Lyger@Permafrost wrote:
Thalesian wrote:
Lyger@Permafrost wrote:
DW is still required if you are having difficulty with aggro due to group setup. playing a healer as well, it is easier to keep 1 person healed than random people in the group who can be one shot.
As I said about, I don't agree. It's far simpler - and smarter - to tell the dpsers to hold back so you can keep aggro, rather than force the healer to work harder/over their limit just so you can hold it. Of course, it depends upon the group you're with... Good groups are a dream to adventure with, bad group are, well... bad.
you can disagree all you want, it is a playstyle of this game that DPS classes will DPS as it is their job. everyone in a group has to work towards a goal, sometimes some classes have to work harder than others depending on your group makeup.
if the healer can't keep up i obviously back off some or toss on a shield, if the DPS keeps up and dies i shrug it off and keep working as there isn't jack i can do about it. common sense should tell anyone that if they keep yanking aggro that they should slow down, if they keep dying it is their repair bill not mine. i don't bother telling anyone how to play just like i take offense when someone tells me how to tank not knowing anything about how hard i am working to do the job.
It's strange, cause I do disagree with what you originally said, but I do agree with what you said in your last paragraph. Also, yes, it is far simpler keeping one person alive than trying to keep multiple people alive at once (I've played a healer for many years as well). Common sense should definitely play a role, but it hardly ever seems to in a group. However, not communicating in a group - it's not telling people how to play, rather asking them to work more insinc with the group - is a big mistake I think. Group work is all about working together/communicating to get a job done afterall isn't it? One just has to be diplomatic about it; There's definitely a right and a wrong way to go about getting any message across. 