'allo there dps, fine day we're having. Question for ya!

[Vagrant-0]

You realize that the overwhelmingly vast majority of tanks in this game don't have the first clue as to how to mark targets

Everyone can mark targets. Sure, it may not be as organized since you would have to know what target the tank is going for, but this can be done easily with a simple macro.

/mk circle <tt>
/p Tank's target is marked with circle, please focus your damage there
/assist <t>

or for healers

/mk circle <tt>
/p Tank's target is marked with circle, please focus your damage there
/ac "cure" <t>

Just click with the tank selected after the initial round of flash/overpower. Super simple. Can even add one of your abilities at the end of the macro to attack the target right away. Nobody has an excuse, just make sure that only one person is marking things.

[Steeled]

Everyone can mark targets. Sure, it may not be as organized since you would have to know what target the tank is going for, but this can be done easily with a simple macro.

Preferably, only the tank should be marking targets. It's just part of the role. Mark targets.

Like I mentioned above, some tanks frequently switch back and forth between targets. If one is marked as "1" then I know that's the mob that should die first and if the tank switches to another one temporarily I know that he'll eventually go back to "1".

This. I occasionally run into dps that switch targets as I move on to the next (when <1> is almost dead, I mark a new target with <1>), and I politely explain to them to stick with the almost dead target, I'm just marking ahead of time for them so that they know what to attack next.

There's no need to make the time to mark <2,3,4>, especially sometimes because pulls change. If someone agros something more dangerous, I'm switching. You can continue to kill <1> if you like but my next target may not have been what I would have initially marked <2>

[glen7187]

Preferably, only the tank should be marking targets. It's just part of the role. Mark targets.

I mark as a tank but when I perform the other roles, I see sometimes DPS marking or when I'm THM I will mark my sleep target. My only suggestion for people is that if the tank is marking then let him mark. If he isn't marking then I don't see anything wrong with marking yourself. In one group I had, I was marking my sleep targets but sometimes it clashed with the tanks plan, so later in the dungeon he began marking the sleep targets so I just let him do that and followed the marks.