Tank Jobs' Opinion on Summoners Tanking

[Paikis]

For anything that matters, your tank pet is useless.

For things that don't matter, you're slowing us down by not using a damage pet.

Titan is worthless in groups.

[Tronic]

For anything that matters, your tank pet is useless.

For things that don't matter, you're slowing us down by not using a damage pet.

Titan is worthless in groups.

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[Hachiko]

For anything that matters, your tank pet is useless.

For things that don't matter, you're slowing us down by not using a damage pet.

Titan is worthless in groups.

Oh really?

http://www.twitch.tv/lleuca/c/3072571

[DartFx]

Oh really?

http://www.twitch.tv/lleuca/c/3072571

That was amazing xD

[Paikis]

Oh really?

http://www.twitch.tv/lleuca/c/3072571

My point stands. Titan hard Mode is a joke.

[Darksword]

My point stands. Titan hard Mode is a joke.

The endless, endless, ENDLESS threads complaining about his difficulty would seem to disagree with you.

I appreciate the positive comments so far though. For my own opinion as a career SMN (9 years in FFXI and now capped in XIV), my job is to do more than just be one of the party's DDs. Looking for ways to make the party's life easier, like reducing the amount of damage the tank eats from adds and thereby also reducing stress on the healer, is my foremost concern. It isn't something you do where it isn't welcomed, of course. Sometimes "sit in the back, manage Garuda and cast" is still the most perfect option. Still, its nice to know some tanks will welcome us as partners when the situation calls for it.

[Tronic]

Oh really?

http://www.twitch.tv/lleuca/c/3072571

They had 4 healers and most of the players were ridiculously overgeared. I remember back in the day seeing onyxia being tanked by a shadow priest in vanilla wow. Then again his group was ridiculously overgeared too. Not really a good example of a real life application.

[RapBreon]

I reckon it could tank Cad and if the egi has a player controlled taunt, ADS as well. T4 would be a bit more of a challenge due to movement being so important. Regardless you'd have to replace the OT with a DPS for it to be a worthwhile strategy, but if you could do it, oooooooooh boy it'd be awesome. If I had a summoner in my group I'd try it.

They had 4 healers and most of the players were ridiculously overgeared. I remember back in the day seeing onyxia being tanked by a shadow priest in vanilla wow. Then again his group was ridiculously overgeared too. Not really a good example of a real life application.

From back when I viewed it; they had one healer was DPSing and one was a complete gooba. So only two healers really. Mountain busters didn't even get the egi into a dangerous amount of health. I do agree with them being over-geared however.

But it has more fucking health than an over-geared Warrior with food. If it has like ANY decent duration % mitigation skills, it's already gunna be a better BC tank than a WAR in static low movement fights :P