What if the Tank didn't use defensives?! A GOOD day in Mentor Roulette!

[@generalsweet8212]

Defensives? You mean the health bars on my DPS?

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Hahaha, the real reason to avoid properly grabbing aggro on aoe 😂

[@SmallerRidley]

Shirk is a defensive cooldown

[@gazel7424]

How to attack single target with SCH: Lv1-45 Ruin Lv46-53 Art of War Lv54〜 Broil Remember to manually activate your auto attack!

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Pretty much! 😁

[@NatiiixLP]

How to attack AoE with SCH: Level 1-45 Just Tab Tab Tab Tab, and apply DoT to everything that will live more than 10 seconds. Level 46+ [your book starts playing Sabaton - The Art of War]

[@IKMcGwee]

12:27 dont worry Esuna is instant now, as a healer main, ive never felt so powerful

[@siosilvar]

it's *so* good. how did we ever live with cast time on esuna

[@NatiiixLP]

Probably the best change for healers in DT. Would be cool if we could get Selene to auto-summon, so I don't walk halfway through a dungeon wondering why people are dying and why my buttons are grey, whenever I switch jobs.

[@purpletea3807]

The fact that you can just be like... "Eh, one healer is more than enough" (among other things) on a raid should indicate how much the crystal tower stuffs need rework.

[@Necrofitz]

Your DRK experiences in Ktisis basically explain why I'm not a fan of seeing them when I heal dungeons. I've had some DRKs that seemed to have an excellent handle on cycling their defensives and I could be somewhat hands off. Generally though DRK is the first and only tank many pick up, and they get more focused on the fact that it's the coolest job over actually learning the major swings, much less the more nuanced pieces, of being a tank. Sure I've had bad PLDs, GNBs, and even the stray bad WAR that needs more support than they should to get through a dungeon, but the density of DRKs that need a pocket healer is so much higher than the rest combined. That aside, you are correct that the brine balls in Satasha hard heal the enemy that causes them to spawn. Noticed that myself last time I was in the dungeon and one managed to connect.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

"they get more focused on the fact it's the coolest job over actually learning the major swings" really hits the nail for a large amount of dark knights I'm sure 😅

[@fawkes6352]

As a Dark Knight main who will defend the job to my last breath... I think you're absolutely right. DRK's aesthetic and its well-received job questline attract a lot of people. But it requires strong tanking fundamentals - properly cycling your array of defensives, herding mobs in front of you for your many line AOEs, knowing when to time your one major heal (which is a REALLY big heal after 7.1) - to be able to thrive in dungeons. Without those fundamentals, a DRK will really struggle.

[@bipolarprobe]

I healed my way through a lot of Dawntrail and I always dreaded getting DRK as tanks to heal. It reached a point after a few days where I was convinced that DRK's mit just wasn't good enough for the higher damage we were experiencing in dungeons on dawntrail's launch. Then to do my role quests I levelled DRK from 90 to 100. I didn't replace my 90 gear as I went up through the Dawntrail dungeons, I was rocking 660 the whole time except for origenics since I knew that one hit particularly hard. My friend didn't struggle to heal me at all. I'm not a particularly good DRK but I think a huge number of players that pick up the job for its cool aesthetics don't realize how absolutely incredible TBN is. A lot of players seem outright afraid to press TBN thinking they might miss out on a usage of flood of shadow during a mob pull. I kinda just want to shake these players because 160 potency on aoe is a whole lot less of a loss than if you die. In general I tend to gauge how hard a particular tank is going to be to heal based on how I see them using their short cooldown mit. TBN, Bloodwhetting, Heart of Corundum, and Holy Sheltron are all extremely powerful and players that understand that and use them accordingly tend to understand all of their mits better.

[@knowwhoiamyet]

@@bipolarprobe I think a big QoL bonus to DRK would be to add the caveat that after TBN expires in general it gives the free use of Flood/Edge of Shadow, that way people don't need to worry about "wasting" it. Alternatively, just put it on a flat cooldown without MP cost and remove the free use from it outright so it's purely mitigation. I think people would be more willing to use it aggressively that way.

