Some annoying behaviors and perceptions

[StouterTaru]

The scared tank

I ran into one of these in 31-40 PoTD last week. He was excited initially about having 2 healers in the party for some reason, but after 2 or 3 floors of lagging 10-30 seconds behind the rest of the party he said something along the lines of 'I'm going before this lalafell with delusions of tankdom gets us all killed,' then he left the duty.

The other annoying tank is the middle of the pack tank. He runs into the middle of some mobs, and uses flash. Most of the mobs are smacking him in the side/back, so their attacks can't be blocked or parried. But more importantly, I can't effectively AoE because the group is so spread out.

Another I would add is cuddle healers. There's a reason I'm standing away from you and keep moving when you move on top of me; I don't want to dodge twice as many targeted AoE attacks.

Also, probably "ranged who stand up the bosses rump" .. Like, you're ranged, why are you in melee range with me and the other non-ranged DPS?

Several bosses have mechanics that are easier to deal with up close. Boss randomly turns and does giant cone AoE, good luck dodging that from max range if you're in the middle. Unless I have a reason not to stand at melee range, I'm there, not the other way around.

[Tint]

when my co-heal is casting protect and stoneskin 2 RIGHT AFTER I HAVE CASTED IT >.<

and healers who recast protect every 5 minutes - it's a 30 min buff...

[Voltyblast]

I'm guilty of this one, but that's because I have no interest in making friends with you. Like I'm sorry, forgive me, but I don't. It's not like we can meet up after the instance and run again. It's roulettes with random people from other servers that I will never ever see again. So if your playing your class/job correctly, I have absolutely no reason to speak to you. Maybe some light chuckle conversation, but otherwise, I just want to get the dungeon over with as swiftly and quickly as possible, and stopping to take time to type can delay the dungeon from being completed faster.

Yep, I'm in the same category. I mean, I do speak when necessary but as long as we get along without fights, I don't really see the need of speaking. Especially when 99% of the people in it I will never meet again.

[Simpicity]

As a healer Rng dps that feel they have to be so far from a mob that they are out of heal range let alone any aoe heal cast.

[Renius]

The runaway healer.
It's this annoying guy who when he/she gets aggro of some mobs in a dungeon he is running the hell away from the tank, then complain when he eventually dies. Running away from the tank is a big mistake. The tank can't pull the mobs back when you start running away from him.

You could ad runaway, BRD, WHM, or any other squishy....For the Love of what's holly, stop running let me get 'em off you. Stop freaking out, there is no tank out there that can avoid a mob attacking you from time to time.

[Pells]

...I am not saying that I am upset because the Paladin used it instead of me. I get upset because they stand around doing nothing, probably waiting for Stonestone from me. But they never ask for it. They never say a word...

I try to cast adloquium at the end of the fight so the tank is shielded for the pull. These are the tanks that will sit around until the galvanize expires and then put on the (much weaker) stoneskin instead.

[Istaru]

You could ad runaway, BRD, WHM, or any other squishy....For the Love of what's holly, stop running let me get 'em off you. Stop freaking out, there is no tank out there that can avoid a mob attacking you from time to time.

When I am healing and I get an unwelcome admirer, I usually tell the tank that they can stay where they are and I will come to them to make it easier for them to grab it.

[CheshirePuss]

when my co-heal is casting protect and stoneskin 2 RIGHT AFTER I HAVE CASTED IT >.<

and healers who recast protect every 5 minutes - it's a 30 min buff...

I only ever do either/or if it's just to pass time, since there are moments where dead air can be filled with the sound of needless casting, since my mana's usually back prior to the next engage anyways.

[Hayward]

man I have a whole list of these.

• healers that don't dps at all and just overheal everyone constantly (WHMs...)
  
• dps who never use cooldowns, or only use them on bosses. (BLMs...)
• dps who never aoe. (BLMs.....)
  
• smns who have their pet on sic instead of obey
  

thanks for reading my bad post.

Let me key in on these:

1) Thankfully, a lot of healers aren't nearly as preoccupied with parser numbers as you'd like them to be.

2) After many attempts in dungeons, Enochian just isn't worth the trouble of maintaining throughout dungeons. Again, some of us aren't THAT preoccupied with numbers.

3) I can't with this...

4) This may come as a shock but some SMNs do use Ifrit and Titan, both of which do well with Sic orders.

[aesteval]

So running a marathon in corridors pretending you are Lara Croft is the right thing? Maybe you didn't understand what I'm saying and for what situations I'm talking about. Tank CAN'T pull the mobs back if you are running away. It's just not possible. You can move to dodge AoEs but running down the hallways all the way to another room is just plain stupid. Yes you can blame the tank if he is not taking the mobs back but running away means the tank CAN'T take aggro back no matter what. It's just the wrong thing to do.

Maybe you don't understand what I'm saying. Run TOWARDS the tank. Don't stand still. Don't run away. Bring the mobs to the tank.