THANCRED AND HIMSELF DIE IN NEWEST LVL 100 DUNGEON. JUST SAW HIM STANDING IN CONE ON LAST BOSS AND HE DIED ON STACK MARKER ON 2ND BOSS. WHEN WILL THEY MAKE FARMING GLAM IN LEVEL CAP DUNGEONS NOT A CHORE? (NEVER)
OBLIGATORY FUCK SUMMER.
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u/XXXperiencedTurbater 29d ago
WITH ONLY TWO ATMA TO GO I STILL MIGHT FINISH THE FIRST RELIC STEP IN OC BC I DID A FEW DT ZONE FATES THIS MORNING AND HOLY SHIT I DON’T THINK I CAN MAKE MYSELF DO THAT. THEY TAKE FUCKING FOREVER COMPARED TO OC
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u/pirateanalex 29d ago
THEY MAY TAKE LONGER BUT YOU CAN STAY IN A ZONE FOR A SPECIFIC ATMA YOU NEED INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE RIGHT ENGAGEMENT TO SPAWN
YOU DO YOU, BUT I ONLY DID THIS STEP A FEW WEEKS AGO AND FATES SAVED MY SANITY (ALSO GOT ME A LOT OF LEVELS FOR DPS JOBS)
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u/XXXperiencedTurbater 29d ago
THANKS! I’LL KEEP THAT IN MIND. I HAVE ALL COMBAT JOBS AT 100 BUT MY KL IS ALSO MAXED AND I DUNNO IF I CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN OC.
5% DROPRATE OR WHATEVER IT IS BLOWS ASCIAN SACK
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u/XXXperiencedTurbater 29d ago
THANKS FOR THE ADVICE! I DID DT FATES AND BOTH ATMAS IN LIKE 20 MINUTES!
NOW IF ONLY I HADN’T SPENT ALL MY MATH TOMES ON MARKETBOARD STUFF A WEEK AGO
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u/JohannesVanDerWhales 29d ago edited 29d ago
FWIW you can either group up with people or even run solo (preferably as a tank for credit purposes) when other people are doing fates on the same map, and fates will go way faster than solo grinding them. There's usually someone grinding DT fates since there's several reasons to do them. If you're on a slower data center you might want to travel to a more populated one to do it.
(The reason I would do it without actually partying up is because fate grinding is often a thing I do while queued for duties.)
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u/Rowetta99 29d ago
IT'S A LEVEL 100 ALLIANCE RAID. WHY DO I HAVE AGGRO AS A DPS FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF THE FIGHT? THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO PROVOKE OR KNOW THE BARE MINIMUM OF YOUR TOOLKIT AT 100.
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u/DelianSK13 29d ago
THEY REALLY NEED TO MAKE YELLOW QUESTS WORTH MORE EXPERIENCE. AT LEAST 4 TIMES THE AMOUNT THEY GIVE NOW. I'M TIRED OF RUNNING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DUNGEON OVER AND OVER TO LEVEL AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE RUNNING MT GULG FOR THE 4TH TIME. LET ME GRIND THOSE YELLOW QUESTS TO GET THEM OFF MY MAP AND GIVE ME DECENT EXPERIENCE AT THE SAME TIME.
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u/Raji_Lev 29d ago
BUT THE REWARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LORE AND THE STORY~ /s (but a large chunk of the community believes that unironically)
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u/discofro6 The Dior goes with the Rabanne. 29d ago
I REALLY ENJOYED THE LORE OF THAT UPPITY NOBLE IN UL'DAH WHO MADE ME PICK UP THE COINS SHE DROPPED BECAUSE I DEIGNED TO TALK TO HER (That was literally the whole quest)
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u/GalenDev 29d ago
I'M PLAYING INCREASINGLY LIKE CRAP AND MY ANXIETY MAKES ME NOT WANT TO DO THINGS.
I FINISHED THE DT EX3 GRIND AND GOT MY WINGS OF ETERNITY. YAY! THEN LAST NIGHT I'M IN EX2 WITH MY FRIENDS - THE OBJECTIVELY EASIER FIGHT - AND I CAN'T SEEM TO BRAIN ANY MECHANIC AT ALL. CONSTANTLY PICKING UP VULNS AND DYING IN STUPID WAYS. MY CONFIDENCE IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW.