[@bipolarprobe]

@@knowwhoiamyet I'm personally not a fan of the idea just because I like interesting job design like TBN. Removing the mana cost entirely would take away the MP juggling minigame that you play as a dark knight when deciding how to spend your MP. I always find it fun trying to weigh up in a pull "Oh is enough damage coming in that it'll break my tbn or should I just use flood of shadow to kill the mobs faster?" Refunding MP when the ability expires I think could work. It still encourages players who want to optimize to use tbn when it will break to get the free use stockpiled for buffs but doesn't punish new players for using it aggressively. Realistically I think TBN is the coolest and best designed short cooldown mit among the tanks and would hate to see it changed, I just think the game needs to do a better job of teaching players how and when to use their mits and also not to be afraid to use cooldowns overall.

[@Gomblinn]

I think modern scholar makes sense as either a pure fairy or maybe fairy/psychic with various support and setup tools but if we return to the glory days of stormblood then there is a very genuine case to be made for fairy/poison with it's emphasis on poison themed DoT effects and the fact that we used to literally drop a damage dealing goop puddle on the floor too

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oooh that is an interesting point yes! And there are even moves in pokemon that could represent shadow flare! 😁

[@Bonzi77]

in terms of watchability, aiming for harder duties seems pretty obvious. however, i can't deny that a single episode of OOPS ALL GUILDHESTS where you just crank out as many mentor roulettes in a single episode as you can physically/mentally/emotionally stand would be pretty funny

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Hahaha yeah that does make sense! 🤣

[@elizabethk8718]

@@CaetsuChaijiCh Nah, the all guildhests would have to be a live event... so we can watch sanity break down and depression flood in in real time, then slowly progress to existential dread before the stream just abruptly ends and we all wonder if there'll ever be another video again :P

[@hoodiesticks]

Ah yes, Bookslap SCH. The melee healer that got snuck into the game by accident.

[@kyallokytty]

13:40 one thing to note, at some point the boss will cast a proximity AoE tornado on each player so the "safe" spot isn't safe if all 4 are there I know that because the party dps was low and suddenly everyone died we tried again, but I ran away as I knew it was about to happen and me and and the tank were the only ones alive(tank was super low still, but I was healer so it was all good) essentially: it wont matter in 99% of the cases but that 1% when ppl are undergeared or not proessing buttons will wipe you

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

That is good to know! I don't think I've seen that, or at least don't remember!

[@JetEriksen]

You say Glasya Labolas has mechanics? I genuinely want to know more. Please enlighten me. He's the only guy in crystal tower I have no idea what his mechanics do.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Gonna be real with you, I see the platforms out in the distance, usually if the boss doesn't die fast enough, the raid straight up wipes. I imagine it has to do with the platforms! 🤣 Checking a guide, apparently activating the platforms to be reachable is quite a task itself, and at some point, like a full minute after the average group kills the boss, he will wipe anyone on the main platform, which is why the outer platforms matter at all 🤔😂

[@LawHeartfillia]

it's insane how many DRK tanks dont use TBN in pulls but also dont use their mana on flood/edge of shadow either?

[@InnocentGuillotine]

Yeah, you'd think they'd at least be burning their resources on DPS instead of uh. Nothing???? Like, surely the Kill Things Harder buttons are appealing for making the numbers pop up...

[@anjoumaaka]

I do mentor roulette as tank, probably some of my most enjoyable dungeon experiences as dark knight. Those sprout healers be outperforming mentors on keeping the dark knight alive 😅

[@noyou6216]

Mentors can get comfortable and relax too much, the Sprout panics and goes hard with the gcd heals haha

[@xvxvcaspervxvx]

When i was a fresh DRK I had the opposite issue seen here: I would pop mitigations too early and often double stack them. I guess that would make it easier for the healer at first but then much harder after Ive used all mitigations.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Yeah that's a common mistake that tanks eventually grow out of. I believe it sort of originates from being scared of not using enough! It's a much more reasonable mistake to make, especially at first! 😊

[@randomviewer2730]

That second dungeon with the DRK is the reason why i do not want to heal lol

[@KalevalaWarrior]

Keeper of the Lake, while an actual dungeon name, sounds like one of your Guildhest remixes.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

You know, thats a good point 🤣

[@sashaanne703]

As a DRK main, I’m so sorry you had to deal with that.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Hopefully they'll learn with time! 😅

[@Sky_Ler2000]

That one got on my nerves so much. Aside from little to no usage of defensives, he barely used his mana and wasn’t using salted earth (from what I could tell).

