Quote Originally Posted by Pinkie_Pie View Post
I said what I had to say to defend myself from someone who kept attacking me at log numbers which BTW I was *not* asked to have up for other people to see and judge me because I wouldn't wear a full strength accessories just cause, yes, you can do *all content in full strength* and have only 20k health, but will your *healers* like you. Will your group like you? If that healer missed that heal or cooldown and you died from a tankbuster, who do they blame, *the tank* for not having a cooldown and if you said you used a cooldown, where does that lead, back to the healer which stresses them out and ends them up leaving the group. But clearly now you are bashing at my skill level for wearing vit for those *clears*. I'm done talking with you now and back at the topic at hand on why dps is *lazy* on doing dps when they need to dps in dungeons.
No one is "attacking" you. Someone first made a rebuttal based on your claims of producing high tier DPS, then criticised your flippant "STR R ELITIST" remark. While that may not have been the intent, you didn't articulate it well. In any event, you're ignoring the point referenced: that perhaps the MCH you mentioned found using barrel hindered his/her group more than it benefited all due to their current skill level.

This thread essentially boils down to, "play the most optimal way possible to maximize DPS." If you're going to criticise DPS for perceived subpar performance, then you have to be willing to acknowledge STR is better than VIT for a direct damage perspective. You can't ignore context for one scenario, not the other.