Tank disrespect.

[Kydi]

Wow, I honestly did not expect to see so much hate, and especially not with the undertone of a personal attack based on a valid opinion.

Thankfully I've never struggled to hold agro, probably because I understand and have experience of MMOs . However, for a new tank, doing their main quest who hasn't played an MMO before, being thrust into a dungeon and expected to hold agro against experienced i100 players is unreasonable. No, the rotations are not difficult, but planning the fights can be, and at low level (especially pre provoke) those new tanks have very little way to get enmity back if they lose it.


Picture this situation, a new tank goes into a dungeon, say Halatali, which I believe syncs to 24(?), with two i100 dps and an i100 healer. The new tank has picked up the quest when they could, at 22(?) , so they've probably got level 20 gear. The tank even says at the start they are new and haven't done it before. The tank is struggling to keep agro against the dps who have practiced for months and are in top tier gear. The dps and healer, rather than offer advice, shout some sort of toxic vitriol about the tank being useless, saying they should give up, and kick the tank. Who's in the wrong? The tank is trying their hardest, but rather than offer some constructive advice and scale back their dps (not unreasonable given that there are no hard dps checks and it's a low level dungeon) so that the tank can get experience, they kick. I see that as a sign of a bad dps, not a bad tank. Obviously the situation is different at higher levels where rotation knowledge can be (mostly) expected, but advice should still be offered before raging.

Frankly, if someone goes into a low level dungeon unprepared to offer advice then I think it would be better to find a nice endgame static to raid with.