[@anjoumaaka]

As a DRK main, I too am sorry you had to deal with that.

[@Jickrussel]

I recognize the name of that drk. I had him appear in a dungeon but as a dps class and he asked why I was using TBN so much (even though TBN was breaking every time). Then when I said he knows nothing about drk he said I should use more mit even though I was cycling through my mit well for the healer. He has issues. Didnt bother falling for his bait. It was clear he had no idea how to play drk. Fun fact: Drk was the class on his adventurer plate. Mobs were taking forever cause he doesnt know how to play samurai either.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oh dear 😰 well that is concerning he's going through a rampage like that!

[@hostiletwink]

i love watching your videos, i always feel like sprout after listening to all the information lol

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Thank you so much! 😁 There's always more to learn so that sounds like a good thing! 😄

[@TheIvoryDingo]

I wouldn't be surprised if the DRK in that cursed run might have deliberately stopped using mits because you asked about it. Ive unfortunately come across a number of those

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

The weird part is that I asked because I noticed them slowly do less and less stuff! But yes I did notice it was completely off the menu after that point so maybe 🤔😅

[@1337penguinman]

As a tank main, that intro was painful to watch. On DRK in dungeons I'm basically using TBN on CD. Plus it's super obvious when it breaks so you can throw something else up immediately. Bosses I usually don't bother since autos aren't always strong enough to break it and busters are few and far between enough I can almost always just save Shadow Wall for those. There's a couple of exceptions to this, mainly the first boss in Alexandria comes to mind, but as a general rule it holds.

[@bargainbincatgirl6698]

2:30 "Not casting healing spells... by not letting players top up" Most of the time I can't allow myself to do this, because I have always main a white mage and have a lot healer anxiety. I'm trying to play more Scholar and Sage for a time just to learn to not overheal and be calm and fine with partially empty health bars.

[@ven3720]

One thing a lot of people don't know about the DOT the first boss uses in Sastasha (Hard) is that in addition to dealing damage it also has a stacking slow effect

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Well in fairness it is somewhat easily missed since it is distinctly movement speed slowing and the fight gives relatively little reason to move... Unless you have positionals I guess! 😅

[@mcmarcuz23]

Ninja with a square (ash) shield? They'll have to wield a dagger with their mouth then! Good work this round!

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

The triple wield! 😁

[@kelmirosue3251]

I would've honestly reported the duty 5 tank. That's just actively griefing. Now I can understand the whole "drop to super low HP to use Tank Invuln" on DRK, I've done that and it works wonders. But not using any mitigations at all or so few? Yeah that's a problem

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Not to mention that "drop super low to tank invuln" stops being a reason when you drop low, hang there for 5+ seconds, and then invuln! 🤣

[@kelmirosue3251]

@@CaetsuChaijiCh I mean fair, but I can understand the concept of the strategy at least

[@banriswirl6414]

as a VGC player, it's much easier to imagine healers as support pokemon such as Clefairy or Amoongus.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oh absolutely definitely! I've unfortunately never gotten far into double battles so if I started speaking on that pov then I would go way off I think! But hey, I still think that's interesting input! 😁

[@banriswirl6414]

@CaetsuChaijiCh you should definitely try it. Pick up a rental team from someone like Moxie or pokesports, and give it a whirl for a bit. It's super fun

[@Vaeris69]

Yesterday when i was tanking as my DRK, i had someone tell me in 50-60 dungeons he never! uses more than 1 cd per pull, that he only would do that in higher dungeons, since Lower level ones aint hitting that hard... That came up when i was tanking Sohm AL and i was surprised why the mobs hit as hard as a tankbuster each hit in the dungeon for whatever reason. I started always cycling 2 def cd's (Repraisal + Rampart) for example, still got hit for ~800dmg each hit, which with ~8k life is pretty much crazy much...

