Tank dps harrasment

[Kaethra]

Here's what it boils down to. People group with whom they wish. Its really that simple.

You cannot be booted from a Trial unless 4 people out of the other 7 decide you must go. If its because they think you're in tank stance too often, then that's their will. If they don't like your glamor, hairstyle, character's eye color.. those are all valid (if strange) reasons. You can call it abuse all you want. But in reality where is that going to get you? You think a GM is going to place you back in the group, shake their finger at the 'abusers' and say 'play nice now...'.

You think they are going to take revenge in your honor on them and suspend the people? Sure.. they MIGHT look into it, but failing harassment in group chat, they'll likely take no action. Telling you to use an ability isn't harassment, its strategy, and if you're not conforming to the rest of the group, YOU are being disruptive and can be actioned. Duty Finder is a dictatorship of the majority. All it takes is four against one, even if the other 3 agree with you, you're on your way out.

I personally don't care what stance a tank is in as long as they don't kill themselves and don't get anyone else killed. I expect the DPS to do the DPS that is required of the encounter. That's my opinion. But that is ONLY an opinion. If I'm in a group and they decide they want the tank to pull so however much DPS, then sucks to be that tank I guess. Nothing I can do about it. I can click no on the vote kick, but what will that do? Tank is still being booted at the end of the day in that scenario.

Like I said, if the majority of a group wants you to bunny hop, you're going to be hopping or looking for another group. Premades is the only way to avoid that nonsense.

[BorisDaBlade]

I’ve always just thought I was being considerate staying in tank stance to not overburden the healers with my added 1k dps. Unfortunately, my fflogs show that in V3S, since I’m in the grey there.

Going forward though. I may just treat tank stance as an added CD, I just wish it wasn’t on the gcd with pld.

[MoroMurasaki]

I’ve always just thought I was being considerate staying in tank stance to not overburden the healers with my added 1k dps. Unfortunately, my fflogs show that in V3S, since I’m in the grey there.

Going forward though. I may just treat tank stance as an added CD, I just wish it wasn’t on the gcd with pld.

I think alot of tanks think this way. I'm not saying never enter tank stance, especially if you're pulling big in a dungeon or about to take a tankbuster, but yeah... It's certainly not necessary for most of us.

We like your dps just as much as our own in general.

[Paladinleeds]

The OP could easily be another one if she's on Aether. Between CD rotation, immunities and a little help from a competent healer you don't have to be a "raider" to stance dance as a tank anymore.

When I'm with PUG healers, I'm very cautious. That being said, I just came out of an Expert roulette as PLD with a WHM healer friend. in Ala Mhigo. Even managed to pull off the penta-pull (butt clenching moments aplenty, with a DRG/MCH DPS, might not have been the best idea but whatever), and I spent more time in Sword Oath than Shield Oath in bosses. I did 1 or 2 enmity combos, then Sword Oath and pushing out DPS. That's how I am, I'm cautious around people I haven't built that trust with, but once the trust is there, I'm going to go balls against the wall. So what would your tips be for overcoming the cautiousness around PUG healers (and their wildly varying skill levels)?

[Xerek]

So what would your tips be for overcoming the cautiousness around PUG healers (and their wildly varying skill levels)?

Communication and experimentation. At the start, ask what your healer is comfortable with. If they're convinced they can keep up, go for it. If the healer was wrong, it could be ugly, but really, what is the worst-case scenario? You wipe. In a dungeon that's a quick respawn and regroup. Ask the healer what went wrong and then either try again full-bore or scale it back some. It really doesn't risk much to trust your healer's self-appraisal, and the rewards if it does work are far more then worth it.

[Tubben]

Content is NOT designed around tanks sitting in tank stance day and night and healers not dpsing at all.

It's not that i dont agree with you, i would die from boredom without dps'ing as an healer, and the ABC Rule should be followed if possible but :

Just to make one thing clear. Thats just not true. Content IS designed without Healer DPS in mind.

