Help, I can't play my job!

[geekgirl101]

I'm level 97 dnc, basically I got boosted through aby with there being no other option to level (soloing just still takes way too long and nobody parties no more.)

I tried to tank a few VNMs for weapon trials. First off my damage is horrid, I'm just not doing anything to them. Second I can't keep aggro, people tell me that dnc is a tank class but I just can't keep aggro off anybody and this is mainly to do with low damage output. Third I can't stay alive, I'm losing shadows really fast and getting pelted real hard.

To say that dnc is supposed to be an awesome class that can easily solo I'm not finding that true at all. My thf is more capable of solo tanking than my dnc is. I don't know what job abilities to rotate as there's so many of them, but even so I don't get to use them because I'm having to spam steps and animated flourish to pull the mobs back to me and not always does it get me hate back again.

I don't know what to do, I'm more than convinced that had aby never existed I might've learned my job as I leveled it and not be having to turn here to ask for help on how I can survive and how I can keep aggro.