Quote Originally Posted by Sylvina View Post
If 5k is "good" for a dps and a tank is doing 2.4-2.7k dps I'd say thats "decent" at least. it's about half the dps numbers. I cant even access FFlogs and honestly dont care about it and dont think its good for the community. Parsing should be for personal improvement only.

Doing DPS is never the tank's primary job and a tank shouldn't be expected to do as much as a dps.
I don't think FFlogs is bad, as long as the people using it use it correctly... For example, sure, your parses are rather bad, at least those that are uploaded, but that means that if I go there, I can analyze your play, and maybe help you. For example, I just went there for 5min, and I can say that you didn't refresh Storm's eye enough, but still managed to use storm's path less, which means that you didn't get enough opportunities to refill your gauge, while being an OT. You never used Uprising or your dash either.

But I don't say it because I want you to feel bad. I say it because those are things you could improve by working on it, and that's how you get better as a tank, or a DPS. I'm the Raid leader for a small roster that's not that great, clearly, but I do spend a lot of time studying logs and trying to get to the core of it, understand why some have bad DPSs while others are skyrocketing. FFlogs is a formidable tool, as long as it's not used for DPS-shaming. And that's definitely not what I'm trying to do here. But yeah, some tanks spend weeks optimizing that way, and going from 2.7k to 3.2k doesn't seem like much... but it's basically the same progression that a SAM would do going from 4.3k to 5.1k. Sure, the difference seems bigger, but if you think in percentages, it's the same thing. But for example, I'm much more critic of my tanks than I am of my DPSs.

My whole point is that : we all have different expectations, but we can all rise up by training and studying what we lack, where we're bad. That's why some people asked to have a video of you playing BLM. They want to see what you're doing, so they can correct you. You don't have to post it there, or anything, I'm not trying to shame you, although I don't always like your phrasing, and I may seem myself agressive... But eventually, what I'm trying to do, here, is helping you get better, and many are doing the same. But capture one of your tries, send the video to a friend of yours that can play it well, ask for advices... It's alright to be lacking some DPS when you're learning a class, but don't let that distract you. Don't forfeit, don't complain that the game is badly conceived, but keep trying, analyze what you're doing, what you can improve, and so on, and you'll get there. Don't worry about it, and don't be ashamed about your performances, we all started somewhere, and I still do really bad parses myself.

We musn't forget that this is a game, and although I don't like people making little of the work of others, I understand that your comment was made under a bad mood, so it doesn't matter. But please, if you really want to go BLM... Go, mate. You'll get better, by yourself, or by asking directly for help. Believe me, we're seen as a bad community because of irrelevant jerks such as myself that react impulsively, but deep down, many of us in the community want to help others.