Why no one tanks...

[Rex]

Also, one can only assume from this thread alone that 81% of courteous and understanding people are from Hyperion.

But there is a possible chance that this statement is not verified.

I'm sorry to say that some of the people raging in the other parties in the run I used as an example were from Hyperion. :/ In fact one of them was someone that I had known since beta of 1.0. He stopped once he realized I was one of the tanks. But it certainly showed another side of him. Sad.

Then again, you did say 81%. So you could still be right...but that means that I must be running into the other 19% a lot. Lol


Btw, Ms. (or mr.) Talia Renton, You'll be getting a linkshell invite when I'm out of work later. XD

[LeonBlade]

Let me share my story with you...

I'm so sorry that you had to deal with that CT party, I have had very similar situations in CT. People are assholes, and love to blame other people, but never can blame themselves for their own mistakes.

I remember being in Garuda HM after a wipe and I was losing enmity to her and I told DPS to hold off until I got agro, then someone said I didn't have shield oath on, I immediately apologized and said it was 100% my fault and I was sorry, still people ended up leaving anyways, I felt really bad about what I said to the DPS because of my own stupid mistake after a wipe.

I just reached 300 commendations recently, which makes me happy, not because of bragging rights, but because people felt that I was a good player. I'm glad that I can make people's experiences enjoyable, over having assholes in my place.

I hope that you have better runs in the future.

[DannyNobuser]

Tanks are treated horribly in this game. So many self entitled kids that run in and face pull everything, you pick it all up, use all your defensive cooldowns and die cause the DPS is auto attacking.

Then said DPS complains for 30 minutes about the tank being bad, and gets you kicked from the party.

I loath this comment im a tank and I do well by my fc I like to tank. and no its not mind numbingly boring Elazu your are incorrect

[LeonBlade]

I recall it was effective as a PLD tank in FFXI to cure yourself, this is why I think you see new players trying to do this. It's useless in FFXIV because rage of halone combo(single target) and flash(multi target) is superior for enmity generation.

Ah, I see. I don't think that this person was like this, as they were almost at max health. I think they were on PS3, so they were likely just new to the game. I just don't see how you could get to Brayflox as a tank and still not know what to do very well. I hope they learn from their mistakes and improve, and I just pray for them when they get to level 50 to not be harassed by other players.

[yondaimeflash]

I couldn't fit all your text and mine Kazamoto but lol I do miss the joy toy to lol and yeah your right that in dungeons the whole group is moving so no need for pulls from the dps. Though I still do it in fates lol. I do miss some of the game mechanics of 11. But all good fun lol.

[yondaimeflash]

Last I checked Tanking in FFXI was way more fun than XIV.

Lol love how you quoted me saying snip when I know I didn't say that and idk I never tanked in 11 I was 8 different jobs not one of them a tank. ^.^

[RegnumMagik]

Life as a tank is fairly easy.

If the DPS is harassing you, kick or vote abandon. Let them remember the feeling of DPS queue.

[MACEenyo]

I enjoy tanking the most out of all roles.

What is this thread about again? I do tank.

It is true though, a tank can make one mistake and there is always that one person in the party that thinks you are a "noob" because you made a mistake and they are immature so they have a hissy fit. You just have to shrug that nonsense off. Or bitch right back at them.

DD die all the time, do you hear the tanks complaining because they did? Not from my experience.

A mistake made by a tank is more obvious than any other roles, that's all there is to it.

[WhaleBiologist]

If DPS pull intentionally, I tend to just stand there. Only once the healers heal will I pick up the mobs, because I don't want my healer dying because my DPS are either stupid, impatient or just plain rude. As tank, I am usually the one who knows what to kill first and why, how to position things so AOE's don't hit my squishier brethren, I am paying attention to pats (if any) as well as knowing how to do surgical pulls so that my healer can DPS as well. I see the DRG pulling everything a lot in the 30-40 range of dungeons, where they seem to think that because they could get away with it in copperbell mines they can do it in Stone Vigil.

I also have to take into account my healer might be new, generally inexperienced with the class or even common sense-defyingly stupid - in which case some pulls I HAVE to make as painless as possible for them to get us through it and I can't do this with DPS doing my pulls for me, it's also rude. Why? Because Sometimes I am distracted, maybe somebody is talking to me and I need 30 seconds of my attention elsewhere. Maybe I've just spilt my drink all over my keyboard and need to quickly wipe it down before it seeps in. Things happen, and while I would love to be able to AFK for pulls in these situations, in many cases the DPS doing the pulling don't even understand enmity well enough to keep multiple targets off the healers. Solo mob? I don't care if the WHM pulls that. It's not going to kill anybody as long as 3/4 of the group are there.

This turned into a longer rant than I had intended

[LoLo]

Lol love how you quoted me saying snip when I know I didn't say that and idk I never tanked in 11 I was 8 different jobs not one of them a tank. ^.^

People that quote others with "snip" in the quote are not attacking them. They have to do that so that they do not go over the word limit. The person didn't mean any harm.