Obvious, the ideal is to work together.

But in XIV, especially in most daily content, it is not a matter of skill that prevents a tank from taking ads, or a healer from healing once a tank refuses to.

In other games, or other contexts, different opinions are had.

When I asked about this specific behavior, I did get a reply.

Directly from the GM was: "If you encounter a tank or healer refusing to tank or heal, I would hope you would contact us."

As a tank main, the tank simply is not the leader. He does not have sole authority on the party's progression.

In the context of casual content with random strangers, that is not the philosophy of FFXIV. DPS simply are allowed to pull. But that's disruptive if the tank is dying. They are no more or less guilty of over pulling than any tank might be.

I assume it's likely as much an infraction to stop doing damage as it is to stop tanking as a tank or stop healing as a healer.

Officially, according to even the Sprout training, it is not specifically anyone's job to pull. It is only the tank's job to gather aggro off of other roles.

The GM said that "It is an unreasonable expectation to require other players play the way you wish."

Ultimately, it's a group of four players. Whether or not each player likes the way one of the player's is playing, the social contract is to do one's best.

Refusing to heal someone because the healer did not like the way they chose to play is considered obstruction to gameplay.

Inability to heal someone is different. Whether one has the ability to or not is not something that can be judged objectively from the outside.

At least according to the GM I talked to today.

You are required to try to keep them alive. That is the stance of the game. And obviously, if you're struggling to keep the tank alive, then what they're doing isn't helping.

*However*, if it's just a matter of the tank refusing to assist, then yeah, you should be trying to keep them alive.

Tell Dondozo I said hiiiii

Thank goodness video games aren't political!

Enjoy the S/V free upgrade. Legit feels like a new game