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Sure, there are always players who fail at their job. That doesn't mean it isn't their job. There are WHMs who can't juggle cures, regen and -na spells (let alone throwing in haste too). Does that mean you shouldn't expect WHMs to cover all those responsibilities? Hell no.

You're being a little elitist here, not everyone rolls into COR from prior RNG and BRD experience like I did. It was easy to pick up both obligations with ease for me because I was used to being a puller BRD, juggling buffs and doing pulling/DD on RNG.

People who don't come from those jobs or jobs commonly asked - not made - to pull are not used to the fast pace expected of them as COR or BRD puller. You seem to forget COR, unlike BRD, has a minute long recast between buffs. Its easy to manage for me, but complicated for other people.

Do you inform PLDs in advance that they will be tanking? Inform WHMs in advance that they will be healing? Inform MNKs in advance that they will be punching things? Pulling is an integral and expected part of the roles of some jobs, particularly the ranged attack specialists.

OK, scratch "elitist," you're just being a retard now. "Integral" is false - any job can pull. What not every job can do is stage pull, which BRD and COR excel at.

The whole party, including you, will get more exp if you act for the good of the party rather than your own personal % of damage dealt. Your ability to DoT is only useful when it enhances the party's exp/hr. When your ability to pull enhances the party's exp/hr more, then the party needs you to pull rather than DoT. This applies equally to any DD/puller - but the ones who are traditional pullers are already used to it, which is why you only need to *specifically* notify the WAR, DRK, SAM etc.

You send out the DD whose damage is of least consequence to pull, in most cases these days, its not a DD, its a BRD. THF's damage is of lesser consequence and they can affort to disengage early for next pull thanks to their ablity to move thier hate on to other people.

"But what if there's no THF?"

By your logic, only people with ranged weapons can pull because we're "used to it."

No,anyone can pull. Its not a job element, its a player skill.

Even then, why force it on the guy with the higest delay and largest damage potential? Give me a better reason than the ones you've given thus far.

Then do so. Not every mob is a raptor or tiger. There are plenty of camps where you don't need shadows to pull cleanly.

There are plenty of camps - pre-55 - that you don't need shadows to pull cleanly, once they start flying its a completely different matter, you are garunteed to get tagged.

If you really don't want to pull on a job that appears designed to pull and is widely used as a puller, put it in your search comment. Don't be an ass to parties that invited a pulling job to pull.

Again, pulling is not a job element or job design - anyone can pull. "Ranged weapon = Puller" is much of a misnomer as "Summoner = Healer."

I DO make search comments stating that I don't want to pull on they days I don't feel like it.

Guess what? People don't read your search comment when you're a COR or BRD.