Tank mentality.

[Zikh]

I'll repeat my original question. What is the expected mentality of the tank? This thread is flooded with positive and negative anecdotes about tanks, but no one really gave a clear indication as to what they truly expect. I use DF pretty exclusively pre end-game since I find it to be a useful training tool. If I were with my FC, I wouldn't ask this question to begin with. So again, what is the cookie-cutter expectation from healers and DPS. Help us understand so we don't get anymore QQ threads on our forum.

Tank is the leader of the party, the perfect player. You know all the mechanics and skills of every enemy and boss fight. You know what to stun and what to silence. You know what hits hard so you can migitate the damage by using your cooldowns. You also know the skills and abilites of every other class in the game so you can predict what your team is going to do or can do in different situations. You mark the targets and you keep aggro from everything without any excuses. Your reflexes need to be good enough to avoid everything harmful if it's avoidable. You explain the boss strategies to new people and pull fast so the run goes smoothly and quick. Tank also has to see to be on his/her toes to see what other people do so if some dps pulls extra packs you're ready to grab them. There are also other things.

That's a tank player. Then people wonder why we have god complex and irritating personalities. Hah!

[Plainview]

Tank is the leader of the party, the perfect player. You know all the mechanics and skills of every enemy and boss fight. You know what to stun and what to silence. You know what hits hard so you can migitate the damage by using your cooldowns. You also know the skills and abilites of every other class in the game so you can predict what your team is going to do or can do in different situations. You mark the targets and you keep aggro from everything without any excuses. Your reflexes need to be good enough to avoid everything harmful if it's avoidable. You explain the boss strategies to new people and pull fast so the run goes smoothly and quick. Tank also has to see to be on his/her toes to see what other people do so if some dps pulls extra packs you're ready to grab them. There are also other things.

That's a tank player. Then people wonder why we have god complex and irritating personalities. Hah!

I'm glad someone got the joke.