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Yeah as long as you split up the long cooldowns, using the shorter ones more frequently is fine! There are of course exceptions, but using shadow wall in one pull, rampart in the other, is a good starting point. Then when those end, you can use reprisal, or dark mind now that it also reduces physical damage a bit, and arms length is also an option! 😁

[@Vaeris69]

​@@CaetsuChaijiCh Yeah, thats what i usually do :D. For some reason that one instance in Sohm Al really hurt alot, like out of proportion lots, earlier that day with the same gear on my DRK (leveling it up atm) i tanked the Vault and they hurt way less and had less problems surviving. And yeah its scary how little people actually use Arms length in actual pulls since people seem to forget that it reduces their attack/cast speed. I generally use it in my basic toolkit, ever since i knew it did that c:

[@olivia1486]

Although my first thought for scholar was fairy/psychic, I realize it may make more thematic sense to limit psychic to astrologian, since not only are they based around literal psychics, but the psychic type also has a lot of connections to space that fit well with astro. I feel like fairy/fighting might work well for scholar since the fighting type is also used to represent heroic spirits and such, which fits well with the idea of scholars leading their allies into battle. And what the heck, while I'm here I may as well share my ideas for the other healers' types lol! Pure grass would make sense of conjurer, but when it "evolves" into white mage, perhaps it could gain the fairy type as well? As for sage, I could see them being part steel to represent the more mechanical basis for their form of healing, and maybe even poison type given things like toxicon? Cleansing toxins in the body, while giving them to their enemy, or something like that! IDK, not knowing what the name of sage's actions means I only have so much of an understanding of what they actually mean lol. In summary: Conjurer: Pure Grass White Mage: Grass/Fairy Scholar: Fairy/Fighting Astrologian: Pure Psychic Sage: Steel/Poison

[@HakureiIllusion]

For what it's worth, the C is Scylla is silent. Sill-uh, pronounced like a window sill.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Right! Hopefully I'll remember next time! 😂

[@reloadpsi]

That's debatable. In Greek it's written with their version of a hard K, and for some reason it got romanised with a C. Over time, the soft vowel rule changed the anglicised pronunciation. Technically both pronunciations are valid. You _should_ pronounce it "silla" in English but you don't necessarily _have_ to.

[@fawkes6352]

I don't want to trash talk that DRK or anything, but I do hope that they eventually get the hang of their job. Tanking can be tricky if you're just starting out, and being a good DRK requires having a solid grasp of tanking fundamentals. (Moreso than the other tanks, because their sustain isn't served on a silver platter.) I hope this won't deter them, and they'll eventually grow to master the role (if not the job).

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I hope so too! Although someone else let me know this particular player is mildly notorious for thinking they know what they're doing (although they don't quite!) so it might take a while! 😰 At least we managed to soldier through the storm! 😁

[@Dragkaia]

just wondering, do you normally switch around skills depending on the level? i just already have them on keybinds for all levels? just curious. Sometimes i wish you can somehow have different keybind set ups for level thresholds (i guess you could use that page feature)

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Good question! Scholar is the only job where I move buttons around like this, and it is just that art of war thing! 😅 On even something like black mage where b1 becomes kinda irrelevant at higher levels, I still keep it at the same spot just in case! It would be interesting to have level specific load outs!

[@MiddieTheFish]

Sometimes you just roll 1 on getting a competent tank. When playing healer, I had one who rushed in Dead Ends, didn’t mit very well, failed to avoid the doom at the final boss and I didn’t spot it in time so they died. He instantly left without saying anything. He didn’t even attempt a second pull.

[@kevinsano]

Sastasha (Hard)'s first boss is also annoyingly random with how often it puts dots on people, sometimes casting one or two, which you can esuna easily enough and then other times it just spams it until everyone has 3 of them, followed by back to back twisters.

[@DrakonLameth]

Healer pokemon would also include options like Heal Bell, Healing Wish (or Lunar Dance, Cresselia's signature move) as a "super heal" counterpart (knocks out user and full heals the mon that comes in to replace them in game mechanics), and in doubles mode in pokemon, Heal Pulse, too.

