Why is tanking so rough for new players?

[Ellatrix]

That's standard for bad DPS. Anyone that's played these games knows the tank has to get ahold of aggro before you can start popping cooldowns. Was true in FFXI, was very true in WoW and continues to be true here.

Thanks for confirming you don't know how to tank if you're unable to hold threat off dps burst at the start. Again, the enmity modifiers on skills are ridiculous, and in 2.4 they felt the need to buff flash/scorn.

A hallmark of a bad DD is one who pops cooldowns at the very instant a trash pack is pulled and go balls out before the tank even has a chance to get a 123 combo going, let alone the time to Flash once or twice so as to keep the hate off the healer.

If you're trying to 123 on a trash pack at the start, you're doing it wrong. As I keep saying, if played correctly, under no circumstance will a dps pull off a tank.