Tanking tips, dos and donts

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

These dps weren't synched, but I wonder if they learned the dungeon that way and didn't think to do it any other.

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Not in synch doesnt mean its their first class. maybe they where alting. right click> search info usually tells the tale

But there is the chance of them knowing it only like this, nothing can be disregarded :)

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

These dps weren't synched, but I wonder if they learned the dungeon that way and didn't think to do it any other.

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+1, as DPS, there are dungeons that I run that the tank wants run that way. Concentrate on the boss, ignore the adds, LB when the time comes to finish. As a BRD, my LB is useless as a finishing move, since it is a healer LB, but as a BLM, DRG or MNK, it works great. Either way, especially in some of these low level dungeons, burn on the boss, ignore the adds is something that works very well.

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Originally Posted by Aloreal

Actually I made a mistake and referenced Tam Tara instead of Maws.

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hah well in that case I have a mixed bag of experience there. In some runs the DPS did kill the scorpions but in others they ignored them.
the ones where they kill them, were probably the smoothest to be honest. I did have a run where they didn't even kill the tail and let it spew poison everywhere. Instead they just burned the boss down lol. Honestly as a tank, it's probably best to grab every ad you can.If the DPS wanna burn down the boss that's cool, but they can't do it if they got ads on their butt and your healer can't keep you up if he's getting attacked by 3 scorpions. I vaguely recall spamming flashes/provokes/shield lobs during the chaos and every cool down I can possibly use lol.

If the DPS are new or seem like they aren't sure, I keybind the markers 1 & 2 and place them on either the tail or the ads to let them know to attack this guy instead. I think in the boss room I've only ever really put a 1 on the tail.