Why does everyone blame the tank?

[Eye_Gore]

Being new to this game, probably would have never chose gladiator in the beginning had I known what it was all about. Not knowing what a tank role even was, no one ever said anything in the first few dungeons as to how I was playing until Halatali when I was paired with high ranking players. All they did was yell at me the whole time and offered no help, no one died though and we made it through, got all kinds of hate messages. I thought I just had to kill everything in there like I did previously, boy was I wrong.

Thats when I looked up what a tank role actually was and ended up here. Been trying to gather up pointers and as much info on tanks as I can. I think I'm getting better at it, atleast no hate messages since. I'll just stick to the lower level dungeons until I get better at it. So I just figured I'll keep at it and get better, but I can see why no one wants to play as a tank and also why the blame game goes on.

[Synestr]

I'll just stick to the lower level dungeons until I get better at it. So I just figured I'll keep at it and get better, but I can see why no one wants to play as a tank and also why the blame game goes on.

That's it right there. You will be a great tank due to your wanting to be a good one. Learn your role, abilities and skills. Practice makes perfect. I am sorry those D-bags heckled you instead of offering guidance. As a tank though, we develop a special stone-skin, a "ain't no body got time fo dat-skin".

May your shield arm stay strong sister, and your flash taste like SPAM!!

Syn

[Ashkendor]

That's it right there. You will be a great tank due to your wanting to be a good one. Learn your role, abilities and skills. Practice makes perfect. I am sorry those D-bags heckled you instead of offering guidance. As a tank though, we develop a special stone-skin, a "ain't no body got time fo dat-skin".

May your shield arm stay strong sister, and your flash taste like SPAM!!

Syn

Indeed. Those players should have offered constructive criticism and told you how to do it better instead. Tanking is a rough way to start the game, honestly. Going into a dungeon for the first time and being expected to already know the dungeon simply because of the role you chose is pretty stressful. In any case, it gets better. You will start to appreciate your queue times, especially at endgame. Not to mention you can seriously screw with people by simply leaving if they're jerks to you. There are times I gladly eat the half-hour simply because I know they'll probably sit in the dungeon forever waiting for a new tank.