Quote Originally Posted by Steelbreeze View Post
DPS taking aggro has always been a mark of a poor dps. Whether or not it is also a sign of a poor tank is another matter. Enmity levels are easily visible in-game and if a dps does not want to take aggro then if he's good he won't, no matter how terrible the tank is.
Tell that to bard burst. It hits like a truck and happens so fast that there is no gradual climb in the enmity meter. Even with Quelling, you can literally take hate from a slightly under-geared or sub-par tank before they even have time to react.

You can only adjust your DPS so much before you're you've nerfed yourself into obscurity.