*shrugs* Never needed it to be honest. Nobody who uses TP should be running out of TP unless they are mindlessly spamming AoE rotations infinitely. I suppose it goes back to the whole multipull culture where you must pull as many freaking mobs as you possibly can at once, but I've never really enjoyed that playstyle to be honest. I'll do some AoE, but it almost looks as though that you were meant to do 2-3 AoE rotations and then switch to single-target, almost as if the game was designed to be played in such a way that you are meant to pull... *gasp* single pulls.
When you do single pulls and focus-fire mobs, damage to the tank goes way down, healer can DPS more, and best yet, you don't need Goad. Again, single-target DPS will never, ever run you out of TP, ever. In fact, you gain TP while single-target. If people are running out of TP, then they need to manage TP. Yes, TP is an actual resource, and yes it needs managed. Goad shouldn't be a "I can do whatever I want" button, and you're forgetting that there's only 3 people in the group who can even receive Goad in the first place. The tank sure as heck shouldn't need it (unless you got some Paladin spamming Eclipse over and over again but that shouldn't be happening; one should know their limits), so that leaves the two DPS, and that's assuming that one of them isn't a mage.
As for Diversion... eh, why does Diversion "lower other peoples' DPS"? It reduces enmity. Nobody should be pulling hate, ever, unless the tank is failing his job. This isn't FFXI where a MBing Black Mage might pull the mob off the tank. And even if they did pull hate, that's what Provoke is for.
So, let's look at the other 5 options:
Leg Sweep: You're going to pass up the ability to stun AoEs? Surely not.
Second Wind: This is nice if you get clipped by an attack or something and you know the Healer isn't in a good position to heal you, or you just want some extra insurance.
Invigorate: You don't need someone Goad you if you have Invigorate, lol. Instead of complaining about people not Goading you, maybe you should have taken Invigorate?
Bloodbath: A bit of passive HoT, doesn't hurt
True North: Depending on which melee you are, this can also be nice to have.
So, to even slot Goad, it's difficult to find room for it. And even if I did slot Goad, it has a 180 second cooldown. You're going to use a 2 seconds per 3 minutes in trying to counter my argument that a DPS like SAM barely even needs to look at their party window? lol?
I think you're misconstruing what I mean by 'take a break'. Or are you one of those tryhards who think that you should be, at every possible moment, sitting on the edge of your seat, always mashing buttons constantly? Sorry, but I like to enjoy my playtime, I like to relax a little, lean back in the chair. I don't go for 5s+ doing nothing (unless something happens IRL that forces it), but I don't use absolutely every GCD and spend next-to-zero time outside of GCD either. I mean, seriously now. Demanding almost-zero non-GCD is ridiculous.However, nobody should be taking a break during duties, it's frankly disrespectful to the other party members who are (hopefully) always busy doing something.



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