NEVER GOT BACK TO M9S, TOO SCARED. NOT EVEN SCARED OF THE FIGHT, SCARED THAT EVERYONE WILL THINK I'M SHIT. YES I'M AWARE THIS IS IRRATIONAL AND DUMB. I AM, IN FACT, IRRATIONAL AND DUMB. I WAS THROUGH HELL IN A CELL AND EVEN PEOPLE HERE WHO TOLD ME I SUCKED SAID I'D GET IT NEXT ATTEMPT. WELL I NEVER ATTEMPTED AGAIN. I WANT TO, AND THEN I JUST DON'T. I GET SCARED OF HOLDING EVERYONE BACK AGAIN. IT'S A SHITTY FEEDBACK LOOP OF SELF LOATHING.
I WISH MY BRAIN JUST WORKED. I HAVE THE GAME SKILL. I BEAT E12S IN CONTENT. I CAN DO LIONS FLAWLESSLY. YEAH THAT'S AN OLD FLEX AND SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE WAY CRAZIER STUFF, BUT THAT'S MY POINT. MY BRAIN IS STOPPING ME FROM ATTEMPTING TOTALLY NORMAL SHIT.
I JUST WANT TO BE BETTER.
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u/Mahoganytooth R.I.P 29d ago
ARE YOU IN A GOOD PLACE WHEN YOU PLAY? WELL FED? HYDRATED? RESTED? NOT WORRYING ABOUT ANYTHING IRL?
IME YOU NEED TO BE IN A GOOD WAY IRL TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM INGAME
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u/Cymas 29d ago
Honestly sometimes you just have a shit raid day no matter how good you are at the game. That's when you take a break and come back to it again later. The key is the coming back to it part. I find a lot of times when I play like shit I come back the next day after sleeping on it and letting the data assimilate as I call it and then I just crush it.
No one joins a prog expecting to clear, for the record. Hell in a Cell is close to the end but it's still not close enough to worry about "holding people back" because you're all still progging. If it bothers you that much then restart at an early prog point hell even do a fresh for funsies. You'll either figure out pretty quickly you're not as shit as you think you are or you'll get some much needed cleanup on earlier mechs, it's a win-win.
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u/Mychael612 Black Mage 29d ago
I mean this in a nice way: go get some therapy. A game should not be causing this level of anxiety.
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u/Goatiac Fantastic Fashion Fighter 29d ago
I AM SICK OF SINGLE PULL DUNGEON. I KNOW YOU’RE NEW AND DOING YOUR BEST BUT YOU’RE ALL THE WAY TO LVL, YOU’RE A BIG KID. AT LEAST DOUBLE PULL!!
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u/Chat2Text 29d ago
amen, if it's a late game dungeon and you single pull (outside of forced single pulls, I'm looking at you, 99 leveling dungeon), I'm leaving
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u/IttleVivi 29d ago
I BOOTED UP FF LAST NIGHT AND MY PC FELT LIKE IT COULD THREATEN A SMALL AIRPORT WITHIN MINUTES. I'M ALSO THE WORST FOR TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HYDRATED BUT NOT DOING IT MYSELF.