[@drake713]

In Tam-Tara I've pulled to "boss room" as gnb soley because the healer was a mentor. I'm a healer main so I felt she could have a busy roulette as punishment a *different* mentor was a level 23 arcanist

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

If I had a tank pull like that in tam tara, and I was healing, as long as the tank was using defensives to do their part, I wouldn't even say anything! It makes perfect sense! A bit more problematic if the same pull is done with a tank not using defensives! 😂

[@drake713]

@CaetsuChaijiCh oh yes absolutely, and as gnb have both aurora and heal on the basic combo I felt more confident even when only cure 1 coming my way. She sprinted when I did so run I did

[@arcanine_enjoyer]

As a DRK Main, my condolences for that second Ktisis run. In my household, it's either TB(N) or not TB(N). That is the answer. If my TBN is not on cooldown I am doing something WRONG. If I don't have at least 3000 MP I foam at the mouth. If my defensives are properly juggled (Dark Mind/Missionary buff yippee) then I am a happy DRK. Still waiting on a better invuln than Living Dead. (AT LEAST halve the cooldown if it doesn't proc) Also the Pokémon analogy is accurate. I always imagined tanks as the kind of Pokémon you spam swords dance on until they're at +6 and can sweep the entire arena, but sadly not fhe case in FFXIV.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Imagine if you could spam swords dance in ffxiv though! That would be quite something! 🤣

[@Thundawich]

How is scholar not fire type when its main attack is broil?

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

That is an interesting point, I never considered that!

[@Mikrowelliger]

Typing Scholar as a pokemon is definitely a toughy... I think the fairy type is kinda of a given but I also think it should have a secondary typing of psychic due to psychic also kind of including "magic" pokemon and attacks. This would also allow you to transition from its preevo arcanist being a pure psychic type. Summoner would stay pure psychic but with an ability similar to protean and access to flying, ground and fire moves. A small part of my brain would also love scholar to be fairy/fighting because that's sort of the two "fantasies" it represents - It's uses a fairy but its also supposed to be a battlefield tactitian. As far as stats I think it would be funny if it somehow included a weirdly *just serviceable enough* attack stat to represent book smacking. Also maybe an ability that makes certain non-damaging moves hit twice, kind of like parental bond.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Fighting type for Scholar is interesting! And yes it would be really funny if it had a serviceable attack Stat just for that haha! 😁

[@Scerttle]

Had a "argument" with a MCH one time about AoW being a gain. They said "don't use AOE on a boss" I said "Art of war is a gain on one at this level range" they said "no it's not" I said "look it up". All they had to say after that was "reapply your dots" because I let it drop off during this stupid exchange. I was REAL close to just leaving but I just said "uh huh" instead lol

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oh wow haha, they just REALLY wanted to be right 🤣 There's a reason I spell it out in such detail here, because I've had people go "but ruin 2 does more damage" ignoring that that's only the case after a trait as well 😂

[@Sky_Ler2000]

Wouldn’t be surprised if it was the former for the Syrcus Tower run. At that level I know I’ve hit “no” by complete accident due to it popping up out of nowhere. Happened in a dungeon too so we were down a dps the whole time.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oh yeah I could imagine, and if it happens "just at the worst time" you might not even realize you had pressed no!

[@ZanrosHoreak]

You can always look at the duty info, where it shows the time, and see if it says if you are find party members. And if you accidently hit no you can open the duty menu, same button to queue for duties, and as party lead chose to find new members.

[@Sky_Ler2000]

@ while I do know that now. It wasn’t until much later that I was informed about either the refill pop up and the duty menu.

[@red5robb1]

fun fact, keeper of the lake final boss can give up to 8 vuln stacks. i dont know how high vuln stacks can normally go for other fights or if 8 is the hard limit in general i was the healer (SCH) so my friend (who was the tank, WAR) agreed to make it more interesting of a fight my friend was disappointed it wouldnt go up higher. but i healed him through the multi hit stack marker when he has all 8 stacks so that was fun

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Apparently at some point, I think maybe with the release of endwalker? They reduced the vuln cap to 8(?) so yes that would be the limit!

[@nothappening-e5s]

4:51 lol i could hear you pointing at some particular people in the audience here

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Absolutely, you can't imagine how many times I've had to explain how provoke works 🤣

[@roberttrim9]

I would call myself a decent to good FFXIV player, but these analysis & commentary vids are great insight! Trying to get access to mentor roulette myself: 1350 commendations so far!

