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    Zfz's Avatar
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    Celenir Istarkh
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    Red Mage Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra View Post
    ...pull the boss in DPS stance...This obsession with stance dancing...
    It's not an obsession with stance dancing. Stance dancing means a tank knows when to be in what stance, meaning the tank will always open an encounter in tank stance. A tank that opens with DPS stance while the encounter clearly requires a tank, has an obsession with dps not with stance dancing. In other words, the player fails as a tank.

    Although lately there's a trend on the forums here and elsewhere that the party needs to "work together" (see the thread about regen) so the mobs are handed on a plate to the tank and the tank can just waltz in and do whatever he likes. "Working together" means everyone put in the utmost effort, which includes the tank. But I guess those tanks today are too pampered to do even the most basic of tanking duties.

    If a tank starts in tanking stance, tries to establish proper enmity lead before going into DPS stance, then we can talk about "working together".

    That said, when I'm on my RDM I never open the moment the tank pulls. As much as tanks have a DPS obessions, there's also this "opener" obsession among DPS jobs. Unless it's Savage/Trial content, there's no point disrupting a pull with powerful openers, especially on a RDM.
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    Last edited by Zfz; 09-02-2017 at 12:44 PM.
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