Waste of dps?

[YanderePrincess]

So I was tanking snowcloak and we get to the first boss, so normal stuff happens till the adds. This group was 2 brd pld whm, one brd would not kill adds cuz it was a waste of dps. Is that a prudent desicion to make in that instance or is it better to kill adds especially when the healer can't keep up with the AoE and it wipes the group

If one of the DPS can kill the adds in time on their own, then there's no reason for both DPS to switch to the adds. I usually ignore the first add on that boss and see how that goes (it'd be extremely rare for the first one to wipe the party) and if necessary I'll help with adds after, but usually the other DPS has no trouble dealing with the adds alone.

[Tex_Mex]

With enough DPS you can kill the boss before getting 4 explosions. My ninja friend and I do this every time we run Snowcloak. Granted you need pretty high DPS in the first place. We both pull near or over 500 DPS on that fight.

Edit - I should mention that in a random group I'll kill the singles, and then when the two spawn at the end it's more of a judgement on where you stand that point if DPS is fast enough or not.

500 dps is a number that is achieved by only a small fraction of the playerbase. For the large majority of PUG groups, it is much smarter to just kill the adds. If you are good enough to pull 500+dps, then there is very little outside of FCoB that should challenge you.

[Leonus]

If one of the DPS can kill the adds in time on their own, then there's no reason for both DPS to switch to the adds. I usually ignore the first add on that boss and see how that goes (it'd be extremely rare for the first one to wipe the party) and if necessary I'll help with adds after, but usually the other DPS has no trouble dealing with the adds alone.

What is funny is, sometimes I do this.. and if the other dps is ranged then I kinda assume they will take care of the bombs if I'm the melee for the party.