I think its GREAT that threat is an issue worth discussing in FF. Coming from wow, where threat is a complete non issue, its nice that we are forced to have these threads. Thing is, threat is everyones responsibility. Tanks need to generate as much as possible without sacraficing survivability, and dps need to manage it without sacraficing too much dps. I play both, but as dps, i consider it my job to match the tanks threat. If hes really low, i just have to slow down a bit and make sure i dont pull. This might include just doing less dps, using any threat transfer / misdirect i have, and any threat reduction. As a tank, ill always start with my highest threat rotation, and if that causes HP issues, i will focus more on defensives. I find that more effective than going deffensive first...just my thoughts