You are not a fail.

[Cadmar]

Anyway, @ Cadmar; I am just curious as to know what you considered equipped. Do you mean gear ilvl in general, or party setup? I'm not trying to nitpick, but I've seen tanks who try to SR with the setup being MNK, NIN, WHM, PLD. Sure, everyone was geared to the 9s, but you can't really expect two more or less solely single target DPS classes to be able do big pulls effectively, and a WHM spamming holy isn't really going to help since the fights will take longer anyway due to the reasons stated before.

I'm not trying to argue, I'm just wondering what equipped for means, because I do find it silly when a tank does try to do huge pulls with two single target DPSers.

Party composition has a lot to do with it. For me, 1-2 BLMs (at appropriate ilvl) automatically means speed run. SMN/BRD and 1 melee: probably speed run but I'll test it with a mid-range pull for the 1st one. 2 melee? Honestly, I find it easier to just pull one pack at a time and let them go to town. I'll typically stun the last mob and get that 6 second head start to the next pack that I should have waiting for them once they get there.

I should also mention.. that I do in fact typically ask what the party wants before I go. 9 out of 10 times I am asked for a speed run.