All right, I guess Iāll share a few stories. Apologies in advance for the double posting! Donāt murder me @Staff_Julie (I love you!
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Back when I was playing FFXIV:ARR, before Heavensward was even announced, I was doing a group run in Brayfloxās Longstop. A level 30-ish raid required for the main story. Itās harder (I find) for things to go wrong when thereās only 4 people. Especially when the other DPS is your Love-That-Can-Never-Be.
So, sheās a Black Mage (easy mode) and Iām a Monk. That leaves us with the Healer and Tank. Neither of whom we knew beforehand. Faiyte(The BLM) and I had a habit of alternating between putting up marks to coordinate our encounters. It was her turn this raid to be doing it. Unfortunately, the Tank isnāt coordinated. Even with us doing part of his job for him.
Heās very, very silent and this becomes a problem the further in we go. Until weāre about to do a mini-boss and I hatch a delightfully treacherous plan. We want to confirm whether or not the Tank is reading party chat. I tell Faiyte and the Healer (Remember: in the parties chat. Easy to see) that weāre going to murder the Tank by proxy. Running in, to engage the mini-boss, and then running back out before the room gets sealed. Trapping the tank by himself with the mini-boss. If this plan works, then he isnāt reading chat. Because he would have known.
So we go and do the dirty deed and it works perfectly. The three of us are just standing behind the gate 15 seconds later and watching FOR SCIENCE! as the Tank gets gradually murdered by a mini-boss.
Now came the next part. Which was sort of an improvisation and not actually planned out ahead of time. When the Tank respawned and came back, we just /pointed and /laughed at him ad nauseam. This is when he finally deigns to speak in chat and tell us about how mature (sarcasm) we are. Heās not a bot. Heās an actual player that just chose not to read the chat in a co-operative dungeon because he doesnāt see the importance in it.
After a few minutes we all decide to scrap this run and start over. Thatās the last we saw of that guy. You need to keep in mind this game is also available on the PS3 and PS4. Now and then you get someone; without a keyboard. This wasnāt one of those guys. This guy just wants to play the game like a single-player RPG⦠and we might as well just be quirky NPCs to him. Some peopleā¦
Iāll tell more stories later if thereās any demand. To summarize this story: Tank wasnāt reading chat so the Healer and DPS conspired to have him murdered. Lols were had.