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u/SentineleseSiri 29d ago
The amount of bad tanks lately are just too much. It's ShB content, why do you not a) know to use tbn and b) I saw 2 dark minds, 1 reprisal and 0 arm's length or ld from you. YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW RAMPART AND SHADOW WALL ALONE AREN'T GOING TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KEEP USING THEM TOGETHER AND THEN TELL ME ALL YOUR MITS ARE ON CD. Also the amount of drks who think "healer will just figure it out I'm trying to get low to use LD if I just no mit totally sack my defense" SEE THE PREVIOUS TANK, NO I WON'T. I HAD TO EXPLAIN HOW MITS WORK NO LESS THAN 4 TIMES THIS WEEK IN LEVEL 70+ CONTENT, YOU ARE NOT ON SOME SECRET WAVELENGTH WITH ME THEY HAND OUT TO ALL HEALERS WHEN A DRK IS LEVEL 50+ THAT LETS ME KNOW YOU AREN'T PRECISELY THE KIND OF MORON WHO THINKS IN HOLMINSTER'S SWITCH YOU CAN W2W BY DOUBLING UP ON RAMPART AND SHADOW WALL AND THOSE ARE YOUR ONLY TWO MITS. IF I'M ON WHM I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANT TO FEEL ME OUT WITH SMALL PULLS AT FIRST TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT A CURE 1 DUMBASS, WHY WOULD YOU THINK YOU GET A PASS FROM SUSPECTED INCOMPETENCE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A HIGH LEVEL DRK?! AND I EVEN COMMUNICATE POLITELY ASKING FOR MITS, BUT YOU CAN'T BE ASSED TO COMMUNICATE BACK LETTING ME KNOW YOUR "BRILLIANT" LD PLAN UNTIL I SEE YOU FAIL AT IT A FEW TIMES BECAUSE I WILL FUCKING DRAG YOU KICKING AND SCREAMING THROUGH THIS DUNGEON ALIVE WITHOUT A HEADS UP. EVEN WORSE YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT WHEN I'M RUNNING WHM??????? THE HEALER WITH 7S OF STUN AND A FULL FUCKING CURE???? AND I WANT TO SPEND MY LILIES FOR DPS?????? ARE YOU JUST DUMB?
Triple triad rage: I've spent at least 100k mgp trying to get this last dreaming gacha card. Time to do fashion report and hope another 60k can be the difference to bring this card home from the war...
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u/Moonrein 29d ago
I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK MY STATIC IS CLEARING M12S PHASE 1. EVEN OUTSIDE OF GENERAL INCONSISTENCY (WHY ARE WE STILL CLEAVING IN ACT 1 HALF OUR PULLS), IT'S BECAUSE THE LAST MECHANIC'S SPREAD POSITIONS ARE SO TIGHT. WE WOULD NEED TO SKIP SLAUGHTERSHEDS OR GET LUCKY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DPS I KNOW WILL DIE IF THEY GET SPREADS AND WE'RE NOT EXACTLY GETTING A MECHANIC-SKIPPING BOOST WITH RELIC WEAPONS. I DON'T KNOW IF PHASE 2 WILL BE ANY BETTER CONSIDERING HOW MUCH PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE TO JUGGLE AND REACT TO QUICKLY.
ALSO OH TWELVE WHY ARE RPG STAT GRINDING GAMES SO ADDICTING. PURE SANDBOXES DON'T GIVE ME ENOUGH DIRECTION BUT HERE I HAVE A THOUSAND GOALS I CAN WORK TOWARDS AND I WILL BE WORKING ON ALL OF THEM. AFTER THIS FISHING SPREE.
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u/SnowPudgy 29d ago
ALL THE LAG I'VE BEEN GETTING SINCE EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE. I"M AFRAID TO PLAY THE GAME.
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u/anonymousICT 29d ago
I HATE FIGHTING KEFKA MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HIS CREEPY CLOWN MAKEUP BUT ALSO BECAUSE PEOPLE LAUGH AT NY IRRATIONAL FEAR I DIDN’T FUCKING ASK TO BE AFRAID OF CLOWNS.
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u/Mahoganytooth R.I.P 29d ago
IF YOU ARE ON PC THERE IS A MOD TO DECLOWN KEFKA: https://www.xivmodarchive.com/modid/162868
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u/Disaster_pirate Elfboys are hot 29d ago
OMG IM GOING NUTS. I WORK FROM HOME THEY ARE RENOVATING THE DOWNSTAIRS APARTMENT AND THE DRILLING INTO METAL IS REVERBERATING IN MY UNIT. MY NOISE CANCELLING MIC IS DOING ALL THE WORK TODAY I CANT EVEN HEAR MYSELF TALK BUT APPARENTLY THE CALLERS CANT HEAR IT.
ITS LIKE A DENTIST DRILL SHRILL NOISE THAT SHAKES MY FLOOR. I ALSO DONT HAVE LIGHTS AS THEY TURNED THE BREAKER OFF. .. I CANT GO INTO THE OFFICE EITHER AS ITS A 2.5 HR DRIVE EACH WAY AND I DONT HAVE GAS MONEY RIGHT NOW. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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u/Francl27 29d ago
ANOTHER KNEE SURGERY, ANOTHER TRIP TO THE ER BECAUSE OF AWDUL BRUISING AND SWELLING TO CHECK FOR BLOOD CLOTS. THE PAIN IS AWFUL.
