Tank mentality.

[HeiZei]

As many others have said, tanks are the integral part of the group. Every ounce of weight rests on their shoulders. If you forget to pop 1 cooldown and die because of it, everyone knows. If you lose aggro to a DPS that doesn't care about threat meters, its not his fault, it's the crappy tanks fault. If you don't pull monsters in the most perfect form every time, people bicker and moan. If you aren't on top of your game 100% of the time, people take notice, and they complain.

Tanks are by far the most stressful jobs out there and are sorely unappreciated. After months of gritting your teeth through everything, you tend to become short tempered. Some people don't, most people do.

I personally feel that if people expect me to play at 100% all of the time, then it is just as fair for me to expect it of them. If I'm playing with friends and I know I'm in a relaxed environment, entirely different story. But I swear to God if one of you pubs pulls aggro...

[Themis]

I personally feel that if people expect me to play at 100% all of the time, then it is just as fair for me to expect it of them. If I'm playing with friends and I know I'm in a relaxed environment, entirely different story. But I swear to God if one of you pubs pulls aggro...

This is why I tend to group up only with friends. If things go wrong, we laugh it off and try again.

But... there are times when you are in the DF/PUGs and there is 1 or 2 others in the group that do stupid things (especially when it's intentionally done) and that starts to eat away at your soul until you want to rage at them. The good thing is, you can just shout at the screen and get back to trying to control the situation. Or leave, take a few minutes and just move on with things. It's a game in the end, and isn't worth stressing over. Why some people feel the need to type their rage out at people, I have no idea. It rarely helps anyone.

[Ragnar_Dragonfyre]

This is one of the things I enjoyed most about Age of Conan.

If someone was being an unreasonable douchenozzle, I would drop party in the middle of a dungeon and PK them then and there.

PvE games let players get away with too much. There's almost zero accountability.

Personally, I can see why some tanks get upset. It is quite annoying to have a parrot on your shoulder trying to dictate your every move. Giving out tips is fine but if you're going to try to tell me how to play throughout the entire run, I'm not going to be happy.

Basically, if you think you know how a tank should be played, be a tank. Otherwise, leave the tank to do his job or leave the party and find another with a tank who plays in a way that makes you happy.