is it okay to not enjoy big pulls?

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Originally Posted by Freyyy

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Even if melees except SAM tend to have weaker AoE skills compared to other DPS, pulling big and using those AoE skills is still more efficient than pulling small and single-targetting like you'd do in Sastasha. Understanding this is as simple as 1+1=2.

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When did I say single target and skip aoes I agreed with the person about melee can aoe just like other classes all I added was how crappy and pointless DRG aoe is besides it's usefulness with BOTD..I need you to read instead of trying to sound smart

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Originally Posted by Aomine1992

When did I say single target and skip aoes I agreed with the person about melee can aoe just like other classes all I added was how crappy and pointless DRG aoe is besides it's usefulness with BOTD..I need you to read instead of trying to sound smart

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I think she might be pointing out "waist of time" portion of your post.

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Originally Posted by Aomine1992

Lol clearly you dont play DRG but death spike and sonic thrust are both weaker then tanks aoe so it is a complete waist of time unless you are trying to save BOTD

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She put it in bold.

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Originally Posted by Transient_Shadow

I know the a big part of tanking is setting the pace of the dungeon and every dps and their mother wants to rush a dungeon but honestly I don't.

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So don't. As you said, you set the pace. If it's not super dooper sonic fast like they want, to hell with them. If they have a problem with it, explain that you don't want to pull big. If they have a problem with that, they can quit and find a different party.

My view on being comfortable with big pulls on tank has always been that the tank is by far the least important part of the success of the pull, so it doesn't matter if you're comfortable with them or not.

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Originally Posted by Aomine1992

Lol clearly you dont play DRG but death spi

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Clearly u don't read tool tips, 130 potency is stronger than pali 100 potency aoe, sonic thrust is 170 potency. Dragonfire dive every two mins geirskogul, every 35 seconds. Plus u have tons of buffs to boast ur aoe, bfb , life surge, heavy thrust works on aoe to, plus battle latency. I'm level64 but clearly u been handling mobs wrong dragoon has plenty of aoe tools

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Originally Posted by Transient_Shadow

However despite getting better at bigger pulls I just can't say I enjoy them. Their honestly stressful and not fun at all. I know the a big part of tanking is setting the pace of the dungeon and every dps and their mother wants to rush a dungeon but honestly I don't.

I guess I'm looking for some advice from the more veteran tanks.

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tank how you want as long as you keep agro and the party survives thats all that matters. if they piss n moan about that just let them either kick you or leave.... they have to re-queue for a long time and you'll get a almost instant enter into the next roulettes, dungeons may take some time on the lower leveled dungeons as you dunno how many are trying to get in.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

Clearly u don't read tool tips, 130 potency is stronger than pali 100 potency aoe, sonic thrust is 170 potency. Dragonfire dive every two mins geirskogul, every 35 seconds. Plus u have tons of buffs to boast ur aoe, bfb , life surge, heavy thrust works on aoe to, plus battle latency. I'm level64 but clearly u been handling mobs wrong dragoon has plenty of aoe tools

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Basically Heavy Thrust buff will put your Doom Spike to 149.5pot and Sonic Thrust to 195.5pot and that is per enemy hit, we have not included Nastrond and Geirskogul and Dragon Sight's 10% yet. Compare to tanks' potency with their tank stance up is lower for sure. Paladin's Total Eclipse is 110pot btw.

Every class has their AOE rotations so IDK what that guy claims, but well he pays for his sub anyway.

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Originally Posted by Sarcatica

Basically Heavy Thrust buff will put your Doom Spike to 149.5pot and Sonic Thrust to 195.5pot and that is per enemy hit, we have not included Nastrond and Geirskogul and Dragon Sight's 10% yet. Compare to tanks' potency with their tank stance up is lower for sure. Paladin's Total Eclipse is 110pot btw.

Every class has their AOE rotations so IDK what that guy claims, but well he pays for his sub anyway.

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Like I said Im just level 64 loving dragoon by the way but , I have about three jobs left to level after dragoon and I have never felt I didnt have enough aoe on any job. Some people in here just clearly dont read tool tips , just really triggers me thanks for pointing out about dragon sight havent gotten it yet but lookin forward to it.

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Originally Posted by Freyyy

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Either that woman completely misunderstood when someone told her to "watch her waistline" or Flava Flav is her personal stylist.

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Originally Posted by Kohdo

So don't. As you said, you set the pace. If it's not super dooper sonic fast like they want, to hell with them. If they have a problem with it, explain that you don't want to pull big. If they have a problem with that, they can quit and find a different party.

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I really don't get this viewpoint, and a lot of tanks seem to have it. You're essentially playing a team based game, why do you think your feelings matter more than the rest of the party's? "I don't want to" isn't a valid reason to not do big pulls when the other three people "want to."