Why mark targets?

[SpookyGhost]

Play Monk and then see if your opinion stays the same.

[Aeora]

Play Monk and then see if your opinion stays the same.

My main is monk. . . . I'm lvling War atm, I don't mark for people because I've never needed it.

[Raestloz]

My main is monk. . . . I'm lvling War atm, I don't mark for people because I've never needed it.

When a DPS pulls aggro from you and you try to regain it while another gets pulled by the healer for trying to keep you alive, resulting in a hectic pull and overall increase in Waste of Time™ and Bad Party Experience®, you'll change your tune.

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[Aeora]

When a DPS pulls aggro from you and you try to regain it while another gets pulled by the healer for trying to keep you alive, resulting in a hectic pull and overall increase in Waste of Time™ and Bad Party Experience®, you'll change your tune.

They won't. . . because I actually watch what everyone is doing and plan for it

[Souljacker]

They won't. . . because I actually watch what everyone is doing and plan for it

Well aren't you just the most epic tank in the whole wide world!

Is it necessary? No. Does it make a run a thousand times smoother, especially for new DPS who might not yet know the kill order? Absolutely. Is it easier in low level content because mobs barely tickle you to get away with just spamming overpower indiscriminately? Yep. Is it a thousand times easier on your healer in places like Stone Vigil where mobs hit like trucks to have a kill order and CC some of them?

You betcha. There's a bunch of reasons to mark. If you don't want to acknowledge the value in it because you think you are some sort of ubertank that can just faceplant everything - that's your choice. I hope I never get filtered into one of your parties.

[Aeora]

Well aren't you just the most epic tank in the whole wide world!

Lol, I think you misunderstood what I meant by my statement;
I more meant; I keep an eye out for who's targetting what and tab between mobs making sure that they all get a little whack of +Amnity skills . . . that's all
by no means am I a pro tank - I'm just overly cautious I suppose

[Rev1170]

I find it lazy when tanks do not mark, I understand it helps to rolls dots as I do on my BRD but on my PLD I mark everything. I have 2 and 3 on my hotkeys and 1 on SL I just mark them as we are running to the mob and there is no downtime. It makes for smoother pulls and helps DD know who to jump to next rather then cycling through targets to figure out who we are on. It takes 3 secs to mark everyone if you do it right.

[Raestloz]

because I plan for it

So you choose to not mark, but claims that you plan for what everyone else is doing

Seems legit