I'm personally still pretty new to this game (main lv 49 DRG), and I have no idea why someone wouldn't use HT as a DRG... I always thought anything to boost your damage up as a DPS was a good thing. Btw, I had no idea getting cross-skills from pugilist was good for DRG, so thanks for the info, I'll get to level it as soon as I can log into the game.

To clarify I totally agree with the OP. I don't see a reason not to keep HT up and if the person didn't want to do it after being asked to in a basically corteous way, then I think it is perfectly reasonable to vote kick them. I just don't like it when people directly insult you or get bitchy for playing the game wrong, instead of first just telling you what you're doing wrong so that you can correct it. I will ALWAYS do exactly what the more experienced players tell me to in a dungeon, because I assume they know better than me, but it can be pretty frustrating when they say it in a directly offensive way.