Tank mounts the good and bad

[AllOutWar]

No it didn't. The Daily Roulette reward for tanks was drastically increased. That's why people are running these. To make 6k on one run just from bonuses.

While that may be true I highly doubt that farming a half hour dungeon for a lousy 6k gil (What do you even need gil for anyway in this game?) is the reason behind this rush of NEW tanks. Pretty sure it's people who want the mount. Either way back to the subject, there are quite a few tanks out there running low level dungeons who are ONLY USING AUTO ATTACKS and it's starting to get frustrating.

[Sisqi]

I've noticed some truly atrocious tanks lately, particularly in low level dungeons but I think it has more to do with the release of the PS4 than the motivation for tank mounts (since that was implemented weeks ago and bad tanks are only just now streaming in).

Yeah, running DF to level my CNJ lately I have seen some bad players. One thing they all have in common is the inability (or refusal) to communicate. So I assume they are on PS4. I get it, you might not have a keyboard. But you can at least read the chat log that says "please use Flash" or "please don't run ahead while I'm casting Protect" etc.

[Giantbane]

While that may be true I highly doubt that farming a half hour dungeon for a lousy 6k gil (What do you even need gil for anyway in this game?) is the reason behind this rush of NEW tanks. Pretty sure it's people who want the mount. Either way back to the subject, there are quite a few tanks out there running low level dungeons who are ONLY USING AUTO ATTACKS and it's starting to get frustrating.

Play a tank

problem solved

[Adrian74]

Tanks only using auto-tank?... Ah, no auto attack... .. Damn.. When was the last time I played with a non-tank class?... Maybe I should try a DPS someday, again, and see how are the tanks going now because I totally aknowledge what my companions do, aside of those who join in Castrum meridianum, praetorim, and few.

[Tiggy]

While that may be true I highly doubt that farming a half hour dungeon for a lousy 6k gil (What do you even need gil for anyway in this game?) is the reason behind this rush of NEW tanks. Pretty sure it's people who want the mount. Either way back to the subject, there are quite a few tanks out there running low level dungeons who are ONLY USING AUTO ATTACKS and it's starting to get frustrating.

It may not be the entire reason sure, but at the same time it is indeed part of the reason. I know several people in my FC who ONLY use their tanks to hop in and make that easy 6k. So yes, it does happen.

[Schaeffa]

I ran into one last night in Brayflox (normal mode). Kept running off immediately without Protect/Stoneskin and literally just auto-attacking one mob, so it ended up being me (as the healer) or one of the DPS tanking for most of the run. In the first and second boss fights, when the adds showed up, he was still wailing away on the main boss while I struggled to keep the DRG/BRD and him up simultaneously. We kept trying to talk to him, even using the translate feature, but he would never respond. We got to the final boss, where he just kept it tanked in one spot letting it fully heal itself off of the poison pools. We didn't get through the dungeon despite the rest of our best efforts.
I thought he might just have a terrible case of tunnel vision, but a bot wouldn't have been far-fetched.

[ErnestoGiovanni]

I've run into the issue two times one was a completely unresponsive person, and the other was just someone who didn't know better and made great strides in progress. If i didn't want to level jobs, i'd tank more dungeons.

[Nukocafe]

auto-attacking tanks who don't respond are usually bots.
your best bet is to kick and report them.

[DoubleT]

i was a lil disapointed that they gated the tnk mounts behind coil an ex-primals, as i only really use my tnk for regular dungeons, an dps for the harder stuff. i honestly dont see the point, if the goal was to get more tnks in df, then why lock the rewards behind the 2 things that are commonly not done through the df lol

[CYoung187]

i was a lil disapointed that they gated the tnk mounts behind coil an ex-primals, as i only really use my tnk for regular dungeons, an dps for the harder stuff. i honestly dont see the point, if the goal was to get more tnks in df, then why lock the rewards behind the 2 things that are commonly not done through the df lol

Lol I agree. That is such a huge oversight. Coil/primal groups are not helping queues, don't even see the point of the mounts if they don't apply to helping df times. The mounts don't create more people tanking, just rewards those who already do. Someone didn't think this through.