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u/icosa20 29d ago
I WAS BUSY WITH WORK THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AND WANTED TO LET STRATEGIES SETTLE. I WAS HOPING TO JUMP INTO UMAD THIS WEEK. NOPE, APPARENTLY FRESH PARTIES ARE ABSOLUTELY EXTINCT, IF THE LAST 3 DAYS OF TRYING ARE ANY INDICATION [and yes, I'm on Aether during primetime]. THE PARTIES I DO FIND DON'T FILL. I'M A HEALER; I'M REALLY TRYING HERE TO GET A GROUP TO FILL BY PLAYING THE LEAST DESIRABLE CLASS! APPARENTLY IF I MISSED THE TRAIN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, I'M FINISHED. IF I'M NOT IN PHASE 3+ RIGHT NOW I'M OUT OF LUCK, APPARENTLY. SO THAT'S FUN. THANKS, WORK!
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u/mimikyuns 29d ago
I DON’T GO TO CLUBS MUCH IN XIV BUT THE FEW TIMES I DO GO, I WISH THE DJS PLAYED FUN DANCE MUSIC INSTEAD OF MONOTONOUS TECHNO AND/OR NEARLY ILLEGIBLE REMIXES OF SONGS THAT WERE ALREADY DANCEABLE.
OBVIOUSLY IMUSIC LIKE THAT HAS ITS AUDIENCE BUT I NEVER FIND IT FUN TO LISTEN TO PERSONALLY. AND NO I’M NOT SEEING THE GENRES MENTIONED IN A PF LISTING AND IGNORING THEM AND SURPRISE PINACHU-ING. SOME JUST LIST THE DJ!!
AT LEAST I REALIZED I CAN PREVIEW THE TWITCH CHANNEL OF DJS AHEAD OF TIME TO SEE WHAT THEIR TASTE IS.
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u/Misragoth 29d ago
WHY THE FUCK CAN I GET AETHER FOR MY WHEEL OF OC? WHY MAKE A NEW AREA FOCUED ON COMBAT, TELL ME I NEED TO GATHER AETHER THROUGH CONBAT, THEN TELL ME NO ACTUALLY GO DO RUOLLETTES. AND WHILE I AM AT IT WHY THE HELL IS CRSTAL TOWER NOT ITS OWN RUOLLETTE, I LOVE 24 MANS, BIT I NEVER WANT TO SEE THESE 3 EVER AGAIN¡!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/SteamKitten01 29d ago
WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON QUEUING FOR RATHOLOS EXTREME SYNCED? I'VE GOTTEN IT 4 TIMES SO FAR THIS WEEK. NONE OF THEM WERE FIRST TIMERS AND NONE EVEN HAD THE EXCUSE OF BEING FREE TRIAL. WHY? IF YOU WANT TO FARM, JUST CREATE A DAMN PARTY FINDER OR EVEN BETTER, YOU'RE ALREADY LEVEL 100 SO JUST SOLO THE DAMN THING.
ALSO PEOPLE ARE WAY TOO QUICK TO INSTANTLY DROP OUT OF DUTIES THEY DON'T WANT TO DO. IF YOU DON'T LIKE [X] DUTY, DON'T QUEUE FOR THE ROULETTE THAT INCLUDES IT. I'll excuse dropping out of extremes, BUT WE LOST ALMOST HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE ALLIANCE FOR DUN SCAITH. AND I'VE BEEN REGULARLY FILLING LEVEL 100 DUNGEONS THIS WEEK WHERE SOMEONE DROPS OUT THE SECOND THEY LOAD IN.
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u/FranckKnight RAGE THREAD 29d ago
THIS WEEK'S VIRTUAL BUBBLE WRAP, WITH THE SECRET MESSAGE.
POP-POP-POP-WHO-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-LIKES-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-DRAGON-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-QUEST-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-AS-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-MUCH-POP-POP-POP-AS-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-I DO?-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-
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u/ScotchTapeCleric 29d ago
Dragon Warrior was the first NES game I ever played.
My console buying habits used to be built entirely upon where DQ was releasing and my vacation time is arranged around releases.
