How do you deal with sluggish tanks?

[Evangela]

No but seriously. Do you really want the tank to start a fight / boss pull with only 150 tp? Or the Healer has 0 mana? If so you have to be okay with the repercussions. I actually have a friend that when he tanks, if the DPS or somebody pulls off of him or starts a fight without him he just sits there and waits for them to finish. Then He goes and does his own thing. IDK if it really teaches anybody a lesson or not but seriously. 30 seconds is no time at all.

there's no way we can have 150 TP or 0 MP for a boss fight even if the tank pull as fast as possible.

and tanks that watch people die should be kicked for trolling.

[Skypirate]

there's no way we can have 150 TP or 0 MP for a boss fight even if the tank pull as fast as possible.

and tanks that watch people die should be kicked for trolling.

I agree with you that trolls should be kicked.

To the other point it is VERY Easy for tanks to run out of TP and drop to even below 150 TP. Warriors have Overpower which has a Ridiculous TP Cost. http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Overpower As for healers running OOM In a scenario of impatient DPS and warrior having to spam Overpower to grab Hate off of all Mobs it is incredibly Likely a healer will run oom as well. I Would consider half mana Or below unsafe for starting Any next encounter but Especially a Boss Fight.

[Alahra]

there's no way we can have 150 TP or 0 MP for a boss fight even if the tank pull as fast as possible.

It's actually quite possible to run out of TP on melee with all the SS that's on some of the gear, especially if the other DPS is only moderately geared.

As for the original post...I deal with them by not being a jerk. If I solo-queue as DPS, I do so knowing that I won't have control of pacing. That is the tank's responsibility.

[Ashquar]

and tanks that watch people die should be kicked for trolling.

Sorry disagree with you on this. If you pull it without waiting for a tank first, then you can die and get the trip back to the beginning of the dungeon. Only time I will intervene is if the healer tries to heal them. Other than that, well take the lesson and learn from it. And if I get kicked for being a "troll" as you call it, then so be it. If anything the DPS ought to be kicked for the same reason.