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I'm glad to hear that, and hey, there's always more to learn! 😁 Good luck with the rest of your journey there! 😄

[@TheValiantBob]

Since DRK tanking came up, I have a question. When exactly is a good timing to use living dead? DRK is my least played tank, aside from a stretch during HW MSQ for in-character roleplay purposes. And I have never once successfully pulled it off because either the healer would heal me before it would activate or I'd hit it too late and die.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

If you are going into a pull with the express intent TO use Living Dead, I recommend using a macro to announce that you plan to do this, before you pull. "I will use Living Dead on this pull". It is important to say it before you go, so that the healer has a chance to see it before the fighting begins. In a more panic situation, it is a lot harder, and I think trying your best to use it before you die at least is the best you can do. Whether the healer plays around it or not partly depends on whether you recognize you used Living Dead in the first place! In the case in the video, the reason it became a problem was because the tank sat on too low HP for far too long, and used Living Dead by the time I had already started spam healing them up! ^^

[@shad0wf1st]

The real question is when will we be getting FFXIV character themed competitive pokemon team building and/or battling videos?

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

It does sound fun! I wonder how well it could work! 😁

[@theyotemeister7416]

Scylla (s-ill-ah), akin to the mythological entity.

[@Namingway]

Do you have all of the tanking achievements? Might be interesting to see how much progress you get on those to see if it's worth it.

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I'm missing some on all but warrior, so that's also an idea! 😁

[@Hoooound]

Alternating hitting two targets with your single target attacks shouldn’t be that hard! So is hitting tab every GCD that demanding? Maybe it’s a controller thing? 10:46

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

It absolutely shouldn't be hard no! 😂 But some players don't even consider it! They just go "two targets mean use single target" and leave it at that 😅

[@Hoooound]

@@CaetsuChaijiCh I guess that's better than assuming that the tank is upset for whatever reason and trying to punish the rest of the party by purposefully ignoring the add

[@paz8723]

We need more tutorials, it seems

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

The hard part sometimes is also that you can lead the horse to water, but can't force it to drink! 😅😂

[@spetsu1]

Or they hold their defensives for the dungeon boss where I do absolutely no healing and just spam my one attack button.

[@EndlessMystify]

Ooh, a video about me! This'll be fun.

[@seselis625]

I think I'm missing something on the pokemon convo? Got very lost there

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

It's sort of just become a tradition that I think of how you could design a ffxiv job as a pokemon in the pokemon games whenever there's nothing happening in msq roulette! If you were never into pokemon it might sound a bit nonsensical to say the least! 😂

[@seselis625]

@CaetsuChaijiCh Ah okay! I thought there was mechanical terminology that was above my casual little head xD Thanks for clarifying 🙂

[@Viech54]

Not sure what I'd do to a tank that does not use any mitigation at all. The choices are hard carrying or playing normally with a focus on DPS-neutral healing. I had one of those in Dead Ends when I was new-ish to healing. Yes, that can happen at level 90. I had mainly alright to good tanks before, so not too much of an issue when I leveled my first healer. This was my first garbage tank and that's what was new for me. The tank didn't do anything at all until like 10%, then used Holmgang and Vengeance. What's a Bloodwhetting? Idk, probably some weird action that is not important and shouldn't be used.Naturally, that the run was rough was the healer's fault, amirite? This was the most miserable run I had as a healer to date. Now I'm more experienced and could probably handle it. I still prefer tanks who at least try to use the buttons they have. I just hope these kinds of players get experienced healers, who can hard carry the most decrepit players (if they want to), or won't back down in an argument due to their experience and kick the tank if it becomes too much of a problem. Being new to healing and having terrible tanks is not fun. Btw, what is that weird scholar thing that you mentioned? There is only Arcanist, then Summoner. My game clearly does not have that. (I didn't unlock it, my SMN is at 92)

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Not sure why they'd combo vengeance with Holmgang, and doing a trick like that in general without saying anything is always questionable, but if they had used bloodwhetting as Holmgang ended, it would've been a rare, but normal trick some warriors really really like to do 🤔 Haha you should try Scholar! It is fun! 😁

[@lmildrum]

You're only at 440 something? I thought you were way ahead of me on the mentor series lol. I'm at 505 clears so far. I use a random number generator to choose which class I play

