Shortage of Tank .......

[Lemon8or]

I find it funny that everyone shouts for tanks in Mor Dhona requiring them having Relic and good gear and stuffs to get into the group, yet will not help a tank get their Relic to even get there in the first place, especially Titan HM where you only need 1 tank. So a group of all fresh people will get 1 tank Relic, 5 dps relic and 2 healers relic. Then they shout looking for tank with Relic..... sure.

[ZephyrK]

I am giving up on tanking. Why?

1- I am a warrior and not a paladin. Paladins are the chosen ones, and I don't want to play as a mamsy-pamsy Paladin.
2- Everyone expects something different from a tank, but in general, they just want you to do mostly everything, how they want it done. Mark targets, click off regen, lead the group, know every fight, and psychically understand when you should bother taunting off the BLM/BRD and when to just let them burn the target.
3- Quite honestly, I do not think Squeenix has a handle on warriors or how to fix them. My experience with MMOs say you should play the class that you want, not the class you think it will be.

I think all these MMOs creators have it wrong. They always know tanks will be short supply, yet consistently make it the class that is the most demanding in terms of gear, knowledge, patience, and skill.

[Astarica]

The game generally gives the tank ample time to dodge instant kill mechanisms that only applies to the tank, with the notable exception being Aiatar (Dragon Breath casts very fast for such a strong ability). If DPS gets aggro, it's not like they'll die tanking one mob which should be dying 5 seconds later anyway. It's only a problem because people care too much about overaggro or even dying when neither is really a big deal. If someone overaggros you don't let him die to just teach him a lesson. Just heal that guy and move on, and if that guy does die it's not like a 2% durabilty hit is even that significant. Sometimes I pull a succubus at the tank's request and eat a Void Thunder 3 + Void Fira and died, and my reaction is "Oops I suck", but apparently most people would be yelling at each other for an unfortunate incident.

[MorbidAngel]

Tanking trash in this game is super annoying even when you mark since you will still mostly have people that will ignore your marks anyway. Pretty much retired my PLD except for end game activities with my FC.

[Gucci_Charms]

Honestly in 12 years playing mmo's this has to be the worst community I have ever dealt with. I might go so far as to say its worse than wow. I have never dealt with the kind of abuse I get tanking in any other mmo that I see here. It is a wonder that df has any tanks to que at all.

So true. Tanks get the raw end of the stick in this game. I have never seen so much rage people throw at tanks in this game. If you manage to befriend a tank on your server who will help you, be grateful.

Also tip of the day: don't piss off or be rude to your tank in your party. It affects the entire party, not just yourself lol!

[HamHam]

Well, on the topic of people treating tanks bad when everything goes sour. I have had this experience. About a week ago, I was doing AK, and when I pulled the last boss, mind you only with shield lob, I've not yet had flashed or used any combo, not even provoked it, when the brd started to attack it at full strength, then the boss goes after him and does the tail swipe attack and killed the other two in the party. He goes on to blame me for losing hate! and insults me. So I left the party right there and then. I'm not going to deal with children when it comes to my enjoyment of the game.

[Amyas]

I am giving up on tanking. Why?

1- I am a warrior and not a paladin. Paladins are the chosen ones, and I don't want to play as a mamsy-pamsy Paladin.

Don't give up on tanking, and don't give up on War! I just got out of a df AK run earlier, it was the scholar's first time healing a war, you know what he said? 'First time healing war and he's so good!' 'like healing a pld'. Needless to say it gave me a big head and I started to fudge it a bit on the next couple pulls, but we pushed on and cleared it with 83 mins remaining. They even said 'thanks for the great tanking'. Moments like that is what makes tanking worth it, even when you have to deal with toxic buttholes and downright dummies when you're still learning, or if you fudge it a bit. FIGHT ON COMRADE! Don't give up the axe just yet!

[Doctor-]

I actually started a tank using the power of this thread. It has been a very nice journey and I am enjoying it quite a lot. Currently level 42 just casually leveling which is almost there I got the points for relic and DL - titan shield - garuda sword ready to wear it so a bit excited about that. Finally I gotten a couple of DF situations but I quickly use the would you rather wait 1 hour in queue? and they usually shut up and suck it up and we get through the dungeon letting me do my own thing. Paladins if you are skilled enough to make judgements that are logical do not take the abuse!! FIGHT back.

[Cycloptichorn]

The game generally gives the tank ample time to dodge instant kill mechanisms that only applies to the tank, with the notable exception being Aiatar (Dragon Breath casts very fast for such a strong ability).

Man, I'm glad to hear you say this. I had a tough time tanking him because the casting time of that attack is just brutally short. I was worried that everything from here on out would be the same way...

[Sephirah]

I actually started a tank using the power of this thread. It has been a very nice journey and I am enjoying it quite a lot. Currently level 42 just casually leveling which is almost there I got the points for relic and DL - titan shield - garuda sword ready to wear it so a bit excited about that. Finally I gotten a couple of DF situations but I quickly use the would you rather wait 1 hour in queue? and they usually shut up and suck it up and we get through the dungeon letting me do my own thing. Paladins if you are skilled enough to make judgements that are logical do not take the abuse!! FIGHT back.

Rock on! ^_^