What piece of content do you love to tank the most?

Title does say it all:

Is there a dungeon/trial/raid that you just love getting queued into as a tank?

So far in both my first visit to Eorzea and this one, something about Stone Vigil just clicks for me tanking. Just zone in and grind it out consistently.

Nidhogg, Thordan, or Warrior of Light, but that's more for story reasons. Also I really really enjoyed those fights.

Pretty much any dungeon. It's just where I feel my skills and performance matter most. I love adapting to different people and skill levels. I'm always making these moment-to-moment optimizations based on who I'm with, so it feels a little more dynamic than a lot of other content to me.

Nothing is fun to tank because of how boring early game tanking has become which has affected mid-end game tanking... it's the main reason why I stopped playing DRK(among other things) as well stopped doing a lot of the older stuff because early game tanking is not fun anymore... and yes I do blame the enmity changes that happened at the start of Shadowbringers...

PvP. Especially Frontline.

E4 is prety much the only level 80 duty i like to tank

All my previous favs have been neutralised by ilvl and the excessive homogenisation from SB onwards

I adore any dungeon that let's me drag mobs into the boss/miniboss arena, and my favorite is Quitana Ravel.
That's just a fun duty to tank all around.

Alot of people at this point may not be familiar with it but T9, I think, in coils of Bahamaut (Nael Fight) is so fun to me

Dungeons in general, because I know I'll get done at a decent pace (can't stand single pullers).
The Feast (I prefer Bard for Frontlines).
Susano hm/ex.

In the past i used to love any kind of content with DRK, in general i loved do all my roulettes even if i didn't need them bcs was a lot of fun and i was glad to make a smooth run for the ppl that was paired with me, on SHB mostly nothing now, tanking is just boring in general and i only tank on savage for my raid and that's it, i just preffer doing everything else with my SAM and only if i need it.

These thoughts are cool and all, but for a thread about what you enjoy tanking can we please air away from comments like these:

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Originally Posted by DRKoftheAzure

Nothing is fun to tank

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Originally Posted by shao32

tanking is just boring in general

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Thanks ItMe. Yes I want this to be a more positive thread. We see and feel a lot of doom and gloom in many tank threads, but I hope a thread like this to help remind people what they've loved to tank can help balance out the rest of the negative

Innocence and Rathalos easily my favorite fights in the game
even tho dont really tank rathalos its great to solo the Stack .

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Originally Posted by shao32

In the past i used to love any kind of content with DRK, in general i loved do all my roulettes even if i didn't need them bcs was a lot of fun and i was glad to make a smooth run for the ppl that was paired with me, on SHB mostly nothing now, tanking is just boring in general

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We seem to be sharing a brain cell regarding DRK, tanking, and content...

Being able to Tank content without playing a Tank is so far my favorite part about tanking. Im currently testing how far i can push this in Dungeon/Trial content.

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Originally Posted by ItMe

These thoughts are cool and all, but for a thread about what you enjoy tanking can we please air away from comments like these:

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Well raising comments like those are important if something is wrong in my opinion since it make the problem more visible and have more chances to be addressed than just acting like there is none, I still answered op question, sorry if my extra opinion about tanking today did bother you somehow, no pun intended.

Probably dungeons or 24 man.

My issue with 8-mans is that while not in savage and beyond, an off tank is usually just another dpser, so as a tank there's a chance you won't really perform the role proper.

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Originally Posted by shao32

Well raising comments like those are important if something is wrong in my opinion since it make the problem more visible and have more chances to be addressed than just acting like there is none, I still answered op question, sorry if my extra opinion about tanking today did bother you somehow, no pun intended.

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Raising those concerns are important, I agree wholeheartedly. There are already many threads pointing out those problems and I hope to keep this thread on enjoyment.

The ARR Titan fights, like Titan normal,hard and ex, those come to mind when I think of fun tanking.

Dzmael Darkhold

The first wing has the best wall to wall pull in the game.

The second wing requires strategy and LOS pulls to do things effectively.

Aurum Vale

we need more dungeons that require decision making like the first room here. This place has/had consequences.

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Originally Posted by Ariel_Valmont

Dzmael Darkhold

The first wing has the best wall to wall pull in the game.

The second wing requires strategy and LOS pulls to do things effectively.

Aurum Vale

we need more dungeons that require decision making like the first room here. This place has/had consequences.

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If we're talking about big pulls then the pull in Hell's Lid after the 2nd boss is definitely up there, the 2 water serpents regularly cast what is basically an untelegraphed tank buster and since you have 2 of them + additional mobs they could easily shred you.

>What piece of content do you love to tank the most?

I would give my vote to Rathalos EX.

Trials 60+.

I really like ARR and Heavensward dungeons mostly. I don't know what makes them different but I try to avoid anything at 80.

Top 5:

Dzemael Darkhold:

It's kind of boring but the mechanics and enemy placement is really fun, you can still wipe here.

The Stone Vigil:

Nothing special in particular but it makes me nostalgic for some reason.

Antitower:

Kind of magical place, the upside down castle fits well into the scenery and the frogs are cute.

Aurum Vale:

While it's insufferable for the most part, it challenges you and the first room often causes wipes.

The Grand Cosmos:

One of the 80 dungeons I really like. Beautiful scenery, good enemy placement and the mechanics are really cool.

dungeons and sometimes raids. Dungeons because I could just pull everything pop like 1 defensive cd and just spam my aoe moves till dead and survive. Raids are a 50/50 for me since there are times where the mechanics just ruins my flow/vibe.

Unsynched story bosses from past patches ! Recently redid Niddhog solo and that was a great deal of fun !

pool of tribute is really fun, I still haven't got around to the ex but it has a kino feel. really most of the sb trials feel like that to me though idk, pool of tribute sticks out though