PSA to DPS

[Nova_Rox]

Focus target.

Kill the attack buff DPS first.

No, you will not one shot a good healer. Let me CC him while you kill the big huge threat over there that's killing our team.

[SuperZay]

This is so wrong and misleading.

That Top 100 black mage from previous seasons with defence buff? He is the huge threat, not that noob ninja with attack buff. Focus black mage first. Yes, you shouldn't affraid that blue defence buff, it reduces your damage only by 10%. No, he is not harder to kill than 13k HP ninja, because 10% extra defence makes his effective HP only 11k, not 20k.

OR you can chase noob ninja and watch that BLM destroy your team with Fire IV spam, the choice is yours.

[Giglamesh]

While usually the attack buff melee is a good first target, I much rather kill the defense boosting blm or smn. Giving them free dps on your attack buff guy is usually a quick death.

[KfLeX]

I know of one blm that nukes everything in site.

[Nova_Rox]

It's not about being afraid of blue buff, it's about being afraid of the melee burst on your own team.

This is what people don't understand.

[Paragnie]

Isn't the defence buff 20%?

[awesomega]

I'd listen to him unless you want it to be 3v4 for the rest of the match

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Generally speaking, the DPS without defense is a weaker target (in terms of being able to overwhelm and defeat).

The same goes for a healer. Force them to blow big cds early or tax their MP and they can be taken down. A team without a healer is easy pickings.

Overall though, each battle is situational. If the DEF buff DPS is a deer in headlights, take em down. If the healer is slow on the draw, capitalize on it. Remember all the tips here, but play it by ear, each time.

[Digby]

The melee generally won't line of sight you either often making them the better choice but again it is a match by match thing.

Can I just add though, please please PLEASE!! keep hitting the same target. I play ranged and it drives me absolutely nuts the amount of melee who switch targets every 6 seconds and then get angry when we lose. We need to focus on one target to burst them down then move on to the next. You aren't 'pressuring the healer' or whatever you think you are doing. A good healer can triage multiple targets. You are just gimping your rotation and mine, maximum damage depends on debuffs and dot's which generally take time to apply and build up.

[KfLeX]

The melee generally won't line of sight you either often making them the better choice but again it is a match by match thing.

Can I just add though, please please PLEASE!! keep hitting the same target. I play ranged and it drives me absolutely nuts the amount of melee who switch targets every 6 seconds and then get angry when we lose. We need to focus on one target to burst them down then move on to the next. You aren't 'pressuring the healer' or whatever you think you are doing. A good healer can triage multiple targets. You are just gimping your rotation and mine, maximum damage depends on debuffs and dot's which generally take time to apply and build up.

I agree with you that switching another target all of a sudden while I'm bursting drives me nuts.