very few tanks and some of them suck in dong their job

[SmokeyTheSequel]

If you have NOT tanking something yourself then you have no reason to be judging someone else about their methods. Also, I have noticed a lot of ppl pulling threat and then continuing to attack the mob until they die regardless of how hard the tank tried to get threat back. If you are getting threat, back off for a sec and let the tank get threat back. Don't keep spamming shit and expect miracles to happen. I also agree that a lot of people need to practice tanking more but people need to be more generous and not flip out on people.

[Trevor]

replace some of them with most of them

I've only had 1 tank that was genuinely good

[Nyktharas]

Sunken Temple of Qarn seems to be the first time I ran into a bad tank. It was all of our first runs, and we kinda let it slide that he kept dying to Doom on the first boss.

We ran out of time right before the last boss chambers.

Then I got into a second group, and we did it without dying. There are good tanks out there, at least on Ultros.

[Kalien]

I played a Warrior in 1.0 and a Ninja in FFXI, and honestly every time I tank new content I am terrified I am going to mess it up. People are really hard on tanks (Healers too), and sometimes it's really stressful. Of course these same people then complain that they have to sit in the Duty Finder forever waiting on a tank ... go figure.

I started really getting a feel for tanking in 1.0, and performed pretty well on a lot of content - tanked Ifrit, Co-tanked Moogles, Van Darnus, and Garuda, but have yet to do any tanking in 2.0 yet (crafting/gathering mostly). Because frankly new content with unknown people is stressful since they tend to be the mean ones. That being said, when it clicks tanking is one of the most fun things ever, sometimes though you just have bad days.

So please, be nice to your tank, and be constructive with your feedback.

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

The community tends to be one of the reasons why this game lacks tanks. Everyone pressures them so harshly to be this elite tank to the point nobody wants to be one due to being afraid. People need to let up with the nerd rage and provide useful insight and some more encouraging words.

[DukeGr]

reached brayflox longstop

then joined a party in middle of it just before the fire lizard boss

and damn we died 4 times just becuase of tank not tanking properly

when losing aggro spam flash to reclaim it

after every death for us he said im bad dps and whatever til i left the dungeon

not tanking properly and insulting ?

i played brayflox many many times in phase 3 it was pretty easy except 1st boss not fire lizard

Of course sometimes its the case of the occasional newbie player, although most of the times a tank cant keep aggro properly cause of people hitting everything and not following simple directions. Its not like you spam 2-3 flashes and overpowers and you regain agro, its alot more complicated than that. Group coordination is the most important thing.

[Kalien]

The community tends to be one of the reasons why this game lacks tanks. Everyone pressures them so harshly to be this elite tank to the point nobody wants to be one due to being afraid. People need to let up with the nerd rage and provide useful insight and some more encouraging words.

This is what I'm sayin'

[aziiz]

just a tip for mar to regain tp use "Invigorate" from lancer skills u will get 400 tp immediately

[SkyeWindbinder]

Yeah, I knew this was coming, lol. Healers get this kind of crap from whiners, too.

I primarily play DPS, but I'm also a great healer. (One of the best, imo) I'm not exaggerating, because I proved it in Copperbell Mines today. At the part where people are supposed to lure the slimes to the bomb and push the lever and blow them up, the idiotic DDs in my party kept attacking the bomb when they were supposed to leave it alone, and in the end the tank (who was actually doing his job well) and the two DDs got blown up and died. As the healer, I alone led the stupid slimes over to the pile and blew them up, making sure to keep myself healed and kill the random spriggans that showed up to stop me from touching the lever. So I had to play the role of tank, healer, and DPS all at once, finishing the battle all by myself. And why?

BECAUSE THE DD RETARDS CAN'T FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!!!!

[ZenesisX]

As a healer myself, I have had to deal with a few tanks that did not hold aggro(I would be the first one attacked for healing them). It can be troublesome but I never get upset with the tank. People make mistakes, or they are still learning. Heck, I'm still learning myself. Had a few close calls when healing others, namely the tank lol( I don't think anyone noticed:P).

The MRD is a class I want to try out at some point but seeing how much grief they get, I don't know.