Quote Originally Posted by EaMett View Post
I never said the tank was doing their job right. Or that they weren't being selfish. I'm saying it's your responsibility not to pull aggro as a DPS regardless of the tank you have. If you pull, it's always on you as a dps. You can cry all you want about how bad your tank is. The fact is YOU are the one pulling aggro and all that it entails. And -again- if this game were a bit harder and the mobs killed you consistently, YOU would be the dps contributing the least compared to the dps properly managing their aggro. Which again means that YOU fail at your role which is to contribute as much DPS as you can in that group setting. (as opposed to how much you can in a striking dummy setting)

Don't get me wrong. If your tank is capping your dps because they aren't building proper enmity. By all means call them out. But don't blame them for your mismanagement of aggro. (I get it, it's frustrating, especially if the tank is being a douche. Still your fault though).

I also addressed the healer aggro point earlier in my initial post FYI
That said, it's a very subjective situation. The DPS will allways consider it's the tank fault of not enough threat combo if he pulls out, and the TANK will allways consider it's the DPS fault of not managing enmity with side tools.

What's the case with an undergeared tank forcing DPS stance and DPS combo with unsufficient threat ? Should his DPS be a priority over more geared DPS that pulls more threat than he can sustain with only damaging abilities ?

A BLM that focus one target with Fire IV all the day down during multiple target pulls, and not aoeing while the other DPS and the tank/heal are, is the tank responsible of focusing a sole target with 100% of his DPS instead of spreading it as the tank spread his threat ?


Sadly, things are subjective to one's point of view and consideration of his own pleasure over everyone else's.