Quote Originally Posted by chidarake View Post
totally agree with the dps hitting targets mid pull as your collecting up multiple mobs.. totally unacceptable.

however hitting your intended target as you lob it or tomahawk it isn't a bad thing as blm since it will be a dot and not a fully buffed fire 3.

as pld our next move is nearly always cos and flash... and if its a big pull followed up by flash spam which in my experience is more than enough to hold of proactive dps. although less so under the hitting mobs on route.

I do agree though that letting the tank take full hate is important and so any dps should switch to the next target for atleast 1gcd move to allow the tank to gen more hate on intended target if your hate meter spikes to high or you actually do grab hate.. even if as blm it means cancelling your next cast altogether.
I play BLM mostly in dungeons because I want to clear trash faster. I usually start casting Fire 3 when the tank is approaching and gathering the pack.

Either the tank sucks, or the BLM is stupid, or a combination of both. I actually don't have issue starting my cast as the tank approach the trash. Just target your Fire 2 at another mob within the pack instead of the same mob you hit Fire 3 with and you should be fine.

But really, some tanks in DF hold mob hate so loosely that a baby can hold his/her bladder tighter. Some tanks doesn't even bother to AoE hate control when the team have a BLM/WHM using AoE and doesn't even cycle their 1-2-3 enmity combo around the mobs (in single pack pull). It's just bad.

Thankfully JP data center doesn't have much of these issues.