Why mark targets?

[Alenore]

As a dragoon, I dot targets.

But...
I do so after my first heavy thrust (+15% damages), then use ID/Dis/CT on the target, Phlebotomize... Here, 5 skills used on one target. Then I use ID on the same one, and switch the other for Dis/CT/Phlebotomize. So now I have two targets with all the dots I can apply, and have to pick one to DPS... That's what the mark is for. Markings is also used to know if I should reapply dots on that target when it's about to wear off or if we're going to kill it very soon, and thus simply combo because Phle or ID/Dis/CT won't be as efficient as TT/VT/FT.


But I guess bad tank is bad.

[Feylie]

But I guess bad tank is bad.

Bad tank is bad because of no mark, huh?

I don't mark anything because no one can pull off me. You can focus whatever you want after you DoT everything, none of the enemies in any 4man dungeon do damage to me unless I literally pull everything. Healers that don't DPS quickly learn that they should, because they will get bored with the damage I'm not taking.

In my eyes, Tanks that mark require them so that they don't lose threat either because they're new or their gear isn't good or both. As far as new DPS go, whenever I get matched with one I just tell them "Kill everything". They never feel pressured to attack "the right target" because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.

[Raestloz]

Bad tank is bad because of no mark, huh?

I don't mark anything because no one can pull off me. You can focus whatever you want after you DoT everything, none of the enemies in any 4man dungeon do damage to me unless I literally pull everything. Healers that don't DPS quickly learn that they should, because they will get bored with the damage I'm not taking.

In my eyes, Tanks that mark require them so that they don't lose threat either because they're new or their gear isn't good or both. As far as new DPS go, whenever I get matched with one I just tell them "Kill everything". They never feel pressured to attack "the right target" because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.

Ah, of course. "It never happened to me, so it's fine, tactic is for the weak"