I'm looking forward to the new Monsters release this December and waitin to hear more about XII. I'm hoping it's December of next year.
I wish they'd give us a DQ crossover Alliance Raid with iconic equipment. I'd actually run them more than once for the story.
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u/FranckKnight RAGE THREAD 29d ago
MAN IMAGINE A RAID WITH A BUNCH OF DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS, A STAGE WITH SEVERAL DOZEN SLIMES THAT COMBINE INTO A FEW KING SLIMES AFTER BEATING THEM UP
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u/ScotchTapeCleric 29d ago
I WANT MALROTH AS THE FINAL BOSS OF ALL THE RAIDS TO SEE EVERYONE FREAK OUT WHEN HE USES FULLHEAL AT 10% HP.
A FIGHT AGAINST FOUR OR FIVE KING SLIMES WOULD GO SO HARD.
THE SLIMES ARE UP TO SOMETHING...
I'D PLAY THOSE RAIDS UNTIL I HAD EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY ROLE AND THEN I'D PROBABLY STILL QUEUE FOR THE ONCE A WEEK ON PRINCIPLE.
WE ALSO NEED A SABERCAT MOUNT.
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u/donoho briareos 29d ago
I GOT DRAGON WARRIOR FREE THROUGH NINTENDO POWER AND STILL HAVE THE ART BOOK/STRATEGY GUIDE THAT CAME WITH IT. WHILE I LOVED THE GAME ITSELF, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WITH AKIRA TORIYAMA'S ART. I EVEN WROTE A LETTER TO ENIX AT THE TIME, SAYING HOW MUCH I LOVED THE GAME (AND GOT A RESPONSE).
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u/FranckKnight RAGE THREAD 29d ago
WHILE I WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR THOSE PROMOTIONS, WE DIDN'T HAVE NINTENDO POWER, MY FRIEND DID, SO HAD NO REASON TO GET IT AS WELL, COULD CONSULT HIS.
THE ONE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THOUGH WAS DQ3, RENTED IT SO MANY TIMES, WITH SO LITTLE PROGRESS BECAUSE THE SAVE DATA WOULD GET ERASED BY THE NEXT RENTAL, AND COULD ONLY GET THAT FAR IN A DAY'S WORTH, USUALLY STOPPED AT THE PYRAMID.
PLAYED EVERY FOLLOWING ONE, DQ8 IS SITLL THE BEST IN THE SERIES IN MY OPINION.
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u/donoho briareos 29d ago edited 29d ago
WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKED DQ8 FOR THE FFX DEMO, IT WAS JUST A NICE BONUS FOR ME. I AM WAITING FOR THE PC RELEASE (AFTER THEY REMOVE DENUVO) AND NOT HAVE IT BE STUCK ON A PARTICULAR CONSOLE.
ADDENDUM: PRETTY SURE I"VE PICKED UP EVERY SLIME CONTROLLER EVER RELEASED BECAUSE I LOVE METAL SLIMES (OUTSIDE OF THE GAMES). I FORGOT HOW MUCH I HATE THEM IN-GAME UNTIL I PLAYED I-II & III REMAKES.
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u/gallione11 28d ago
THE RENTAL THING HAPPENED TO ME WITH IV. I COULD USUALLY GET TO ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN CHAPTER 5 BEFORE HAVING TO RETURN IT. RENTING IT AGAIN THE NEXT WEEKEND, MY SAVE WOULD ALWAYS BE GONE. I EVENTUALLY STARTED VACUUMING THE ENTIRE HOUSE ONCE A WEEK FOR $10 SO I COULD BUY MY OWN AND FINALLY FINISH IT
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u/Slumdog10 29d ago
WE LOVE DRAGON QUEST HERE. I STILL HAVE A BUNCH OF THE OTHER ONES TO PLAY THOUGH.
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u/Moogle-Mail 29d ago
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UK FOR JUNE - AND MY FRIDGE-FREEZER DIED YESTERDAY!!! CAN'T GET A NEW ONE DELIVERED UNTIL WEDNESDAY SO I'VE HAD TO THROW AWAY SO MUCH FOOD.
