Quote Originally Posted by SamRF View Post
I've tried several times to tell players to not use Clemency but they always took offense and started getting defense or didn't respond and continued to use it. My wording was along the lines of "please don't use Clemency" or "you don't need to use Clemency". It's a little confrontational to tell someone to stop using an ability when they didn't ask for advice, so no entirely unreasonable that they react that way I guess. How would you go about asking someone to stop using it? Genuinely asking, cause I could probably use different wording.
The straight answer is that I wouldn't. I simply don't care enough, and the slowdown caused by a PLD sacrificing an attack for Clemency dwarfs next to a DPS who only uses single-target attacks on mass pulls, or someone who dies constantly and forces me to hardcast raises. Particularly fast runs are something to take mental note of, but I'm not so much in a hurry that I would try to shave seconds off a run by micromanaging the other players.

I have a perfect example of this from a week or two ago when I spammed Aurum Vale runs to farm the moogle tomestones. Most tanks didn't pull it wall to wall but only took one or two groups at a time. The fastest run was something like 11 minutes. Then there was one tank who did pull everything they could. I actually had to pay attention to healing and it was honestly more exciting than the usual AV run (no wipes and the tank didn't die; I don't remember if either of the DPS did). But guess what? It took about two minutes longer than the fastest run. The DPS playing properly is so much more important than optimizing the last 1% out of the tank that I just don't bother.

But I digress. To entertain the thought, your wording may come off as a reprimand of them doing something wrong. So perhaps instead encourage them to trust you by saying something along the lines of "I got the heals, you can focus on damage". Try to offer a positive reason for them to not use the ability rather than just telling them to stop using it. It's easier to convince someone to play a certain way if you give them all the pieces they need to arrive at the conclusion of that being the best way.