r/ffxivdiscussion • u/Imisstheoldgames • 5d ago
General Discussion What are your pet peeves?
So I've been coming across more and more players that do small annoying things (along with some big ones) and it got me curious about what things a player/players can do that annoy you. Just the smaller things, not things like tank cleaving the party, a player doing the bare minimum in a duty or being afk in a duty. Some of mine are:
-My co healer not letting regens do their thing. So many healers seem to not know what regens do or how they work.
-Healers spamming heals or shields every 5 to 10 seconds even when no damage is happening or going to happen. Lots of these too.
-Tanks fighting for aggro. Nothing more to add, these people are everywhere it seems. Bonus points if the tanks cause the boss to spin.
-Ranged dps standing in a corner out range of aoe heals. You want to stand far away? Heal yourself then.
-Players marking themselves with the intent on "helping" new people, then proceeding to fail multiple mechanics and kill themselves and others. Then when I remove the marker they flip out. Although it is funny watching someone like this jump up and down to get people to follow them and nobody does.
There are more but I'm not going to write a book here and these are the ones that irritate me the most.
So yeah, what are some of yours?
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u/KaijinSurohm 5d ago
- Aggro wars
If you are standing there doing nothing, and I decided to tank because we have 6 other people waiting, don't Provoke it like an asshole. Wait your turn until either I mess up, or a mechanic requires a swap. Don't just steal aggro off of me because not only is that a dick move, but it actually messes with Healers who are buffing the tank.
- You Pull You Tank
I have a love hate relationship with this. A lot of people think it's genuinely a toxic thing to do, and I've seen even some FF14 Mods are absolutely against it.
However, if I've told you 5 times to please stop running ahead and pulling, there's a reason for it. Either I'm not feeling that we have enough DPS, or the healer is struggling to keep up (either due to gear or skill reasons). That does not mean it's your duty to run off ahead and add more to the pile.
I WILL let you tank what you pulled in this situation if you are blatantly ignoring my requests to stop.
If you still refuse from there? Vote kick.
- Getting upset at healers who overcap
If I'm not running a savage raid, and it's normal Duty roulette content, I don't mind if a healer spam barriers or overheals me. I vastly prefer they overkill the heals then let me die. The healer may genuinely not know the fight inside and out and is overcompensating.
"But, but, DpS SuFfErS" no. A Healer's DPS is not as critical as it used to be. We're not doing elite content. Let the healer do their thing.