A Different Way to Play

[Allyrion]

With the new Jobs not having a base class, I get the feeling they want to phase out classes altogether.
I think the only thing that holds them back is the Arcanist because it has two Jobs attached to it.
In every other case, they could just convert the class into the Job at 30 after equipping the crystal and then it can't be taken off.
But Arcanist makes that a bit complicated.

To the OP,
I wouldn't really for trivial content about stuff like that, but please don't use the Topaz Carbuncle.
The Emerald does more damage and shouldn't die because it's ranged.
Even though any decent tank won't lose enmity to it, it's an insult to that tank that you don't trust them.
You do less dps already being an Arcanist. The least you could do is use the dps pet.
Also, for the start of pulls even a topaz carbuncle can turn an enemy making melee miss a positional or the raid getting a potential cleave.

Using a tanking pet is simply bad practice and etiquette.
You can be ACN and gimp your dps all you want, and I wouldn't say anything (though I might ask why).
If I see someone use a tanking pet, I would want them dismissed from the instance if they didn't change it.

[AskaRay]

My friends and I went into WOD as ACN once. It was a lot of fun, and we didn't cause any wipes (probably because tbh we were three of the only players actually awake....) And, yes, I also got commendations for my carby.

And I'm leveling my LNC, not DRG, because I don't care about marauder at all.

But would I ever use either in serious content...? No. No I wouldn't. I mean, if you can find an endgame group to take you as an ACN, then by all means go for it (but bring Emerald instead of Topaz...please...) If your tank is so bad that they need Topaz to babysit, you need to talk to them. Desperately. Same for your healer. I mean, yes, I have kept many a party alive with my BLM and Physick, but.... it's not ideal, and it was only after serious shit hit the fan. Not something I want to do frequently. If you like to support so much but still attack, I suggest Scholar. Go for it, Eos is very nice and she doesn't bite (I'm not sure about Selene, she might bite).

If you don't care about endgame, then you still should at least be thinking of your fellow party members. It may be viable now to be jobless, but remember... once you step into coil you may get people actually mad at you.

[Izsha]

It works in junk content that people over gear by 40 ilvls. Congrats. Dungeons and wod are tuned to be really challenging at i90. People are 130 now. The fact that you can 'make it work' is not a pat on the back. It's using the groups high level gear as a crutch to pick up your slack choosing to play in a very inefficient way.

That is why it's not done during progression. During progression on new content, there is no room for someone underperforming because there is not an ilvl buffer to carry you.

When the entire group is 30 to 40 levels above the content it's doable no matter how poorly you perform. Healers have sold dungeons. I've seen vids of all war parties downing trash dungeons and hm primals. Know why there's no solo t13 pre echo or 8 war pre echo t13? Cuz they are bad setups that rely on over gearing to be successful.

Your free to play as you want, but everyone else is just as free to not want to play with you. If you want to play that way for fun have at it. If you think it is in anyway an objectively better way to play, you are misinformed at best, or delusional at worst.

People put up with it because they know they can clear lulz Dungeon anyway and just want their daily over with, even if they have to carry someone. Enjoy playing in newby land with 40 ilvls of overgear and patting yourself on the back for doing such a good job on faceroll content.

[BloodLines]

You're the one making the argument. Why should I be the one to provide the proof? o.o

If you're too lazy to bring actual numerical data, why even say anything in the first place?

It's not an argument, it's a statement based on how I play the game.
Your denial is an argument with said statement.
You're much lazier if you can't log on and play the videogame to find out?