Why Speed Pulls?

[Mykll]

I'll add something else. Because nobody asked and nobody really cares. But you get it anyway!

Go back before WoW, and there was EQ. I played mainly Monk, and Enchanter, and Bard. I was an expert puller, an expert crowd controller. I guess I miss that technical / finesse side of things, rather than the "Hulk AOE SMASH!"

I played a healer in WoW, a LOT. First game I played a true healer. In FF, I of course played healer again, a LOT. Even though they are different games, I healed a LOT of tanks. I paid attention to what they did good, what they did bad, how they pulled, where they stood, all that. So when I finally decided to try a tank for real here, with a lot of history I have seen what the really good tanks have done and not done.

Also, FF is the first game I have been able to play a tank really. A real tank, not a pet class tank found in many games. I couldn't stand it before, for a number of reasons. So I tend to be more of the former technical side of things, rather than the now AOE smash optimum button pressing side of things.

It's fairly rare that you can't hit all the mobs with DS.

I figured out how to pull certain groups of mobs where if you pull it just right, they actually form a straight line in front of you. I do that (try to, nothing is 100%) if there is a DRG or MNK (yeah one attack on long cool down) in the group. I have no idea if DS is good or bad. Don't have a clue and pressing buttons according to a spreadsheet is no fun for me. BUT, if I can line them up in a line, instead of them being in a circle and all over the place, I do, to give them the option of using it or not.