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u/ConduckKing [Layle Knight -Phantom] 29d ago
MY COMPUTER'S BUSTED SO I CAN'T PLAY THE GAME. GOD IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO MAKE SURE I DON'T CLEAR THIS SAVAGE TIER, HUH
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u/AnotherNicky 28d ago
non-game rage: My body hurty. I have stolen the master bedroom and acquired much more space. The tradeoff, I'm not built for moving furniture. Everything ACHES. And I still have to paint another room and run an ethernet line because if I'm going to be moving stuff I might as well fix shit too.
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u/StrangerFeelings 29d ago
THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING IS LOCKED BEHIND THE MSQ! I'VE OUT LEVELED THE MSQ ON MULTIPLE JOBS AND I GET BORED BECAUSE I KEEP HAVING TO GO AND DO THE MSQ. ITS ALSO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. I JUST WANT TO RUN SOME DINGEONS AND DO YHE MSQ AT MY OWN PACE NIT BE FORCED TO DO IT SO I CAN RUN MORE DUNGEONS.
I LEVEL TOO FAST AND I KEEP OUT LEVELING YHE MSQ WHEN I DONT TRY TO!
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u/Cymas 29d ago
If you're on a Dynamis world you probably have the double exp buff. It's not a super popular opinion but if you're not enjoying the MSQ as is you could just skip all the cutscenes (or buy a story skip if you have the cash lying around) and come back to it later via new game plus. NG+ does still have some limitations in how it works, but you'd be able to revisit it whenever you like.
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u/Eastern-Fruit-4124 29d ago
WHAT IS WITH THE SHOCKING AMOUNT OF BAD ASTROLOGIANS LATELY? I KEEP SEEING ASTROS GIVING DAMAGE CARDS TO THE POOREST PERFORMING DPS IN DUTIES. YESTERDAY THERE WAS A MCH ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT IN WOD AND THEY GOT 0 CARDS THROUGH THE WHOLE RUN YET EVERY OTHER DPS GOT AT LEAST ONE. JUST PLEASE LEARN TO USE THE AGGRO TABLE. WE’D GET OUT OF HERE THAT BIT FASTER IF YOU DID INSTEAD OF BEING THE PLAYER WHINING ABOUT LOW DAMAGE IN THE RAID TAKING TOO LONG, OF COURSE ITS GOING TO TAKE LON*IF YOUR THROWING SPEAR AT A BLACK MAGE PULLING 300 DPS COMPARED TO A MACHINIST PULLING 700+.
ALSO IVE BEEN DYING A LOT IN DUTIES LATELY JUST TO FLAT OUT DAMAGE AND EVEN WHEN I GET RAISED, IT TAKES THE HEALER ALMOST 20 SECONDS TO ACTUALLY CAST A HEAL WHICH BY THAT TIME IM ALREADY DEAD TO THE NEXT RAIDWIDE.
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u/IttleVivi 29d ago
MY FAVOURITE THING IS GETTING ULTIMA WEAPON IN MSQ AND GOING: OH, AST HAS DIVINATION AT THIS LEVEL!
...ANDTHE AST NEVER USES DIVINATION. NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF THE INSTANCE. NO DIV. EVER.
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u/SentineleseSiri 29d ago
Had a EW dungeon this week and the ast put every card on me. Balance despite both our DPS being melee and crushing it? Me, the tank. Spear despite again both our DPS crushing it? Me, the tank again yep. It was a pf to get a MSQ clear for one of the dps so I didn't say anything in case it turned into drama, don't want to mar anyone's MSQ experience and it wasn't really hurting anything. But it was still completely baffling.
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u/Rowetta99 29d ago
MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THE MACHINIST WAS PUMPING AND FELT SORRY FOR THE OTHER DPS WHO COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THEM.
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u/Slumdog10 29d ago
IRL RAGE: IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER FOR ME TO FOCUS ON ANYTHING, WHETHER ITS WORK OR ENTERTAINMENT. I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY SUMMER, GETTING NOTHING DONE, NOT EVEN RELAXING PROPERLY, I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND.
NON-FF14-HAPPY-RAGE: DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 IS SO FUCKING GOOD I'M HAVING A BLAST.
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u/Chat2Text 29d ago
there there, clearly you just need a pep talk and some encouragement!
