I was going to reply earlier on in the thread, though its a good thing I didn't. Please forgive me if Im off base regarding the nature of the thread with my Input, or simply repeating what has already been expressed in the thread. I wont argue why people play certain classes, but the point thats being stressed is that every class possess Tools that allow it to perform beyond what it's main role is, and " IF CAPABLE" One should make use of those tools and do everything in their power to help the team succeed (Lets put the Time factor aside for now).

It says something about a person who really appear to be trying, even when shit hits the Fan. I've seen a Monk Shift into Fist of Earth and utilize Mantra/Foresight/ and even Featherfoot in order to hold the enemy at bay, basically becoming a mini Tank...a very mini mini mini Tank performing a role outside it's Main Role a little just enough for the Healer to Quick Res the Tank and get everything back on track. Everything dont have to be chaos for this mindset to be in play either. People say " Oh if it's in Raid then okay, but otherwise just no " when the mindset itself isn't for any specific Tier of Content, whether it's Alexander Savage or Satasha NM.

Now I generally keep to myself regarding someone elses game play in game, because I don't know exactly why they play the way they do and why they aren't using all the tools, and Im not even going to pretend to know. They also aren't obligated to tell me and some people react violently when they percieve what "Can" be simply advice as being told what to do or how to play...I understand this. I'll be lying though if I said I wasn't bothered seeing a Healer Run to the end of the Hall and jumping twice as if trying to tell us to hurry up while the Tank was full Health, Mobs Half Health, and No Dots on any of them (And it was all the Mobs before the Boss so it wasn't like the Healer telling us to come pull More). It's Hard to tell if someone is really trying, but situations like the one I just described doesn't help any cases lol.

Opposite to the situation above, I was also in a Party where the SCH Healed alot, then tried to switch Cleric Stance inorder to DPS. Something went wrong and there was a Wipe. It was possible that the Healer overshot it in Cleric stance and the Tank got Wrecked because of it. What I can't knock the Healer for was Trying, utilizing all the tools they have. Just an improvement of their Judgement/Timing (Which comes with experience, not everyone come out with knowing how to do this in a superb way) and it would have been smooth as hell and so freaking Smexy.

It's not just about DPS as its not something designated to any specific Class, it's people utilizing or trying to utilize all the tools they have if they can to bring about success. Most of the stuff in this game can be done without it, but I dont think that's the point. Then again I may be way off base, in which case disregard my words.