Quote Originally Posted by blowfin View Post
Um, using Quelling Strikes to mitigate your threat generation is BRD and BLM 101. It basically allows you do to more damage without making life difficult for the tank and healer. Not using it is a sign of being bad. There's basically no reason that you shouldn't be using it as often as you can, weaved in between a GCD when it's available and appropriate.



As above, you're not reaching full your damage potential by doing that. Learn to love it, learn to use it appropriately. Realise that it allows you do more DPS, and therefore helps everyone.
You do realize that partying is a team effort, right? It's not always about putting out the big numbers, sometimes not putting out the big numbers can be every bit as helpful. You have to gauge the situation to see if going all out is a good idea or not. And if it's not, then it's just as vital that you don't. People have this idea in this game that DDs are balls-to-the-wall idiots that ignore the party situation and your comments don't really dissuade this viewpoint. I mean, this very thread is based on that view...