Goad

[Senfei]

"You don't sit with Internal Release ready to go the entire dungeon because "There was never a situation where we would die if I didn't have extra crit. Use your skills, and use them on your own without having to be asked." Quote from your post. Based on your logic, Benediction should be used as well on a random player on a random time just because "There was never a situation where we would die if XyZ.." . Or you know "Holmgang" when you are full health, just because "There was never a situation where we would die if etc..."... And then afterward, when a actual situation raises, required you to use those skills, will you like "Oh shit, they are on CD"?

Benediction and Holmgang are "Oh sh--" buttons that save the party from wiping. Goad is a TP regeneration skill to be used on a party member as a support mechanism. If you can't see the difference in the use of Goad and the two skills you mentioned, there's not much else I can say. I think you are just arguing to argue, so whatever. The point is, Goad is a skill on your hotbar. It's not up to everyone else to tell you when and how to use it, you need to learn when and how. Paladins and Warriors shouldn't need to be told when to use Provoke, they should just know that "Oh, that stray mob is wailing on our poor healer. Provoke!". Ninjas should just know that "Oh hey this dragoon is spamming doom spike! Goad!"

You can sit here and argue that you have no obligation to use your skill, and that's fine. That's your call. You can just take goad off your hotbar completely if you want, who cares. The point is if you want to excel at being a ninja then you need to learn how to excel in the use of -all- its abilities, not just the one that make big numbers appear on the enemy.