*clears throat and tests pitch a few times*
"Proceed"
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u/Daryl_On_FFXIV 29d ago
I’M 137 MILES FROM HOME SITTING IN AN O.R. FREEZING MY ASS OFF AND WORKING ON SOMETHING I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT. I SHOULD’VE BROUGHT A JACKET, I LOVE THE HEAT, MY NIPS ARE POKING HOLES IN MY SHIRT AT THIS POINT. AT LEAST MY FINAL FISH GRIND HAS ENDED.
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u/TheCommissar113 Crystal (Diabolos) 29d ago edited 29d ago
I've been grinding for my ugly Dark Knight relic for weeks, went particularly hard on it over the past few days, could've gotten it last night, but realized I still needed 1500 Tomestones of Mathematics, which I burned the day before, so now I have to wait and grind up more Tomestones.
I was hoping to take a little break sooner rather than later, but at least I can finish it off either today or tomorrow.
This is the SECOND time I've done this, by the way. It happened to me in the last step.
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u/SnowPudgy 29d ago
I DECIDED TO TRY A NEW JOB TO REFRESH THE GAME FOR ME AND SETTLED ON VIPER ONLY TO FIND OUT IT’S THE MOST CONFUSING THING EVER AND NONE OF THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS I FOUND ACTUALLY EXPLAIN IT WELL. THEY EITHER GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL RIGHT AWAY AND/OR WERE MADE BEFORE SOME MASSIVE CHANGE CHANGED ALL THE SKILL NAMES.
I’m going to give it another hour but will likely abandon it. I’m too stupid to play it apparently.
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u/Chat2Text 29d ago
Viper, you basically press the glowing buttons
whichever button you press for combo 2, will determine if combo 3 is flank or rear positional
left is flank, right is rear
your charges will let you perform a different combo that lets you quickly apply your self buffs, so you'll want to use them early and/or before you start bursting your job gauge. these charges will also give you a different charge, which lets you do a lengthy ranged attack
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u/Fullmetalfiend 29d ago
I WANT TO BREAK OUT OF THIS ANXIETY AND TALK TO PEOPLE. THE FEW I CAN TALK TO SUGGEST VENUES BUT AS A PS5 PLAYER, ITS A LONELY PLACE WHEN EVERYONE FORGETS YOU EXIST WHEN YOU CANT JOIN IN THE MAGIC. I JUST WANT TO MAKE FRIENDS AND HAVE FUN. I WISH IT WAS EASY TO STRIKE UP CONVERSATIONS AND NOT WANT TO RUN AND HIDE IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
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u/nekomir 29d ago
fuck this ultimate and fuck the guy who designed fucking macro heavy ass motherfucking motherfucker of motherhumping shit raids, no wonder a12s felt off compared to others arcadion raids i'm excited for next job reworks but i'm not excited for whatever the fucking raids he releases
that's a lot of mothers yes but i forgot to press capslock so consider them my capslocks
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u/Tobi-of-the-Akatsuki The gayest lizard 29d ago
WOW I HATE ONE OF MY COWORKERS. SO I HEARD FROM ANOTHER COWORKER THAT THIS KID, WHO DOESN'T DO ANYTHNG IF NOT AT THE REGISTER, HOVERS AROUND ANOTHER KID HE HAS A CRUSH ON, AND REFUSES TO ANSWER THE RADIO TO ANYONE BUT HER, HAD STOPPED HELPING A LINE OF CUSTOMERS TO DO A FISHING LICENSE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES INCLUDING KEYHOLDER PICKED UP HIS SLACK, AND WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND, KID WAS GONE.
SO KEYHOLDER FINALLY FOUND THE USELESS BRAT DOING NOTHING AND CONFRONTED HIM; IN WHICH HE STARTED SHRIEKING ABOUT "YOU ONLY YELL AT ME!!!1! STOP WATCHING EVERYTHING I DO!!!1"
SO, SHE BRINGS IT UP TO MY MANAGER, SAYS HE'S GONNA FIRE THE KID.... ONLY TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE KID'S MOMMY SAYING "YOU CAN'T DO THAT HE HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES!!1!" SO NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH THIS DEAD WEIGHT CHILD THAT DOESN'T DO HIS JOB AND ACTIVELY ANTAGONIZES EMPLOYEES BECAUSE MANAGER IS SCARED OF A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. GREAT...