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[HyoMinPark]

Neither do I but I am sick of idiots who want the healers and tanks to put out silly levels of unrealistic dps.

Not neccesarily referring to the forums but it happens in game plenty.

I feel like, if this trend were so pervasive, I would have seen it at least once in my 2 years of playing.

Most people just “deal with” the idle healer or tank continuously in tank stance doing nothing (heck, there was a PLD in one of my Rabanastre runs that was just auto-attacking every boss, never bothering to actually tank when the MT died and the boss ran around smacking people, and people said nothing about it). Rarely do they ever speak up.

[akaneakki]

Not neccesarily referring to the forums but it happens in game plenty.

Since you do it so often, why not show us proof while you at it? I have played since 2013, so I would like to see you backup this, while I can backup proof of lazy players expecting ME to play good and they aren't trying.

[miraidensetsu]

I have topped over 6,000 DPS on WHM.

WOW! 6K DPS!? More than a good DPS player?

I want to be your friend. Can you tell me how you achieved that many DPS as WHM?

[Taika]

I want to be your friend. Can you tell me how you achieved that many DPS as WHM?

WHM skills have a huge AoE potency (Holy 100-200 potency and Aero III 50 potency + 40 potency tick; whereas BLMs Fire II is 80 potency and Flare 80-260 potency), so if a healer is good at optimising their healing (spending as many cooldowns as possible on DPS and as little as possible on healing abilities), it's quite normal to bypass actual DPS players on dungeon trash pulls with Aero III and Holy spam.

[miraidensetsu]

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On the other hand, you don't said anything about those DPS that don't help healers to keep the party alive dodging mechanics or refuse to use the aggro drop abilities to help the tank to keep aggro, steals agro of him or simply pull for him. Are those DPS contributing like they should as a party member? And how about those DPS that don't use their skills to help, for instance, a SMN that outright refuses to raise a fallen member or that BLM that refuses to give some mana to an healer that's under 10% MP? Are they dragging everyone down as well?

If so, why aren't you demanding that level of groupwork from DPS as well? Or it's ok to be the "princess DPS"?

[Taika]

On the other hand, you don't said anything about those DPS that don't help healers to keep the party alive dodging mechanics or refuse to use the aggro drop abilities to help the tank to keep aggro, steals agro of him or simply pull for him. Are those DPS contributing like they should as a party member? And how about those DPS that don't use their skills to help, for instance, a SMN that outright refuses to raise a fallen member or that BLM that refuses to give some mana to an healer that's under 10% MP? Are they dragging everyone down as well?

If so, why aren't you demanding that level of groupwork from DPS as well? Or it's ok to be the "princess DPS"?

I think it's fairly self evident that if someone wants tanks and healers to contribute in DPS because they think that every party member should do their best for the party, they also want DDs to avoid AoEs, RDMs and SMNs helping with raises when needed, BRDs buffing group DPS with Requiem and so on and so on...

[miraidensetsu]

WHM skills have a huge AoE potency (Holy 100-200 potency and Aero III 50 potency + 40 potency tick; whereas BLMs Fire II is 80 potency and Flare 80-260 potency), so if a healer is good at optimising their healing (spending as many cooldowns as possible on DPS and as little as possible on healing abilities), it's quite normal to bypass actual DPS players on dungeon trash pulls with Aero III and Holy spam.

I agree that Aero III, Holy and Assize are powerful spells. But, sorry. Not powerful enough to pull off 6K DPS. I think you're overestimating these skills potency.

Also, if the proper DPS jobs pulls off their AoE abilities, they can pass easily that number. Alas, BLM don't have just Fire II as AoE. They have also Blizzard II, Thunder II (that's AoE DOT), Freeze, Flare, Thunder IV (also AoE DOT) and even Foul. And a good BLM does 5~5.5K DPS on end-game content.

[miraidensetsu]

I think it's fairly self evident that if someone wants tanks and healers to contribute in DPS because they think that every party member should do their best for the party, they also want DDs to avoid AoEs, RDMs and SMNs helping with raises when needed, BRDs buffing group DPS with Requiem and so on and so on...

Not that obvious. Maybe that DPS wants do be carried on the back while healers and tanks does all the job. You never know, since everyone turns a blind eye on poor DPS performance if it's not too obvious.

And DPS contributing with buffs or heals or raises is so rare for me that i make sure to commend any DPS who does that. Is so rare that I even find a good run if both DPS just don't eat crap and do enough damage. But, I never had an static, all my experience on party was from duty finder.

[Taika]

I agree that Aero III, Holy and Assize are powerful spells. But, sorry. Not powerful enough to pull off 6K DPS. I think you're overestimating these skills potency.

You were saying?



Edit: On the video on which I saw that pull, the pull lasts 1 min 11 seconds, WHM DPS peaks at 8.5k and is still almost 6k (5938) when the pull is finished.

[Zfz]

WOW! 6K DPS!? More than a good DPS player?

I want to be your friend. Can you tell me how you achieved that many DPS as WHM?

I have seen two 6k WHMs in Skalla just this past weekend on trash pulls. Didn't bother to check their gear because I just assumed they're mostly 340. I've pulled 10k on trash in Skalla myself as RDM when my plan (Embolden+Manification+going in with 100/100 mana) line up with the tank's plan (Skalla still doesn't seem to have a meta strategy yet on the JP side of DF) with 310 weapon and 319 item level, so I didn't think a WHM with 6k AOE was worth checking out the gear...

That said, I agree that 6k is quite some feat in Skalla as most healer will not hit 6k in DF because many seem to put more emphasis on healing the tank in mass pulls.