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[Silvanoshi]

I think the tank is referring to using Blood for Blood (+30% Dmg Given, +25% Dmg Received) alongside Foresight. (+20% Defense)...

It is a proper way to increase DPS (which makes the dungeon faster) without really suffering too much extra damage and making life for the healer horrible. The tank is obviously leveling an alt, and wants it to go faster and tried to deal more damage (faster run) without inconveniencing the healer very much.

It's just someone (archer) getting angry they didnt get to control another player. This tank obviously was making effort to meet his and his healers "needs".

[ispano]

I think the tank is referring to using Blood for Blood (+30% Dmg Given, +25% Dmg Received) alongside Foresight. (+20% Defense)...

It is a proper way to increase DPS (which makes the dungeon faster) without really suffering too much extra damage and making life for the healer horrible. The tank is obviously leveling an alt, and wants it to go faster and tried to deal more damage (faster run) without inconveniencing the healer very much.

Actually, Foresight doesn't reduce incoming damage by anything close to 20%, so it doesn't really offset anything. Not to mention since he's not on Lancer it will only give him a 10% damage bonus, not 30%.

[Slatervonjager]

Wait, so you're telling me this whole time I've been tanking wrong? Man, screw playing WAR, I should totally go back to playing MRD so i can use bfb. hells yeah!

[Silvanoshi]

Actually, Foresight doesn't reduce incoming damage by anything close to 20%, so it doesn't really offset anything. Not to mention since he's not on Lancer it will only give him a 10% damage bonus, not 30%.

I never said it did. You're making an assumption. I said he was trying to deal more DPS without suffering too much extra damage.. I'm not sure how you read that it was mitigating it all.

[ispano]

I never said it did. You're making an assumption. I said he was trying to deal more DPS without suffering too much extra damage.. I'm not sure how you read that it was mitigating it all.

No, that's not what you said.

This "It is a proper way to increase DPS (which makes the dungeon faster) without really suffering too much extra damage and making life for the healer horrible." is what you said. You didn't say he was trying, you said it's a proper way. And going with what you bolded and underlined, it's NOT a proper way. He gets 10% more damage output, and since Foresight is maybe 5% reduction at best, and only for physical, still taking at least 20% more damage while doing it. Probably closer to the full 25%.

[Silvanoshi]

No, that's not what you said.

This "It is a proper way to increase DPS (which makes the dungeon faster) without really suffering too much extra damage and making life for the healer horrible." is what you said. You didn't say he was trying, you said it's a proper way. And going with what you bolded and underlined, it's NOT a proper way. He gets 10% more damage output, and since Foresight is maybe 5% reduction at best, and only for physical, still taking at least 20% more damage while doing it. Probably closer to the full 25%.

"Proper" and "too much extra damage" is subject to opinion. The tank, again, was going out of his way to increase his DPS and mitigate incoming damage from B4B. Absolutely nothing wrong with what he did in a low level dungeon unless his healer was struggling to keep him healed.

[Aaron_T]

Thats a whole new level of bad.

[scarebearz]

and yet clearly no one was like "hey remember that guy that was using a pet to tank to help out a tank in a dungeon and how he was just playing his job incorrectly instead of being seen as using something outside the norm and complacency of end-game routines? Yeah me either, let's mock him now then say glory unto Haruhi a month from now when we use a SMN to tank something for us in an encounter with Titan."

This community sometimes I swear.

There is quite a difference between using Titan as part of a boss strat pre-agreed by the party and using Titian in DF before the party has started, because you "had a feeling the Tank would suck".

[SinisterJoint]

I'm just gonna say this, its friggin haukke manor. It can be duo'd (ive done it with archer/cnj) So if he is using bfb and getting more dps, who cares? Its making the dungeon go faster, heals arent heavily needed in that dungeon.

So what gives?

[HumsterMKX]

I'm just gonna say this, its friggin haukke manor. It can be duo'd (ive done it with archer/cnj) So if he is using bfb and getting more dps, who cares? Its making the dungeon go faster, heals arent heavily needed in that dungeon.

So what gives?

It depends on the amount of pull and the healer actually.