Yoshida: Yes. Since all DPS jobs will be increasing up through level 60, it makes sense to have the white mage's DPS extend by a proportional amount as well. For development, such as with Bahamut's Coils, the development team assumes what the item level should be for general equipment on players when they clear a raid. They sum up the basic DPS for four DPS and tanks at that assumed item level and cut that by about 10-15% for the minimum clear DPS. Healer DPS is not taken into account when this is set.

Want a source?

[MoroMurasaki]

When I'm with PUG healers, I'm very cautious. That being said, I just came out of an Expert roulette as PLD with a WHM healer friend. in Ala Mhigo. Even managed to pull off the penta-pull (butt clenching moments aplenty, with a DRG/MCH DPS, might not have been the best idea but whatever), and I spent more time in Sword Oath than Shield Oath in bosses. I did 1 or 2 enmity combos, then Sword Oath and pushing out DPS. That's how I am, I'm cautious around people I haven't built that trust with, but once the trust is there, I'm going to go balls against the wall. So what would your tips be for overcoming the cautiousness around PUG healers (and their wildly varying skill levels)?

I would say first off you're a PLD - you've got the best mitigation tool in the game in Hallowed. Know that you have that there as your "oh sh!t" button when you need it.


Xerek has already said communication and I think that's probably the best answer. In an ideal world every healer knows their limits and how to convey them. Sadly in the world of DF I feel there are a lot of players who just will not communicate whether that stems from being console players without keyboards or something else entirely.

If you ask a healer how they feel about a large pull and they say anything other than "please no" I say go for it. I've now pugged the Ala Mhigo megapull with each tank several times as it is becoming more common in DF and I can say it's certainly possible. I do think for something like that you should spend more time in tank stance, that way if it goes well enough your healer can AoE a bit which is difinitively stronger than CoS pretty much across the board.

I also endorse Xerek's ideas on wiping - there really isn't much of a penalty for it, plus you've learned a bit if it happens.

I don't mean to presume anything about your current skill level but as most of my post focused on stance dancing I'll reiterate that even in preformed parties I only have one tank friend that consistantly does those gigantic pulls primarily in DPS stance and he is both very geared and very skilled, not to mention usually backed by wonderful DPS players.

I think tank DPS shines in single-target situations, if you're going to begin DPS stance I would say do it on bosses. Ala Mhigo is an amazing example of bosses that require almost zero tank stance outside of gaining some threat. Zenos has that cleave tankbuster move but even that isn't coming close to oneshotting most tanks, heck I've survived it on WHM.

I don't think you're ever going to feel as comfortable stance dancing with a pug healer as you would with a friend, if I had advice for that I would give it but I don't think it exists. I do think that the more you get " in the groove" of stance dancing (just like healers did before SB) the more comfortable you'll become with it in general (again like pre-SB healers) and whether that practice comes from pugs or premades doesn't matter as much as having the experience.

It's not that i dont agree with you, i would die from boredom without dps'ing as an healer, and the ABC Rule should be followed if possible but :

Just to make one thing clear. Thats just not true. Content IS designed without Healer DPS in mind.




Want a source?

This quote is two and a half years old though. He's also said personal and FC housing would be separate, housing reclamation would never be a thing, enacted "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with parsers... Not everything Yoshi says stays law forever.

I would be startled if Ultimate had no healer DPS factored into its timing. I know it's an extreme example but it's no less valid.

[millktea]

so you're intentionally doing less damage out of fear?

I get the opposite: I get bullied for dps stance

[millktea]

"shield oath? you're a paladin. you do no damage"

"you died because no defiance. your cds do nothing, you get 20% mitigation"

"we have a warrior that does bad damage" (based on an overhealing white mage that doesn't know how to lucid properly)

as a tank, you're always going to be wrong.

[Tint]

so you're intentionally doing less damage out of fear?

no, that's not the intention. the intention is to have more defense out of fear. doing less damage is just a side effect.