DPS Misconceptions

[givemeraptors]

You have stated the following in this thread:
1)DPS will know a fight inherently better than a tank or healer
2)Healers add nothing to help DPS in a run
3)Tank and healer mechanics are easier compared to DPS mechanics
4)Healers can get away with not knowing mechanics and tanks too

1) The way current responsibilities are delegated, if 4/8 people who were totally new to a fight were given a list of things typically assigned their role and told to focus on those things only I think there are many fights where a DPS would be the most knowledgeable overall, though the best players would combine knowledge from all three roles. Obviously most people don't play in a vacuum, and it's really up to players what they do and don't know, but again, I'm talking about roles here and the way those roles are talked about in general, hence why the first subtitle is "tanks/healers know the fight better" not "people who play tanks or healers know the fight better".

2) I used Pharos as one example where a healer doesn't really add much to DPS beyond keeping them alive (which is a redundant point to make anyway) and you somehow took that to mean always. I can't help your reading comprehension there. Selene inherently disproves this point, though I don't use her in Pharos. As for a healer deciding to DPS, that is entirely up to a healer and beyond their job description.

3) Again, you took sometimes to mean always. Tanking Titan HM is absurdly easy, healers and DPS have it rough. Knowing where to lead Garuda and her sisters/provoke Spiny is rough on tanks, much easier on healers and DPS.

4) I will repeat a third time, sometimes but not always. Tanks may not (and really don't need to know) that a purple tether will form a destructive orb on the final boss of AK. Heck, they don't even need to know that adds spawn. All they have to do is stand in a corner and button mash. As long as the other roles know what they're supposed to do, that knowledge is completely irrelevant to a tank FOR. THAT. FIGHT. NOT. EVERY. FIGHT. WORKS. LIKE. THAT.