Tank asked BLM to "mark and sleep"? Is this normal?

[Raestloz]

As the BLM, and I assume the more experienced between you two, I think you're more in the wrong in this matter.

Asking something unexpected shouldn't draw immediate indignation and refusal. Asking a DPS to mark is rare, but it is certainly something you are able to do.

SV can be rough on a newbie tank and sleep can help a lot. I've recently re-learned the value of repose as a WHM in lowbie dungeons where inexperienced tanks simply cannot hold threat on all the mobs at once when healing needs are high. In a roundabout way, that tank probably had enough on his plate, was feeling stressed, and was hoping to delegate away some responsibility. Not doing so made his job harder. I know when I'm tanking and my party is not cooperating with me, I don't feel terribly motivated to give my full effort either.

It's certainly something I can do, but in a team, you are expected to do your job. He obviously knew the value of marking, why he didn't do just that was beyond me. He never said anything about marking beyond that initial one. Not cooperating is one thing (e.g. overgeared DPS not giving a s**t about enmity level), not doing your job is an entirely different thing, that would mean you're the one not cooperating.

That's partly why I asked. If this is commonplace, I'll start to do it on E party.

BLM Sleep is an AE past level 36, there is little sense in them marking anything they slept because of this. If it can be slept and is in the pack of mobs it's going to be sleeping.

If he was new you should have probably explained that to him.

Even when I was using WHM and Repose (which is single-target), marking bound targets was of little value, mostly because the tank had marked stuff, and/or DPS simply stopped using AoE.

I don't really know how "new" he was. He knew the value of marking, so he's not a total newbie. He had obtained Warrior AF, so he's been around for some time. I mean, how do you get to level 45 and not know what your class is supposed to be doing?