Chain pull.. is that bad?

[Truefaith87]

The way I personally look at it, the DPS and healer affect how i pull. Let's say you get 2 NIN... Not the most powerful AOE, but tons of single target. That is a case where small, rapid chain pulling works out not only for the tank, but also lets the ninjas do what they do best, rip single targets apart. People are always going to be arguing what is quicker, I just tend to go with what seems more viable for the party make-up all around.

[gehrtalert]

The way I personally look at it, the DPS and healer affect how i pull. Let's say you get 2 NIN... Not the most powerful AOE, but tons of single target. That is a case where small, rapid chain pulling works out not only for the tank, but also lets the ninjas do what they do best, rip single targets apart. People are always going to be arguing what is quicker, I just tend to go with what seems more viable for the party make-up all around.

Great piece of advice. Let the make up of your party determine how you pull. Don't pull small packs if you have an AoE-heavy party, Bards or Mages. Pull more mobs if you have those in your party. Do smaller, "chain pulls" when you have single target DDs like most melees. Go pull the next pack shortly before the last pack dies. It'll allow you to keep everyone's stacks up for better dps.

[Launched]

The way I personally look at it, the DPS and healer affect how i pull. Let's say you get 2 NIN... Not the most powerful AOE, but tons of single target. That is a case where small, rapid chain pulling works out not only for the tank, but also lets the ninjas do what they do best, rip single targets apart. People are always going to be arguing what is quicker, I just tend to go with what seems more viable for the party make-up all around.

No, as long as the player knows how to aoe, aoe is better on every single DPS.