I'm not sure when this happened. I'm guessing it's a Wrath thing, since that's the expansion I've played the least, and I don't remember this issue in BC, but people have no regard for tank courtesy, or aggro management anymore.
Almost every instance I run, people literally don't even wait 1 second before starting to DPS. Not even half a second. It's immediate. As soon as I start walking towards a group of mobs, sometimes before I've even hit them with any of my abilities, people start DPS'ing, and it's expected of me to pull aggro off of them, and take care of it. It's expected that the DPS should be allowed to do whatever they want, and I should hold aggro, no matter what.
When the hell did this happen? Back in vanilla WoW, and even in BC, there was a thing called Tank courtesy. You at least gave the tanks a couple seconds to throw down 2-3 abilities before you started in on DPS. In addition, there is a reason why DPS classes have aggro reduction abilities, and in the past, these abilities were actually used. It was up to the DPS to manage aggro, and they were the ones frowned upon if they pulled aggro, not the tank for losing it.
I realize with the gear people have now, and the amount of times they've done these Wrath dungeons, that it's kinda become auto-pilot. That is why I'm not asking for much. I'm just asking for the span of a couple GCD's before you start DPS'ing. Let my Death and Decay tick a couple times before you start in. There's no reason you DPS'ers can't give me that at least.
People are also in for a rude awakening once Cata hits. Tanks are NOT going to be able to hold the aggro of 10 things immediately, while you just DPS'ers unleash everything you've got. Blizzard is changing things with Cata. They've already said as much. Aggro management, sapping/sheeping adds, etc. That stuff is coming back. So you guys better use this last week as practice, or else be ready for a lot of wiping once you start doing Cata instances.
This "GOGOGOGOGO I HAVE A.D.D. AND CAN'T WAIT EVEN 3 SECONDS! MUST TOP DAMAGE METER" type of mentality has to go. Remember, I'm the Tank. I can easily just let you die, and if you kick me from the group for it, that's no skin off my back. It's instant queue pops for me, not you.
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