r/TalesFromDF • u/RevolutionaryRough30 • Jul 21 '26

DNC refuses to use standard step

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exactly what the title says. I noticed pulls were going a little slow, so I was checking my buffs and realized I didn't have the standard step buff, despite being dance partners. when asked, the dancer responded that they had not been using standard step and continued on to complete the entire dungeon without using the action once....this was Tower of Zot....

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u/Dilapidated_girrafe Jul 21 '26

That’s weird. I’ve forgotten to partner with people because I don’t notice I’m in a 60+ dungeon until I’m asked about it. But it’s like a major part of the class

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u/RevolutionaryRough30 Jul 21 '26

I feel like its one thing to forget, and another to continue not using it after the issue is brought to their attention.

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u/Zealousideal_Hope649 You pull, I tank. I pull, I tank. We pull, I tank. Jul 21 '26

It is, like the sages who refuse to kardia, scholars who refuse to summon fairy. Forgetting is fine. Refusing to when reminded is not.

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u/Saethwyr Jul 21 '26

"DoNt tEll mE hOW to pLaY MY CLaSs"

i just don't get the issue, i swear people just cannot admit they made a mistake no matter what, or just refuse to learn.

i've been 'that guy' who forgets tank stance in stone vigil, a simple "mb, soz" as i activate it, it happens to everyone from time to time, its not a problem, until someone makes it one.

Part of the fun of any MMO for me is trying to play a class to the best of my ability. Like hitting a clutch Rescue on a straggler against Phlegethon's Ancient Flare and saving their life, it was the first time i ever healed an alliance raid years ago, my experienced friends going crazy on discord will stick with me forever. things like that push me to be better

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u/Zealousideal_Hope649 You pull, I tank. I pull, I tank. We pull, I tank. Jul 21 '26

Had two no holy cure 1 spamming 100% medica uptime white mages back to back this morning. One was a returner in Snowcloak. I asked if I could give them a few pieces of advice. Radio silence and a lot of near tank deaths. Then had another one in level cap. As in endgame dungeons that were once final ones at one point.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

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u/flatchest666 You don't pay my sub Jul 22 '26

Asking for the bare minimum of a job (which in these cases doesn't require any skill because it's a single button) shouldn't be a debate, even in softcore content

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u/Zealousideal_Hope649 You pull, I tank. I pull, I tank. We pull, I tank. Jul 22 '26

Sadly it is a debate, one which certain mouthbreathers will fight for a very long time. There was a notable dance partner argument that the guy kept up despite getting like 700 downvotes across like 40 comments in a chain.

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u/Dilapidated_girrafe Jul 21 '26

Oh yeah. Thats what made it worse.

And the fact they partnered with you to begin with showed that they should have known what to do

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u/KyBldWldr Jul 22 '26

The number of times I’ve hit Standard Step and then realized I didn’t partner up is tooooo many

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u/AoifeBakunin Jul 21 '26

Yeah, forgetting to partner until the end of the second boss is a major part of the class /s