A Healer Talks About Tanks

It's been said before, if you are shy, sensitive, or prone to crack under pressure, dont become a tank, its not worth it, its like being a goalie in a football team (soccer for NA) its not everyones cup of tea.

every "endgame" instance i did as a fresh lvl 50 tank i braced myself and expected the worse, everything else was a bonus.

If you feel the need to come here and speak about how awefull ppl are then I am sorry to say, do youself and everyone else a favor and reroll dps or healer because even tho this is "just a game" you will probably fail hard at tanking.

If you still feel this is what you want but you are going throu hell, all I can say is keep on walking. :)

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Originally Posted by AriaHawksong

t might be nicer to talk to them privately to ensure they understand what they need to do. If they still retaliate, or are in denial, well there is only so much you can do... no one likes being put on the spot, but they may respond better to private communication/constructive criticism, and so on.

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I agree that such criticism should be handled carefully in a private manner so that they dont feel offended or shamed. Only problem i foresee with this is that if you're DFing a dungeon and not with ls/fc mates then you are prevented sending tells to another? Unless it allows you to send tells to party members as i havnt tried this perhaps someone can enlighten me.

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Originally Posted by sQQuare

It's been said before, if you are shy, sensitive, or prone to crack under pressure, dont become a tank, its not worth it, its like being a goalie in a football team (soccer for NA) its not everyones cup of tea.

every "endgame" instance i did as a fresh lvl 50 tank i braced myself and expected the worse, everything else was a bonus.

If you feel the need to come here and speak about how awefull ppl are then I am sorry to say, do youself and everyone else a favor and reroll dps or healer because even tho this is "just a game" you will probably fail hard at tanking.

If you still feel this is what you want but you are going throu hell, all I can say is keep on walking. :)

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Dont oversell it buddy. Being a tank is something i too love in mmo's and have done so in every mmo ive played thus far aswell as healer. While i agree that someone who constantly complains about the stresses of being a tank should perhaps try another class i repeat myself: dont oversell it. Tank will be my 2nd lv50 job once i feel ive completed my whm more in terms of endgame gear.

Reason im doing both is i love the tension the jobs come with and there are many fights where a healers job is considerably more hectic than that of any tank and im sure several healers would concur and thus i get to experience it from both ends of the spectrum.

All too often i see ppl putting their own classes/jobs in mmo's on the pedestal of incredible difficulty versus the other jobs they would consider that can be played by a monkey rolling its head on the keybaord. Often a reason for this job bashing/bullying is to make one self feel more worthy in a virtual environment for whatever short comings they have in real life.

As for your analogy of the goalkeeper in football: i would say the goalkeeper was the healer protecting your party and the tank is the midfielder holding its ground while the dps are the strikers expected to finish the run at oppositions goals.

Relax :) Sometimes ppl have a fear of stress/expectations but its only through constantly being exposed to this fear do we often learn to overcome it, kinda like public speaking.

I usually ask the group to watch their aggro, had one group in CM who were all over the place expecting me to grab and secure the aggro of 6 enemies when everyone was attacking a different one.
When people continue to do this, I will ONLY defend the healer, if they can't work as a team then I will defend the flag until I drop dead.

There is 'tanks' that are dedicated to the role and excel....then there's the 'tank's who are really DPS in disguise who join as that role since it's insta que. I have much patience for tanks on whole, they are a rare and fickle bunch who tend to be extremely touchy.

Any rate, I agree however things do change. Instances up to lvl 40ish can be tanked by non-tanks sometimes. I mean I unwillingly had to tank many instances as a healer whilst leveling up. It's after 40, I don't tank so well... :(

Every dungeon I've been to, I've had no problems with the tanks doing their job, because I know that it can be hard to keep their aggro when I'm DPSing like a madman. The only problem I've had in dungeons has been with healers and other DPS, sad to say. I've seen a few healers try to DPS instead of heal, and others that just afk during battle. I've seen DPS not using their hardest hitting moves fast because they don't want to run out of TP fast. The thing is, when I'm the one DPSing like a madman and the other DPSers aren't, you just lost the hardest hitting DPSer in the group until his TP can recuperate...which is annoying.

I've also noticed that the party can still survive with a bad tank and bad DPSers because the healer is the one keeping the party going. However, if you get a bad healer...everything falls apart. A little off-topic, I know. But well, needed to be said.