Hmmmm...I do both..tank and heals... The other posters are correct. Tanking is def different in star wars than it is in other games, a fact that i am still getting used to... I am assuming by what i read from the original poster that the tank jumped in but never communicated his intentions of skipping some of the mobs? Please correct me if i am wrong. Now, if this is what happened, and you did what you said that you did, then by all means, you can dps for me anytime. I have such a time when i am trying to heal and the mobs are all over me...i am trying to do everything i can (using my spells to hide myself, running to the tank). The problem with DPS, is that they are a dime a dozen and yes you can get alot of bad dps groups, who just run in, think like the incredible hulk and just smash everything in sight..But there are good dps, just too far and between.. As a healer, i have an advantage in that i am in the background (most of the time) so i tend to concentrate on how the tank and the dps are doing their jobs and i reall keep note of how the tank is able to hold aggro, how the dps is taking care of the lightweight mobs. can't speak for other players, but my thinking is this as a healer... Tank - To me, (assuming the tank knows the fp AND knows what he/she is doing) is the pace setter of the group. Not me, not the dps. i go when he goes and i follow instructions if needed accordingly. I hope that the tank will be thee communicator for the group.i expect him/her to mark targets if need be and i expect that this is the toon that will be healing most of the time. However, i have no problem helping people who are new to tanking. DPS - I expect them simply to do their jobs. I HOPE that they are paying attention and can keep heat off of me so that i can do my job. Now, i have had good dps who will do that..heck i even had a dps who was off healing for me when my energy was too low to heal. The one thing that bothers me is when they take aggro of f the tank. Now, most people say "Well, the tank should learn to aggro"..to me, if the mob is aggroing you, help the tank by stop damaging until he/she can get aggro back. Healer - for any healer, myself included, it's a dream when you are in in a group (which i was yesterday) and barely had to heal the dps at all. Sure, we heal anyone, but the 2 dps, i noticed were very careful and deliberate in how they were attacking mobs which helped me a great deal by making my job easier... So, when you are running with dps and they are good, give them kudos..much kudos.

I play because ...... 1 I am a Star Wars junkie 2. It's a bioware game 3 it's a damn good game

Ahh the days of kotor, greatest rpg game I played. The moment i found out i was revan was a monumental shock. But this is a MMo, and overall a damn good one.

Okay I will keep it civil. You guys have spent way too much time contemplating on what in MMo Is and what you want in it. Actually it was a good discussion in the beginning but now it's become garbage. For some of you maybe you should either play the game or leave the damn game, But silent sniper I like the way that you kept it professional and civil.

I love how it is a failure but you are on your third time to get to LeveL 55.

damn! This post should be a sticky on flashpoint behavior! Nice job.

I personally hate this one time pw, though I can understand why they use it.

Exactly what I am asking for. Because I do a lot of pvp and pve. Thanks for clarifying my post.

hmmmm...i wonder how much cartel coins it would cost? do you know?

i thought there would be a 5 part series about this "code".

I think it's time starwars had this...i love my healer, but sometimes i will respec for dps just to try something different. I don't like having to keep restarting my talent points and placing spells in a correct order so that i can use them using the number keys. I think it would make flashpoints in paticular faster to get into because if i can't find a tank, i can use click a button and switch to my tank class (smiliar to what wow has). How do you guys feel about it? Let me hear your ideas about this topic

I think we are going a bit overboard with all of this...hmm...let's see... if anyone dies, it could be anyone's fault. Depending on the circumstances of how it happened..there..end of story :-)

Nice post

I just wanted to keep the thread going!

Well this Thread at least managed to engage a large discussion, which is good.