DPS obsession in farm groups

[ToasterMan]

The problem is those "few extra minutes" add up. If you're clearing a 6-minute fight in 8 minutes, after only three runs those extra two minutes would have equaled an entire extra run that you're now missing out on. And it only gets worse the longer you farm.

I don't agree with being openly hostile over a few extra minutes, but I also don't understand the mindset of people who think wanting to be efficient is a bad thing. To me, it's encouraging mediocrity if you're fine with tagging several extra minutes onto each fight because someone is sandbagging. Doesn't matter what the content is.

But for some reason this community seems to love wanting to give DDs a free pass for a poor performance. A tank can't hold threat or dies to mechanics because they wont use CDs? He's bad, replace him. A healer can't keep people alive? He's terrible, get him outta here! A DD is limp-wristing so hard that you're taking longer than you should to clear fights or are forced to deal with extra mechanics? Shut up and leave him alone, not everyone wants to speed-run. No.

I'm not encouraging people to not try and be efficient. I do the best I can whenever I go into an instance. As a healer main that means dpsing and all that when I can, but at the same time I know some healers aren't as comfortable with being all out battle mage. I'd rather not wipe because the healer went into cleric stance at the wrong time causing the tank to die. (Even though that's probably only a real danger in relevant raid content.

You misunderstand, its not a crime to take minutes longer to finish a dungeon. Its a crime to not give a shit about trying then trying to justify it.

Just because someone doesn't meet someone's expectations doesn't mean they aren't trying, or don't care about trying, but I think that's what some people in this community honestly believe. It's not that black and white.