Dear Ranged Dps

[virgil204]

I know your impatient to do dps. and can't wait to start the fight to do "CRAZY DAMAGE".
Good that's how a dps should be.
However going ahead of the tanks and pulling in the hope that the tank will catch up with you. (after all what a useless tank. He's not pulling fast enough so I'll just keep pew pewing. He'll just pick up the pieces)

Wrong
Point hear is I play DRK.

Overtime I see I dps pull I just stand there and watch.

Inevitably he starts to scream and complain about me not being a good tank and slow on the pull or not being able to hold hate.

Honestly I don't care. The pleasure I gain from seeing you eat the dirt is way to good. Groups are very simple

The tank and the Tank alone pulls.

In FFXI and WoW the rule was simple.

Give about 5 to 10 seconds at the start of the fight for the tank to gain hate then start dps.

If you see me in a group as tank and you pull a mob or group of mobs for me. My reaction is simple and consistent. I WILL LET YOU DIE.

[Laerune]

Enigma is that you?

[Zojha]

Dear OP

Please go home, you're drunk.

[SilverObi]

Your ONLY good point in three threads: dps please don't pull ahead of your tank.

Other than that, a mediocre tank can establish hate within seconds and hold it. What's your problem?

[Neri]

5-10 seconds is a bit much, I advise you to rethink your rotation.

[Tubben]

In [...] WoW the rule was simple.

Give about 5 to 10 seconds at the start of the fight for the tank to gain hate then start dps.

When did you play WoW the last time? NOT EVEN ON RAIDBOSSES you give the Tank 5+ Seconds. He pulls, thats all the time he gets. In WoW atleast.

[aesteval]

In FFXI and WoW the rule was simple.

Give about 5 to 10 seconds at the start of the fight for the tank to gain hate then start dps.

In this game you don't need 5 - 10 seconds to build up an aggro lead. :-p I support letting the tank pull and take a moment to position mobs, but you do not need a 5 - 1 0 second lead.

[Kitfox]

My reaction is simple and consistent. I WILL LET YOU DIE.

Stop being petty and do your job. All you need to do is stand there and spam Flash/Unleash/Overpower and look pretty. If you're not at least trying, you're part of the problem.

[Zfz]

To be fair, a good DPS knows to adjust to the tank. So the blame can go both ways.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I don't know why tanks still feel the need to sit back and let people die if they pull a little more, intentional or not. It's just slowing the run even more than your slow playstyle was already.