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I started dawntrail with 200 done 😊 I only do about 10 a week so if you go harder at it than that you can certainly stay ahead! 😁

[@lmildrum]

Nope, I only do about 5-10 also at a time. Closer to 10 if more guildhests because those don't count lol

[@Korrux]

No extremes that day, I had a whole bunch yesterday. 8)

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I hope you had success and fun! 😄

[@4.1132]

I’m a returnee to the game. Decided to make a new character on a different data center for sh*ts and giggles. First Satasha run on WHM the tank decides to pull wall to wall (apparently there’s some kind of skip) without telling anyone 😂😂 Really missed how crazy healing can get 😂

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Oh dear that sounds like a wild return! Welcome back! I am PRETTY SURE not all tanks do like that in random duties 😂

[@4.1132]

Thanks 😊 It does keep things interesting xD

[@dominiklacroix4172]

Can someone enlighten me of what is meant by "tanked on the staircase but otherwise didnt do anything with that"

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Didn't use defensives when they reached the last pack. Moved the pack further over to the "wall", but not fully as they stopped by the stairs for some reason. Meaning they didn't stop at the last pack, and also didn't fully move it to the wall, meaning no one could be sure if the tank was going to move AGAIN so placed things like sacred soil would be iffy to use, lest the tank runs off again. And also they didn't do anything more, they didn't use any more defensives or anything 🤔😰

[@Garbagevideoplatform]

I love healing, but I'm so good at healing that it unfortunately enables really awful players to never cycle their defensive cooldowns. I know it isn't *obvious* how you should cycle them, but you play a tank in an mmo. Common sense to mit when taking a lot of damage ffs.

[@OnyxShard1]

Playing devil's advocate here, that second DRK could have been having an off day. I know I've certainly gone many a time without mitigating bc I've simply forgotten to hit the buttons, but to let themselves get low and not realise? 🤔🤔

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

It is a possibility, however someone else commented that they've seen the name before, and that particular player has advised other dark knights to not use TBN, and things like that, so if that comment is to be believed, it seems unlikely! But you are right, anyone can have an off day 😅😊

[@alexhaupt2134]

Scylla is pronounced like "sill-uh", or "skew-la" in Greek!

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

Maybe I should go with the Greek one just to mess with people! 🤣

[@KINGOFTHESPARKS755]

I play on bryn and imma be real i very VERY rarely see stuff like this, last time i saw something akin to these was allll the way back in stormblood, where i ran into a black mage who would ONLY cast flare At least the trash packs went fast 😅

[@acehealer4212]

I was leveling Astrologian when I got into Tam Tara with a tank who did those big pulls. Kind of a thrill! Essential Dignity is an interesting skill!

[@NatiiixLP]

We went from healer strike to a tank defensive cooldown strike, to make sure the healers stay engaged and properly entertained in duties.

[@derginadaydream]

how is that machinist in syrcus tower named pornhub ceo how are they not banned yet

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

I'm guessing not enough reports? 😂

[@OnyxShard1]

Probably bc their name is actually "Pomhub Ceo" like moogle poms and people find that funny ig?? 😭

[@Dancenorigins]

Chakra recast is way shorter than most gcds

[@Dancenorigins]

up to the level where you get charkra through your main gcds it could be used to get charkra while still attacking

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

It's recast is shorter but if you read the fine print (also known as the rest of the tooltip) you'll see that it goes on the gcd and also initiates the gcd for all the other options, so if you try to weave meditation "between" you just extend the gcd for the next proper attack by a full second. It is only meant to be used when you are not in range to use anything else, or while not in combat! 😅

[@Dancenorigins]

​@@CaetsuChaijiChoh I agree but I guess I forgot to mention that I think that with how it's setup I can see a newbie getting the wrong idea from Chakra

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

@Dancenorigins oh definitely! Absolutely! 😊 I am sure they will figure it out with time though! 😊

[@raarasunai4896]

If the tank didn’t use cooldowns, I’d try to remind them once, and if they still refuse to, I’m gone. I’ll take the penalty rather than the exercise in futility

[@CaetsuChaijiCh]

That's fair 😊 I usually see it as a challenge, especially when I bring my camera 😏