As a tank, why am I expected to heal?

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Originally Posted by Cherie

Whoa there. I think you are stretching the boundaries of "Poe's Law".

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Clearly not considering the replies.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonThunder

Today I got kicked from a Fractal run because I wasn't throwing out pots at the BLM... <snip>
That's not all, last week I got kicked from a Bismarck run because I didn't have Clemency on my DRK... <snip>
Why is it like this? I signed up to play a tank, not a healer.

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My only thought is; Yes, a s a Tank shouldn't you be doing DPS instead if healing?

The only drink Dark needs is strong liquor shot (ether) between pulls. Hence your 50~60 quests start in a bar. Warrior self heals by bathing in the blood of fallen enemies and drinking tears soaked in broken hopes and dreams. Paladin can't cross class clemency, because its to busy doing high DPS numbers that cause the other DPS to vote kick out of jealousy.

My conclusion is, how are you using pots on other people? Or is it the other mandragora leaves that you're tossing around? Because that healing tank sounds like its in another game.

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Originally Posted by Purrfectstorm

I have your story beat. Today I did.. <snip>

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That was a good story..

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Originally Posted by Kotemon

My only thought is; Yes, a s a Tank shouldn't you be doing DPS instead if healing?

The only drink Dark needs is strong liquor shot (ether) between pulls. Hence your 50~60 quests start in a bar. Warrior self heals by bathing in the blood of fallen enemies and drinking tears soaked in broken hopes and dreams. Paladin can't cross class clemency, because its to busy doing high DPS numbers that cause the other DPS to vote kick out of jealousy.

My conclusion is, how are you using pots on other people? Or is it the other mandragora leaves that you're tossing around? Because that healing tank sounds like its in another game.



That was a good story..

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Originally Posted by AskaRay

Um?????????

Joke
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People's heads

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I just don't
are people not really reading the opening post?
I know my reading comprehension is abysmal but come on.................

lol only tank understand the joke

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Originally Posted by FudoMyoo

lol only tank understand the joke

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no everyone got it, the problem was it just wasn't funny.

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Originally Posted by Andrea

no everyone got it, the problem was it just wasn't funny.

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but the replies sure are

Sounds like a troll

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Originally Posted by Andrea

no everyone got it, the problem was it just wasn't funny.

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Yeah, but buffoons will try to act like we don't so they can do their pseudo-intellectual shcitck.

Satire. Look it up folks, then learn that not everything you read online is true.

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Originally Posted by Acyd

Satire. Look it up folks, then learn that not everything you read online is true.

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But it's illegal to lie on the internet!

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Originally Posted by AskaRay

But it's illegal to lie on the internet!

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I bet a lot of these people take TheOnion "news" stories seriously as well.

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Originally Posted by Acyd

I bet a lot of these people take TheOnion "news" stories seriously as well.

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The Onion can predict the future, though.
(That's from sixteen years ago)

This isn't funny guys, I'm trying to point out a serious flaw about the current endgame and the way people treat tanks yet all you can do is mock me? Wow, I give up on this community. Let's all pretend for a second that WAR's getting kicked for having bad DoT's isn't an issue. GG.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonThunder

This isn't funny guys, I'm trying to point out a serious flaw about the current endgame and the way people treat tanks yet all you can do is mock me? Wow, I give up on this community. Let's all pretend for a second that WAR's getting kicked for having bad DoT's isn't an issue. GG.

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If you didnt say anything about using Pots then people might of believed you. But you can not pot another player.

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Originally Posted by ScarletDawn

If you didnt say anything about using Pots then people might of believed you. But you can not pot another player.

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I don't think anyone would have believed him. The potion aspect of the OP was not the only part the clearly shouts satire.

As an endgame healer, unless I'm running something like Alex Savage or Thordan, I wouldn't expect the tank to pot unless they wanted to.

I DO, however expect tank tank to be making use of their cooldowns. The more the tank helps to mitigate damage, the more breathing room I have to help DPS, the faster the instance goes for everybody. While I agree, kicking the OP was a bit much, I don't get why any tank would not want to be popping cooldowns or healing themselves if they can.

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

I don't think anyone would have believed him. The potion aspect of the OP was not the only part the clearly shouts satire.

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You mean you don't see WARs getting kicked all the time because of how crappy their DoTs are? It's a serious flaw SE needs to adjust; they're basically getting completely excluded from endgame. ：P

While OP's post is poor satire, I do agree with the grand message.

Sorry I'm late! I was making popcorn.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

You mean you don't see WARs getting kicked all the time because of how crappy their DoTs are? It's a serious flaw SE needs to adjust; they're basically getting completely excluded from endgame. ：P

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Although entertaining, I am not sure what your post has to do with the OP? 0.o

I agree though. I do everything in my power to exclude the useless underpowered Warriors and Dark Knights and bring Paladins for clemency!

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Originally Posted by Greedalox

While OP's post is poor satire, I do agree with the grand message.

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What grand message? No one expects a tank to heal, and no one gets mad at a DRK for not having clemency.

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

Although entertaining, I am not sure what your post has to do with the OP? 0.o

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This isn't funny guys, I'm trying to point out a serious flaw about the current endgame and the way people treat tanks yet all you can do is mock me? Wow, I give up on this community. Let's all pretend for a second that WAR's getting kicked for having bad DoT's isn't an issue. GG.

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Oh, I didn't read most of the thread, just a few posts and the OP heh - and I now realize that I responded directly to a post responding directly to that. I'm not sure how I missed that line :O

Damn scrub warriors and their horrible DoT management!

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

What grand message? No one expects a tank to heal, and no one gets mad at a DRK for not having clemency.

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I'm not referring to the literal taking of his satire, but what the satire was made for. Of course nobody expects tanks to heal, but it's one of the biggest arguments that healers who refuse to DPS use- "Muh healz". They also say that BLM and SMN should be spamming Cure as the counter argument to people saying that they are tools in their kits and therefore should be used. The flaw in the argument is that DPS heals are ineffective while healer DPS is quite potent, hence the ineffectuality of OP's description of tank heals.

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Originally Posted by Greedalox

I'm not referring to the literal taking of his satire, but what the satire was made for. Of course nobody expects tanks to heal, but it's one of the biggest arguments that healers who refuse to DPS use- "Muh healz". They also say that BLM and SMN should be spamming Cure as the counter argument to people saying that they are tools in their kits and therefore should be used. The flaw in the argument is that DPS heals are ineffective while healer DPS is quite potent, hence the ineffectuality of OP's description of tank heals.

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I thought the satire was poking in the other direction. That is to say that Healers shouldn't DPS, just like tanks shouldn't heal. Though, I guess I may have totally missed the mark on this satire, it was rather poorly done - almost like that Penn and Teller TV show - ugh that show sucks.

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

I thought the satire was poking in the other direction. That is to say that Healers shouldn't DPS, just like tanks shouldn't heal. Though, I guess I may have totally missed the mark on this satire, it was rather poorly done - almost like that Penn and Teller TV show - ugh that show sucks.

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Maybe you're right and I am wrong, we both think the satire is wonky so maybe we just took a different point of view xD

No matter what he meant, it's a really, really stupid argument, and I feel like a few brain cells of mine died just by viewing the original post.

Lets let it die.