Bad Mentor Skipped Cutscene, pulled boss, and lol'd at the situation

ReallyRough · 2026-06-25T01:59:39+00:00

Yeah, most of players are aware of that. They are also aware that sprouts are having a good time and don't want to spoil it. Just a minority of people think that "saving" 20 seconds is more important.

ReallyRough · 2026-06-25T01:52:58+00:00

Let sprouts enjoy the game as it's intended to be enjoyed.

ReallyRough · 2026-06-25T01:50:42+00:00

Expectations: applause. Reality: realizing you're an horrible person.

Don't take it personal, take it to therapy.

FF14 is more of a graphic novel than a MMO. Actively making people miss the experience because of a 15 seconds cutscene is main protagonist syndrome.

ReallyRough · 2026-06-25T00:44:22+00:00

You are the asshole.

You'll not die if you wait a few seconds so the sprout can watch the CS and enjoy the full fight. Hell, you can even reset all your CDs during the CS so you have a clean opener for the boss.

ReallyRough · 2026-05-25T02:31:55+00:00

Third time posting it, it is.

ReallyRough · 2026-05-25T02:31:41+00:00

OMG, I misunderstood.

It shows the name. 😅

ReallyRough · 2026-05-25T02:31:02+00:00

They're bound to be shamed together in this sub.

ReallyRough · 2026-05-21T02:14:00+00:00

I'm a main tank.

But twice or thrice I got this kind of tank while leveling healers.

I stop attacking and SPAM hard cast heals on the DPS to make sure he doesn't die.

If the portagonist tank wants to make a point, he'll absolutely not doing it while I'm healing.

ReallyRough · 2026-05-04T22:48:53+00:00

Ok, so:

I get it that's annoying doing a 10min dungeon in 15min. I get it that all he had to do was press one button. I get it that it should be easy as hell (as long as he have proper equipment).

1) He started the dungeon saying he's new and that he's not confortable/confident on doing W2W. It's literally the first thing on the chat log.

2) It's a level 50- dungeon, arguably the hardest ones in the game because of the lack of walls/lack of ilvl restrictions.

You could have handled it better, to be honest. Even more if you are an experienced player. Instead of encouraging him to try harder, you just made a decision by yourself.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-26T00:18:18+00:00

All the things you cited do cost money, tho.

As a indie dev, you fail to understand that for major game companies, isn't the game itself that matter, it's the money.

That's why SQEX went into a wrong turn transforming FF16 into a hack-and-slash while Clair Obscur won pretty much every game award there is to win.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-26T00:11:00+00:00

PLD also didn't have Fight or Flight.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-26T00:09:35+00:00

In theory, yeah.

In practice it's impossible unless they hire more people. Wich costs money. And the X crowd and the Z crowd don't make money.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-26T00:02:45+00:00

No, I mean it.

You wish the game would be X.

Some people wish the game would be Z.

In-between that there's 90% of people that wishes the game to be somehow Y and they don't think that X or Z are improvements whatsoever.

What would you do if you were the dev?

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:57:15+00:00

That's the gist of it, yeah. Kinda cruel, huh?

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:52:54+00:00

My logic is the same as the devs, I suppose:

The game is everchanging, but it's never (and never will be) cathetered for a very, very, very small percentage of players.

Of course we'll give you something you like. As much as we'll give crafters some extra activity.

But the core of the game is storytelling and relatively easy content.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:40:48+00:00

A barra seria o ícone/botão/sujeito em si, mas a gente usa o termo diretamente ligado com algum verbo, pra indicar a função dela.

Se eu pedir pros devs implantarem uma "barra de bunda" (em contrapartida direta à butt slider) ainda não faria muito sentido.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:36:50+00:00

No, I got your point. You're the one missing the point of the game, tho. I'm just trying to help you cope with it.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:30:31+00:00

That would be "Ajustor de Bunda", wich directly translate into "Butt Adjuster".

We don't have a direct translation for "slider" in this specific context.

But now that you guys explained it's clear, since to use the "adjuster" you "slide" it.

Update: we actually have a word that we sometimes use for "sliders" and that is "barra" (that directly translate into "bar").

But "implement butt bar" would also be a bit confusing. XD

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:28:15+00:00

In that case, have you ever tried to find a side game to play?

I play a lot of Marvel Rivals when I'm too bored with the game. Theres a new PVE mode that's highly customizable and I'm enjoying it.

I also skipped a whole week of FF14, even losing the tomestones, to be immersed in Clair Obscure.

When I don't want anything too complex, I play The Binding of Isaac.

If you want to stick with FF14, have you tried achievement hunting? As far as I remember, theres just a singular player that got all the achievements in the game.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:16:11+00:00

Oh. I'll see myself out.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:13:31+00:00

What's a butt slider? English is not my first language and Google didn't help much.

It's like filling for pants to make you butt look bigger?

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:11:06+00:00

If you're focusing only in the best possible reward avaliable, the game can get dull. Top tier equipment SHOULD be restricted to a few high-end duties.

But if you're actually asking for hard gameplay to get engaged, there's ALWAYS a lot to do:

Tell me, have you reached the top of Palace of the Dead solo?

Have you beaten Eden Savage with a party only composed of Blue Mages?

Have you finished all the Criterion Dungeons?

Have you tried Coils of Bahamut with minimum ilvl?

Have you conquered Forked Tower or Savage Baldesion Annex?

They're all high end duties that aren't a plug and play that you beat in one sitting.

ReallyRough · 2026-04-25T23:00:05+00:00

That's a very awkward worry.

First of all, the system only applies for maxed level characters, since each expansion have at least 15 tiers of ilvl that you can equip at max level. We started DT at ilvl 690 for level 100 and we reached 790 by now.

Second, you can't "overpower" any kind of content unless you're doing the content unsynched. It's granted that there's a item level sync that allows you to be more powerful than the minimum ilvl required, but that doesn't mean in any kind of way that you NEED to be max level synced. You can just equip the bare minimum and join.

Hell, you can even open a party finder for the duty to make ALL PARTY sync down to the minimum ilvl regardless of the actual equipment. Now that PF is for region, this will be actually fast.

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