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Originally Posted by panamareg
I was wondering if other 'locks pull this stunt regular...
My lock puts out some major firepower for our guild. I pay attention to my aggrometer (omen), but many times I will judge that at the rate the mob is being killed, I can drop restraint and finish them off prior to them running me down and killing me...
This has been very succesful on raids and heroics, but there are a few people in the party/raid that make comment that I should not be pulling aggro off the tank.
I have tried to excercise restraint in not pulling the aggro from the tank, but it appears to me that our success rate, and rate of progression through the instance slows down, or that we wipe more often as a group. If I misjudge my ability to burn down the mob prior to them getting to me, I have my boars speed enchant, death coil and soulshatter on hot buttons... And I am good at running and jumping while throwing instadots over my shoulder.
Worse case scenario, the priest has to rez me after the fight.
Am I doing wrong?
I think that I am doing my job, and filling my position in the guild. I believe the guild leader believes the same, since our most succesful guild runs have always included me. I am almost always #1 on damage, and mid level on damage/healing received. Besides cloth repairs are cheap...
I also make sure I always do my job on Curse duty, CC, HS, SS, and summonings when needed...
I feel that the 'locks job is to produce the most damage possible, in the least amount of time. To do this I think we need to make judgement calls on whether to take it easy, or pour it on....
What do you think?
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I think that you need to be careful of being percieved as a dreaded "damage meter obsessor."
Look at your job as a cog in machine, to help the run go as smooth as possible. If you are pulling off the tank, enough so that people notice it, you are overdoing it. I understand what you are saying, but people percieve it as annoying, b/c they think you are more obsessed with showing off, and padding your stats, than the overall good of the raid..
I am not saying you are per se, but that is how gets percieved. I know some mages and rogues who constantly fixate and try to discuss meters, and they end up dying more than others, but they dont care b/c "ZOMG! I PWNED THE damage METERS AGAIN!!!!"
Dont be one of those... People resent you for it in the long run..
And most good raid leaders know damage meters on trash are worth nothing (unless you are totally on the bottom and arent pulling weight.) THey care about high sustained DPS on boss fights... Thats really all that matters.