Unsung Heroes

[Lyrinn]

I came out of a duty finder Ultima HM where we were doing pretty well (not smoothly but we were holding up) up until the last set of bombs. I'm still not sure exactly how it happened because that part was messy but before either of the tanks could LB3 for the bombs, the bombs blew up and one of our DPS dropped. Turned out he sacrificed himself (accidentally or not) so we could save the LB3 for melee to cleanly finish Ultima off, and all it took was a quick swiftcast + raise to recover.

Now I know people are going to come in and say it was nothing special because it was unnecessary and blah blah blah, but keep in mind this was duty finder and, if no one was lying, no one was premade. We already had a wipe and a few deaths throughout the fight, and I personally was pretty low on MP (we had no BRD). The fact that we even had that level of coordination surprised me.

But cool story aside, what bothered me was I did not immediately notice what happened with the bombs. In fact, no one did until after we won. I think that in these sort of fights (e.g. Titan), tanks and healers get the spotlight (or blame) while DPS get nothing but blame for not dodging, etc. - which is to say, no one typically congratulates DPS for doing their job well.

So to all the DPS who go unnoticed despite dodging and killing everything flawlessly, thanks, from a healer.

[valho]

That's the life of a DPS, you can dodge everything perfectly, do top DPS and still no one will say good job, or even give you a pat on the back.
Thanks for the post, it makes us DPS feels appreciated

[synaesthetic]

This BLM appreciates your appreciation!

[Rochetm]

I get a lot of commendations as dps and I take that as my good job/thanks.

[synaesthetic]

Because I have scholar leveled I never queue for stuff as DPS. If I go to a non-Coil dungeon as BLM or BRD, it's because I'm in a FC group.

[darzok]

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

[Orophin]

I've saved the day plenty of times with a well timed Manawall. Titan HM, Caduceus, they ain't got nothing on me.

[kyuusei]

On the other hand, when we as DPS DO get thanked, it's nice, especially when rare.

I also enjoy shoutouts for being 'that dragoon that DOESN'T stand in every AoE,' timely limit breaks, tanking in place of a dead tank, etc.