When to play it safe and when not to

[BluexBird]

My rule is simple: if I end up dying and my healer wasn't SPAMMING me with heals, that's honestly their freakin' fault. Like no, I get that they might want to do "other stuff" aside from healing, but when you're doing big pulls your NUMBER 1 PRIORITY should be to make sure the tank doesn't die. And if that means spamming heal after heal after heal and use cooldowns to get heals in faster and putting down defensive stuff, then so be it! Or we can just wipe and go back from the start. Idiots.

Like I'm tired of killing the second boss in Ala Mhigo and pulling those two packs just before the big swarm of dogs, and healers not being able to keep up. I pop ALL my cooldowns and STILL, some healers don't keep up! Is it really so hard?!

Also you mentioned Bardan's Mettle. At the START OF THE DUNGEON, man... very first thing, I pull the two packs. Half of the time I have to Holmgang before healers start to step up their freakin' game.

Now I've yet to do a pull big enough that it ended up being "too much", but I'd say if even with the healer spamming heals on you, you still died, then you might have ended up pulling more than you should.

[Badbollen]

For expert dungeons i go ham with the first pull and if i see struggling healer or i die i take it easier with max 2 packs for each pull, a lot of casters are afraid of using lb on trash as well which makes trash take longer, as ive geared up a bit now (and no stancedance penalty) ive starting going into dps stance for trash as well with rotating CDs heavy ones first lesser as things thin out
We're usually less geared for dungeons early expansion i feel, later on we will almost outgear the dungeons on release. and since its still early in SB a lot of players are still getting used to their new abilities and learning their jobs.

For lvling dungeons i play it safe because gear can be hugely different for players here, you can see someone in the last lvling dungeon for SB in 270 gear because they dont buy/craft it and been unlucky with drops, so i rather play it safe there with 1-2 packs.

[Chronons]

Just gauge the healer when you join into content. Pull what you think is appropriate for your skills and their gear. If they keep up and there is slack, pull more. If you die bc you thought they could handle more, take it on the chin and apologize for pulling too much (even if its their fault). If a healer asks you to pull less, pull less - if they ask to pull more, pull more. Curse them under your breath for being bad/lazy/whatever but keep it out of the chat. If they are THAT awful vote kick and move on with the day.