Tanking Frustration: I blame WoW

[Stryker]

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The problem sadly is that as the tank you have to lead more often than others. But then here's the problem, what if you don't know the dungeon? While lvling up and going into dungeons for the first time that's the struggle I had. Luckily I found good parties in DF who explained the mechanics so we could 1 shot them.

But sometimes after a hard days worth of work or having to babysit tons of people that day. Having to explain and hold everyones hand takes its toll especially on a tanks, since like you said there is a reasonable expectation that the tank leads.

Obviously a lot of this would be alleviated if people knew how to play their class, not knowing mechanics can be overlooked but having to tell people how to do their own job? That needs to stop, people should know what skills they have draws the most hate. There's a meter for crying out loud. How dumb/lazy have gamers got to where they can't see a meter moving with their abilities and not adjust?