i got a question for you dps..

[Leonus]

As a tank i dont need a lot of time to get going but if i see a fire2 or dragonfire dive land between my tomahawk/shield lob gcd and the next that will be overpower/flash ill likely stop and let thay dps die to the group they just pulled. If they cant wait the extra 2 seconds for a single tank aoe to hit they can tank it themselves.

I love this, simply because i feel if the tank lets me die, i will stay dead. I will go afk, and the party can pick up what the tank let me drop. (This is with dungeons).

In raids, if i pulled hate, regardless of when, it's too late. Especially with the double standard against dps (You didn't do enough dps, we didn't beat enrage vs Calm down on dps, you're riding my threat). As a dps you either DO max dps or you DON'T. Most competent dps don't unload before the tank hits something, but if I start tanking after the fight has already begun, someone is lacking, and it's not me.

I just really hate this "Let the dps die to teach them a lesson" thing that most people take up. Makes me just want to stay on the ground and go afk anytime i purposefully feel that a tank or healer lets that happen (which isn't often). However petty it may seem, to be down a dps until they win or they loose is my lesson to them.

[Makarrov]

I love this, simply because i feel if the tank lets me die, i will stay dead. I will go afk, and the party can pick up what the tank let me drop. (This is with dungeons).

You're adding more to this hypothetical scenario here.I never said I'd let the party deal with the pack, just the dps that was so eager to get in there before the tank. I suppose it's hard to understand my position without having actually played with me. I don't go slow when I tank. I go fast enough to always keep the dps busy but not so fast that the healer is constantly running oom. I won't pull bosses unless people have >75% of their primary resource (at least in dungeons, when I was raid tanking it was obviously different). Point being, I keep a constant quick pace so when someone feels the need to run out in front of me it's like being cut in line or cut off while driving. It's nothing that couldn't have been handled, it's just a d*** move.


As I said before, I'm a long time mmo dps too. I see both sides and know what a dps jobs responsibilities are and know my capabilities as a tank are sufficient enough to hold off somewhat equally geared/skilled dps if they aren't jumping the gun.