The 'unwritten rule' for non-tank pulls in dungeons

[van_arn]

That usually doesn't happen (the errant puller surviving, I mean; the vast majority of the time I see this happen when I'm tanking, they end up dying and immediately leaving the dungeon without a word), and quite frankly, as a tank I really don't care if a group decides to kick me. I will get another group far easier than the majority of them.

The majority of melee DPS will do crappier DPS without someone to reliably hold hate for them so they can hit their positionals. Healer DPS will also be compromised too because they will have to do more babysitting.

It's really not "appealing" for DPS to kick their tank just because his pacing is a little slower than they'd like. If they're really just standing around and being useless most of the time, then sure, but otherwise they're usually just shooting themselves in the foot.

Then we're in agreement! We'd find each others' companionship in a single-pull party to be insufferable, so a tank kick is mutually beneficial.

And honestly, a little bravado from the healer makes a lot of DPS tingly. Something along the lines of "Since he won't tank, I'll be happy to" has always worked for me when a tank attempts (and fails) a wipe.