How would an optional, official parser be toxic?

[RuleofThree]

Le sigh indeed....couple things

My gear is not 'Gil Dropped Over melded 380+ crafted gear'.

I'm gonna call this even right here. We both erred. I presumed you were a hardcore balls to the wall, paramilitary 'DO IT MY WAY' type. Oops. Sorry, jumped the gun on that one....

People like you are only proving you do not know the mechanics of the class.

...Or did I? This is why I say we are even. I assumed something that wasn't correct about you...your gear, my bad, but you are going to assume I don't know how the basics of the game works? I'm currently in the process of farming for the new(er) tank mounts. I'm starting with the Dark Knight, only because I hate Warrior so much that I want to put it off for as long as possible. I know how tanking works. I drop tank stance just like (most) everyone else during bosses, and just like (most) everyone else, get a little miffed when dps don't bother to use diversion...but I manage. I won't raid with my tanks...I like tanking (on paladin), but not enough to raid...so it's only logical for you to know the finer points better than me - a person that is merely trying for his tank mounts. But to assume that I know nothing? Let alone the basics of the game? C'mon.

What I do know, is that my tanks came in to Burn and Arboretum at i350ish, all accessories and belt was gear from O1 and O2S, cause the weekly limit was gone, might as well get what you can, right? Plus I took a hiatus from this game, so I was not in Mendacity gear. In this i350ish gear, all I can say is...even after establishing hate and following rotations like a good little dark knight. Higher geared hardcore players devastated me when trying to keep hate. To the point where At about 20%, I had to go back in to Tank Stance, to ensure I didn't make an even bigger ass of myself, and lose tank aggro.

So Whatever you have on paper, and in theory, works only there. Were you the tank in that situation? I have no doubt in my mind you would have popped a Superior Strength Potion or whatever the hell you use mid rotation in order to maximize your deeps, yo, and maybe set a world record for keeping hate against i380 pentamelded allies, while in i350 gear, in The Burn. You're a pro. Have a cookie.

And you dont get comfortable doing something unless you practice.

And you don't practice anything in this game, unless you want to get mocked and ridiculed for it. Case and point: Here I am siting reasons (and I'm not the only one) as to why someone might tank stance a boss (I'm not even talking extreme/savage bosses here, because the average player doesn't do those), and I admit, I had a little bite in my comment, maybe incited a bit of bite in return...but lo and behold...Suddenly I'm a guy that doesn't understand how Enmity works. I'm a lowly pleb pleading his case amongst the elite masses. This is why people don't practice, unless among friends or friendly FC...because if they did it in front of strangers...they'd get torn a new asshole for being bad.

I mean, for Christ's sake, look no further than pugging an extreme trial. I can count on one finger (Yes, one finger, not hand. I did that on purpose) how many extreme trials I have been in that last at best three attempts, before muttering about how it was a trap party, or if we are lucky, they just leave outright without saying anything. This is a clear example of how people will take any opportunity to shit on someone for trying.

Its literally "Git Gud". 'Cause guess what. I used to play the way you suggest. So I know full well that feeling of being told "Dont tank in tank stance." But I wanted to raid, and I wanted to be better, so I actually practiced tanking outside of tank stance. And guess what, its not that hard.

First. I didn't suggest it. I merely sited reasons as to why someone might do it. Me having to keep reminding you of this is certainly becoming a running motif in this discussion, isn't it?

Second. Good. I'm glad you are playing with the big boys and girls. Visualize your dreams, and go for them, I say. I mean, when I bit the bullet and finally tried my hand at stance dancing, it was like a sense of accomplishment. A trophy on the wall! But at least realize they are just your dreams...not everyone else's.

funner.

Not a word. Don't get me wrong, I typo with the best of 'em, and I am by far not an English expert. Just stood out, and it bothered me.

Dont come up to me telling me that "A good tank plays in Tank stance!" cause thats not the way it is.

I didn't? I never once defended that playing in tank stance is the way to play. I merely sited reasons as to why people might do it. But it's ok...alot of people misunderstand me.

Anyway. Yea...you know what the say about arguing on the internet...eventually it all leads back to Hitler. (Godwin's Law, if you aren't aware of that expression.) We can just forget this ever took place.

Lastly: I know I used 'sited' instead of 'cited.' But this is a long post, and I'm too lazy to fix it. So...there's two things for you to use when you make a retort to this post 1) How I spelt cited wrong, and 2) How I'm lazy, which somehow you will link to me being a bad player.

You don't have to use those...I just thought I'd help this internet argument along