Tanks thrown out of farms for low DPS?

[Kosmos992k]

Someone earlier in the thread said something that is fundamentally true for me and many players. This type of additional expectation on tanks (and healers) to do extra DPS or else in end-game is precisely the reason so many people avoid end-game and the end-game community like it's the black death on steroids.

I won't win any awards for DPS numbers with my gear, but I can tank decently, perhaps well. Any DD player demanding I increase my DPS had better bloody well be executing their job perfectly and using every possible way to increase their DPS before they demand that tanks or healers take up the slack for them.

While we're at it, those same damage dealers better not be taking any unnecessary damage. In case you guys didn't know, you're supposed to dodge AoE attacks...Oh, and by the way, you can maintain your peak DPS even if the tank has to move to dodge an attack, but it requires that you unbolt your feet from the ground first. Or is the need for you to reposition occasionally just too much for you to cope with? Honestly, it's pretty poor when damage dealers with positional requirements refuse to move with the flow of the fight and complain when forced to do so.

If you're going to demand tanks up their DPS, I presume you're also demanding that healers do more DPS? Well, just so you know, healers get really pissed off when damage dealers who demand that the healers DPS, stand in pools of hurt instead of dodging them, because it means they have to expend more MP and time healing you.

Point being, you can't have it both ways. We can all put demands on other roles in a fight, but first and foremost we need to get our roles right, consistently, before we are in any position to ask more of others.

Fundamentally, all content goes faster if everyone executes their job correctly. But, kicking tanks (or healers) for not also being a DPS machine is simply asinine.

That is exactly why the game needs a parser. Bads have no idea how bad they are.

My personal opinion would be a personal parser, not a group one.

I take it you're one of the 'goods' then?

'Bads'

What a stupidly pejorative term for other players that is. I loathe seeing people using it at all, but especially in the way you have. The last thing this game needs is a parser. It would be used negatively all the time - by people like yourself - and drive many more players away from the game.