"I play the way I want" -Randomperson

[Gormogon]

Hi Gormogon, I might just ask: do you normally PUG all your instances and if so, have you ever come across a healer that has not kept the party up causing one or two wipes; or a tank that does not use his skills to keep aggro, thus causing the mobs to attack you consistently - and if so, how did you deal with this situation?

What I'm trying to highlight is that the posters in this subject are noting the BLM may/may not have been using all the "skills" provided for his job (either by just spamming one skill and ignoring the others) and thus hindering the run (and potentially causing a wipe).

Out of curiosity as well, could you please advise how you developed your BLM's rotation? Did you seek out information or were you advised by friends/party members?

1.) I use DF a lot. Sometimes I get queued up with bad players of whatever role or people that have or are met with connection issues. Yet it doesn't bother me. I take those situations and weaknesses into consideration and try to accommodate as best as possible. Lower my DPS if it's just a gear issue or try and/or burst as much as possible hoping the mob dies within the next few spells after getting aggro. Overall I'd rather keep trying to get it done than blame everyone in the group for their errors because it's unhealthy especially when it doesn't guarantee to fix the issue and can make it worse.

So

If tank disconnects and I know I'm about to pull aggro, as long as it isn't range I'll kite, spam scathe, juke with aetherial manipulation, use swiftcast if I have it for blizzard 1 and so on. If it is range then it's gonna be more tricky since juking doesn't do much and line of sight doesn't work, so mitigation and offhealing are my only alternatives and the best approach if there's another dps up.

Yet I don't expect the healer to optimize for the situation.

If healer disconnects or dies I know I can either keep DPSing and try and trust the tank to mitigate damage on his own by using his abilities, healing himself, and kiting or take into consideration that I'll have to off-heal.

Yet I don't expect the tank to optimize for the situation. What I posted about that situation is simply a judgement call I'll have to make.

If dps is bad, disconnects, or dies I'm confident on my dps to pull that weight so on that note I'm not worried and if they can be slept I would also have that option.

2.) For the most part, 1 good DPS can make up for another especially if he's ilvl 90 or higher ilvl'd in dungeons. It does make the run better if everyone's good but that luxury isn't a guarantee.

3.) I developed my BLM's rotation on my own since the concept behind rotation and min/max are not new to me, i grew up with that concept. I also spread the word behind double and triple flare before they were even a norm because they became more and more needed. Was I the original person behind them? I don't think so but the design was there and I wasn't abusing it either. To me those things are elementary. I did theorycrafting before, which personally I found it to be a waste of my time. Yet knowing a perfect rotation and knowing a min/max are rather pointless on their own. You have to be able to implement both and accommodate for inconsistencies on the fly based on any given situation. So in other words to gauge someones skill relies more than just parsing numbers because those numbers wont prepare you for inconsistencies and situational awareness.