From our readers: Always a DPSer, never a tank

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5-18-2009 @ 12:43PM

M S said...

He's talking about Pug's. Frequently, both roles are being filled by folks who think they can do it but don't know what it entails.

Emalon is a more basic example, but I was in a failed pug as a healer. The MT was capable and I'd raid with him/her any day. The raid leader was OT, and said he/she knew the fight and had done it before. He/she left out that they'd dps'ed it and it wasn't until he got defensive said "I'm DEF capped!" as a response to when folks asked why he was so squishy, that it was clear he "had tank gear" but wasn't a tank. We had a strong paly healer and disc priest focused on him, who were successful in Ulduar, struggling to keep up even with my Hots.

This is common to a lot of the pugs I've seen. Failed dps is survivable in a pug. Failed tanks or heals will kill you, not the boss

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