Tank mentality.

[YunieAura]

It's really easy to see why the tank seems to be the most bitter/most dbaggy of us all and the least popular role. (︶ω︶)

1) Spotlight - stress, responsibility, the "god-complex"

2) Everything starts with tank - the fight and pivotal mechanics (interrupts), the blame, the congratulations

3) Perfection and Dealing with the rude majority of players - walking on eggshells to not seem like a dbag or a bad tank, but one crack and you're the worst player ever. Leads to tank snapping or rerolling. There is the Endgame rush to progress. Even if you're a nice guy, nobody "ain't got no time" to be teaching or waiting on a tank to learn to be better.

Wrote a whole wall of text but accidentally hit back on browser, but that is what my messaged boiled down to. (︶ω︶)

[Zikh]

2) Everything starts with tank - the fight and pivotal mechanics (interrupts), the blame, the congratulations

You must be playing a very different game than I am. Tanking is a thankless job above all, no matter how good you are.

[Delorean]

I'll repeat my original question. What is the expected mentality of the tank?

your jobs to hold aggro and not die

and not cleave the piss out of the melee

do that and you're golden, anyone who says otherwise is wrong for as much as i care

You must be playing a very different game than I am. Tanking is a thankless job above all, no matter how good you are.

almost every in progress queue i take, i am praised for how much better i was than the previous tank. not that i really care, but it is kind of nice to hear sometimes

[Plainview]

almost every in progress queue i take, i am praised for how much better i was than the previous tank. not that i really care, but it is kind of nice to hear sometimes

I've gotten the compliments as well, and to all those out there who gave them, it is appreciated. Sometimes a simple "thank you" is enough to know you helped folks out. What I cannot abide and will never tolerate is some of the downright hatefulness from folks who hide behind anonymity.

[Kayin08]

All your points are dead on but 3 is my biggest issue with endgame. While running Castrum we had SCH who was new nobody took the time to explain anything to him. He died on the second boss and nobody raised him they kept going it was a WTF moment for me lol. I was the off tank so I stuck with him while the party ran ahead and ended up wiping at livia cuz they all rushed in. Too many people forget where they came from and that they were new to these dungeons.