'allo there dps, fine day we're having. Question for ya!

[Oriaet]

Let's be honest here; this issue can rarely be layed at the feet of one particular person in the party. I play both roles, as many of us do, and that at least gives a bit of perspective. One of my big pet peeves in groups is Paladin tanks that think flash only is a legitimate AoE threat holding method. Flash is god awful threat per second and SMNs dots will quickly rip threat off additional mobs if the tank is only flashing for AoE threat. Paladins in particular, as they don't have as many heavy threat building AoEs as WARs, tend to be very lacking in this regard. It seems they don't like to switch targets very often to lay a Savage Blade or Rage of Halone on one of the "off targets" which is definitely key to them holding AoE threat when they have well geared DPS in the group.

The other side of this has already been thoroughly, but a lot of DPS are over zealous as well. Pushing all your buttons as soon as you can doesn't make you awesome.

P.S. Coming from my tanking background a tank that doesn't at least mark their main target, I don't need a 2 and 3 over the targets you aren't attacking as I can figure out THE BIG 1 MEANS ATTACK THIS ONE, is failing in their duties. A tank's role is not just to hold threat but to clearly define the progress of fights as best they can as well, among other things.

P.P.S. Why are none of my class levels correct on the forums when they are in the Lodestone? This is something that has bugged me for a while now.