Tanks that annoy the heck outta me.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

The amount of times I drop Asylum, Sacred Soil, or Earthly Star directly on the tank and they run out of it is astoundingly annoying.

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Some of that may be about the disconnect between those abilities and the entire rest of the game. We're trained from very low levels to never stand in glowing ground circles. Then 50 levels later the game says, "no, just kidding, you're supposed to stand in these." If there's a ton of stuff happening and all of a sudden a ground AoE pops up, the gut reaction is "oh crap." You and I and most of the people dedicated enough to be posting here would instantly know Earthly Star for what it was, but a random tank in the middle of a pull? Maybe not.

(Cover has the same issue. You have to be near the tank for it to work, but people constantly run away from it because all our training says not to stand that close to the tank.)

As a super tank, I’m taught to avoid any and all floor aoe’s. I don’t know what markers are good or bad...

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Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

Some of that my be about the disconnect between those abilities and the entire rest of the game. We're trained from very low levels to never stand in glowing ground circles. Then 50 levels later the game says, "no, just kidding, you're supposed to stand in these." If there's a ton of stuff happening and all of a sudden a ground AoE pops up, the gut reaction is "oh crap." You and I and most of the people dedicated enough to be posting here would instantly know Earthly Star for what it was, but a random tank in the middle of a pull? Maybe not.

(Cover has the same issue. You have to be near the tank for it to work, but people constantly run away from it because all our training says not to stand that close to the tank.)

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Only thing I think you have an argument for with the prior conditioning reasoning is Earthly Star. Asylum, Sacred Soil, and Collective Unconscious are not ground AOEs but domes, and there are no mechanics in this game where a damage dome appears over you (though that would be cool). They also have visible effects (regen ticks that appear via flying text or a buff for damage mitigation that appears on your hotbar), where as Earthly does not.

Many times, when I see a tank running out of my healy bubbles or Earthly, I tell them to please stay in them because they heal. The response? “Ok.” *proceeds to run out of it next time as well* /shrug

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Originally Posted by BorisDaBlade

As a super tank, I’m taught to avoid any and all floor aoe’s. I don’t know what markers are good or bad...

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See above. Earthly may be a ground AOE, but Asylum, Sacred Soil, and Collective Unconscious are not.

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Originally Posted by Usho

If you don't know how to position the boss while in a healer bubble then maybe you need to go back to the Hall of the Novice.

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Sadly, HoN doesn’t teach this, as healing bubbles (or even damage AOEs like Shadow Flare) aren’t a thing at the levels where HoN is relevant.

This really depends on three thing really. 1) the tank grabbing the mobs and moving them to the location where they will be burned down 2) healer drops bubble in the area that will best get the tank and possibly melee dps. 3) tank stays in bubble as best as they can

If this is in a raid, then the tank and healer should both know where the boss will be positioned for bubble heals

Sometimes with large pulls, step 3 can be tough, especially with a tonne of aoes going on. We do try to stay in the bubbles (any good tank would) please, go easy on us :D

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Originally Posted by Azbroolah

What really irks me is when they pull one pack of adds then stand there and hit it for a few seconds, so I plop down Earthly Star or Shadowflare or whatever, then they pop Sprint and run to grab two more packs leaving my lovely bubble behind. Ugh!

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While leveling ninja this annoyed the hell out of me.

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Originally Posted by Rogatum

While leveling ninja this annoyed the hell out of me.

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Yes, it annoys me to. Sometimes that happens because the tank stutters and doesn't know what to do. Sometimes they see the healer running ahead and they'll be like "Well, big pulls I guess..." and then they start moving forward. But you what two mentioned, also happened to me and yes, it's annoying.

As someone that plays all 3 healers, I always get annoyed with the DPS standing outside the Oort Cloud where my AoE heals don't reach them. -.- I usually adjust to the tank+majority.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

Only thing I think you have an argument for with the prior conditioning reasoning is Earthly Star. Asylum, Sacred Soil, and Collective Unconscious are not ground AOEs but domes, and there are no mechanics in this game where a damage dome appears over you (though that would be cool). They also have visible effects (regen ticks that appear via flying text or a buff for damage mitigation that appears on your hotbar), where as Earthly does not.

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I've tried to get around this, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't by using a text macro with a "I'M DOING A THING!!!!" sound effect before using sacred soil so the tank knows its coming and it's an okay thing! Don't panic! Weither they run out of it or even know what sacred soil does is on them and beyond my control and at that point all there is to do is silently grumble. The real trick is to go in with the lowest of expectations for any new tank. It saves so many headaches let me tell you, haha.

It's annoying for healers and dps, I can't count how many times my shadow flare was left behind because the tank stopped and then ran off or they are running in a circle with mobs that do not cleve its annoying and as someone who also tanks on the side I always look out for those things....help your healer lol

Tanks/Healers/DPS that annoy the heck outta me: Those that get a stack marker and then run all the way up to, BUT stops just right outside of melee range from the boss so that melee have to stop DPS and stack.

The thing that gets me is when, in a dungeon, the tank will take the first mob pack and stand there hitting them long enough for me to think he’s pulling small, and I’ll pop what I need to maximize dps and get a quick-cast holy off, only to see the tank and mobs headed out the door to the next pack. Either plant yourself or run on, but don’t confuse me like that.