NEED a good WAR GUIDE

[Denmo]

While I'm sure it doesn't, I was simply trying to ensure that I'm playing the job adequately, and not just standing around hitting shit with an axe.

Currently, that's all you need to do to play the job adequately.

[Frein]

While I'm sure it doesn't, I was simply trying to ensure that I'm playing the job adequately, and not just standing around hitting shit with an axe. There's a right way and a wrong way to every job or class, for example a friend did a run the Into the Dark last night and it took 5 attempts due to the tank being new and never doing a non XP pt.

1) Rememeber to activate Rampage.
2) Open with Antagonize -> Hit -> Provoke -> Flash -> Rampart
3) Boost the enmity from your first combo with Sentinel.
4) Use Featherfoot and Foresight whenever they're up. The same goes for Provoke, Flash and Rampart, unless Antagnoize is about to come off cooldown, in which case you'll want to wait for it.
5) Use Sentinel, Second Wind, Bloodbath and Vengeance according to your judgment to get extra enmity/damage/mitigation.

Note that Vengeance does not give enmity even though it can deal a ton of damage. It's strictly for mitigation/DPS. Sentinel boosts your enmity but only enmity gained from damage dealt (and possibly hitpoints healed?).

There you go! There isn't much else to straight tanking.