Incentives to NOT queue as DPS

[Jatoi]

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Even people who aren't used to tanking and are fresh to it get some nasty stuff. I have an example when I did my first Sastasha run as GLD.

A mentor archer on purpose kept standing behind me when I said for her not to since she would keep getting cleaved. I faced the mobs away as a tank is supposed to and even stated I am new to tanking. Also, this archer decided to go out of her way and pull more towards me. Every time the archer would make unwarranted pulls, the healer let her die while we re-assured the other DPS ( a lancer ) wasn't doing anything wrong. The mentor in question was saying "I am trying to help the other DPS" for some fool reason. Funny enough, they stated that they were a PLD main and I told them I was a newbie tank.

There is also muscle memory to take into account. I am so used to WHM that now when I try to do something else, my brain and body go to look for my healing abilities when I am playing a different class. It takes time to get a pretty different playstyle into your system.

DPS aren't as visible as a tank or healer when in groups when it comes to mistakes, they can get away with those more than the other roles. If a tank or healer makes a big mistake, oh it really shows. But a DPS messing up are more likely slip by with it unless they die constantly. Maybe that is what deters people from playing a tank because of how so much of that focus is on you.