To the party who so serendipitously kicked me due to:

1) Me standing in the bad.
2) Some members standing in the bad cause I was standing in the bad.
3) Telling me to not stand in the bad.

Let me explain WHY >I< stand in the bad:

1) I am a Tank. I can take harder hits and status ailments that other party members can't. I do so when I think the Healer can keep up with me and the group.

2) Due to large pulls and the way enemies swarm, I cannot help it if "the bad" sometimes hits you as well, since I'm just trying to do my job and keep the enemies in place so that DPS jobs who have positionals can continue to dole out the damage.

3) I don't like to flaunt my mentor status, but I usually keep it up to try and drive the stigma that comes with it away. I try to help out when I can and I like to think that my ~5700 hours of playtime amounts to some decent level of knowledge, despite the fact that I don't raid.

... I still get nervous at the thought...

So can it not be understood that when someone tells me they can give me tips, yet the reason for a wipe was that the DPS was being split and I was already having a tough enough time already, what with the DPS output being high and ripping hate off me sometimes...

When ANYONE who is doing their job right... yet the DPS split apart and make it hard to AoE and keep hate up... and then deride my ability to do my job...

... Anyone would get upset at that.

I understand that in my anger to try and explain why I would stand in the bad, it looked like I was attacking the DPS, but as I stated above, I was just trying to stabalize the trash mobs so those DPS classes who have positionals can continue to do so.

So yes, I was doing my job.

I apologize for this rant thread, but I had to get this off my chest.