Because apparently, counting in increments of two is too damn hard...

[Tiggy]

That I agree or not on the actual responsibility, it's not complicated to do call outs, so I'll definitely give it a try.

I can live with that. Godspeed.

I only hope it won't do like target marking and end up giving situations where it doesn't change squat. LOL

It really doesn't make a difference. I've got a monk friend who will attack anything and when I complain he says "without a mark my fists go where they want." Then I put a mark down and I have to tell him it doesn't seem to matter since they go where they want anyway. The marks rarely seem to help at all.

its not reasonable to expect anyone to do call outs. it is nice, but should never be expected. going to explain why;
Tank 1 pulls. lightning strikes shortly after, producing the 1st set of orbs. Tank 2 grabs three(3) and provokes. fight continues. 2nd lightning strike comes out. Tank 2 will still have plenty of time on surge protection, so no tank swap is needed. anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense will think "i should try and clear some of these orbs so Ramuh doesnt do more damage". if no orbs are picked up simply because x-person didnt say anything, then there is a distinct lack of the ability to think for ones self.

This is how you end up in a situation where people gathered orbs prematurely and the raid wipes since the tanks couldn't buff. I've seen it happen dozens of times even when call outs were happening. This situation requires an excellent group of 8 players who all have near perfect raid and situational awareness. You won't get this in most pugs. In an ideal world sure, but the real world is less than ideal.