I watched a video once that was pretty poignant titled, why is rude to be bad at wow.
Nobody wants bad player but bad players exist, also truly bad players don’t know their bad players, their just having fun. If your a good player and get mad at that but also do pugs and lfr, you can only blame yourself. Don’t go on the wrong side of town and you’ll be alright.
Not trying to argue, just speaking objectively
I prefer the aesthetics of a sword and board tank, and even tank in other MMOs I’ve played, but this community doesn’t treat tanks well if they prefer a slower pace or don’t know routes. So I only DPS in current content. Truthfully, I don’t even group in this expansion.
Cool!
One last time, since you obviously don’t get No means No…
I am done with you following me into threads you aren’t even following or posting in just to “correct” me regardless of how tiny the detail. You’re one of those “well actually” people that need to just get (insert physical comment here) so you will get the idea and stop strolling around only correcting people and not actually adding to a conversation.
So, as Fes would say, “Good day sir.”
2nd comment got it.
Stress.
DPS is stress free. You do your rotation and interrupt sometimes and no one will notice you’re there and it’s unlikely you’re making grave errors causing wipes. You don’t even have to do very good. The content isn’t really tuned such that DPS checks are real. As long as you’re attempting to do well it’s probably enough.
Did you watch the whole thing? The video just talks about something that happens in any game given enough time and an active community.
It’s not even a condemnation of the topics it goes over, so much as a dive into why metas form, why addons become expected, and why players prefer to succeed over fail.
I did not follow you. Nor was I rude to you once. Get over it.
I did! It was alittle while ago but I remember really liking message. Kind of a sad but true situation
True, but there is always the ONE min-maxer in the group who sees all, and points it out to you, and then tells you what you did wrong and how to fix it… even when you never asked for their advice. This is why I play tanks and say things like “But did we die?” 
Because the game is designed to make tanks and healers high stress high responsibility jobs while us DPS just monkey brain it and occasionally move out of stuff and maaaaaaybeeee hit a stun or interrupt
I think there were a couple points I disagreed with but I’d have to watch the whole thing again to be sure.
It’s a good video, not what I expected when I first clicked it. I like the ‘philosophy’ behind things.
Fixed it for you…
Tanking isn’t stressful in the slightest… You control the tempo of the game, the DPS and Heals all dance to your tune… If they want to pull without you… they die…
The frost dk in my last group doing a 1/3rd of the damage of the healer makes me believe some people choose DPS because they have no clue what’s going on
I just got done doing a few TWW leveling dungeons as a disc priest to see if healing was at all better now and it was not. I couldn’t even stop to loot anything, if I had tried to loot I would get too far behind and I’m not sure if I could have stayed caught up with my party. I kept everyone up just fine but it was just an awful, stressful experience trying to do so and trying to keep up with everyone. The sad part is they changed disc to be pretty cool, I enjoy the changes a lot, too bad it doesn’t really matter.
It’s just 100% stress, I can’t even pause for 1 second while healing in this game, even in a normal leveling dungeon. I healed for well over a decade in this game and even dungeons at the start of Cata weren’t this stressful. I just don’t think I can do it anymore, I play this game for fun, not to be stressed. I really do enjoy healing in this game but I just can’t enjoy it anymore if it’s like this.
Why would I do that when I could have a way better time playing DPS?
I want to play a Shaman.
Give me a tanking spec (that isn’t a current one reformed into tanking) and I’ll tank all the time (as long as the spec isn’t garbage).
Not everyone wants to DPS as much as they want to play a certain class.
Sorry it’s that way, might I suggest an rp server
Depends on what level you are and your gear. Like my hpal for instance at 70 started out great even in 415 gear but by the time I was level 78 in around item level 500 it was miserable. My heals didn’t even move health bars
I prefer to tank dungeons. Getting a bad tank when I dps or heal always makes me go “I should have tanked this…”.
Tanking is easy. Dps is easier. Healing is the only thing that can get tough.
people told me where to go as a tank and I couldnt decide my own paths. as dps, I don’t care. I just half-afk divine storm the aoe mobs and get my loot.
I think I was around level 76 and healing was fine for me, I just can’t stand feeling so rushed. Sometime after Legion the game slowly became this way even in normal leveling dungeons and it’s just not enjoyable for me at all. It is 1000 times a better experience as a DPS, I don’t feel rushed at all whatsoever and basically never feel stressed playing this game.
Plus there are DPS classes out there that can offer support to the party, like I’m always passing out heals on my balance druid and popping party cooldowns and stuff to help the healer.
I think people that like to dps also enjoy tuning their numbers, getting better at fights, and competing with themselves and others. Where as when you heal and tank you’re focusing on other things. I can’t be the only person who feels dpsing has more challenges than a tank in the group lol! And I hadn’t realized that until I tried tanking and getting over my worries about being a “leader” or having to do more homework on fights. It’s not that bad!