Quote Originally Posted by MirielleLavandre View Post
Reading a few reddit posts, and also having some discussions with FC mates who pull for 'slow tanks', is there really an 'unwritten rule' that only tanks pull? My main in SB was PLD (before using WHM to help friends), and I always have pulled wall to wall or at least until I got gated out. However, with Gunbreaker coming soon, I think that there will be a lot of new or newer tanks who may not be as comfortable with huge pulls.

I honestly never advocate anyone but the tank pulling, as they know what their own comfort level is and if they can/want to handle larger pulls. However, some also argue that if the tank is going too slow, they have the right to pull faster if everyone but the tank wants to go fast. I'm not talking about tanks who can go faster but flat out refuse even when the rest of the party wants to, but moreso the new tanks or those not yet comfortable. Is it ever okay for dps or healers to 'pull for the slow tank'?
The only real unwritten rule is "fast is good". I'll sometimes even mark targets in further packs for my Bard/MCH to pull so that they're drawn into the same AoE as I pass by where they would otherwise require me to cross about and spend time being melee'd while getting minimal threat before the next gather. As long as dps isn't being an idiot about it, there's nothing wrong with a dps pulling for you.

That said, this was a lot more common with the prevalence of things like Bishop Auto-turret, Flaming Arrow, and Shadowflare forcing the tank to sit in place for a bit. With each of their removals, reasons to dps pull have become more and more obscure, and as a tank I've gotten less benefit out of my ranged accordingly.

As for "pulling" in the sense of ripping threat? If the tank is tracking your Diversion and/or Lucid Dreaming (or Refresh/Tactician) and isn't going to give another situation in which you'd need it per their CDs... that's on you. Use your shit or, failing that, bring what you rip (from refusing to AoE or spread threat more evenly in large pulls) to the tank's AoE. If they're a PLD, be in Cover range while finally shooting something else so they don't have to swap back to tank stance just to deal with you.