Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
It's actually important to stay alive as a DPS as well, especially in a EX trial or savage raid. The spotlight might not be directly on you like a tank, but dropping to the floor is a serious DPS loss which could make the difference between whether or not the group can skip a phase depending on how the fight is set up. DPS and healers are targeted by mechanics a bit more frequently than tanks, if not a lot more.

Ultimately, it comes down to what you enjoy playing more. If you feel like DMG is the best way for you to contribute to a raid, then play DPS. But avoiding KO status is something all three roles have to worry about. If you do decide to keep tanking, and you feel panic starting to set in, remember to just breath. Deeply though the nose, slowly out the mouth. This has helped me tons when doing first time encounters on my DRK.

Good luck out there!
Thanks ^_^

Tho what I meant when it comes to dodging damage,yes it's important for a DPS but one DPS dying is not as severe as one of the tanks dying especially on EX and raid bosses that requires both tanks to switch....while I did manage to beat Shinryu EX with friends.....I paniced in phase 3 that I forgot to Shirk to my fellow tank and died to the last Tera Slash xD

I'll most likely stick to Dragoon since I seem to be doing much better at it currently for EX and raids....but I won't totally neglect tanking but it'll be much less than I used to up until maybe 5.0 where I'd go tank for casual runs in dungeons and see if I can control my panic better before tanking high end content again