tanks not using cooldowns?

[Red_Wolf]

CC requires coordination. It requires mobs to not be taking damage. It requires AoE to be stopped completely, or it is ruined. It requires the group to anticipate its use and count on it. If you AoE sleep and the SMN or MNK doesn't get the memo, you've wasted a GCD

Does it seriously require more coordination to NOT hit a mob than it does to hit a mob? I mean I get what you're saying. There are times when it's tough like halfway through a fight when mobs are stacked, but that's not how CC is generally used unless the tank or healer dies. In which case you just try anything to live.

Instead, think about how you react during a bad pull. Do you really just say 'screw the tank' and start blasting your AoE's while all the scattered mobs are attacking you and the healer? Or do you wait for the tank to gather them all up before you start attacking again? If the tank grabs the mezzed mob when it was better to leave it away from the pack than that's on him or her. I think DPS can show some restraint for the 2 seconds it takes the tank to recollect themselves.

I get frustrated because this is second nature to anyone that played old school MMOs. Now we assume the general MMO population can't stop pushing buttons for 2 GCDs.