Healers tanking low level dungeons

[StouterTaru]

What was your point again, that the tank is the tank, and that's why they call him the tank cause he tanks?

Or that it's the tank's job to set the pace for the dungeon, and everyone else has to put up with it, even if it means pulling a small group of mobs then standing there for 3 minutes before going to the next group?

Or that it's about someone else enjoying the game?

Or that you should explain how the game works to someone who does not communicate whatsoever?

[Zedd702]

What was your point again, that the tank is the tank, and that's why they call him the tank cause he tanks?

Or that it's the tank's job to set the pace for the dungeon, and everyone else has to put up with it, even if it means pulling a small group of mobs then standing there for 3 minutes before going to the next group?

Or that it's about someone else enjoying the game?

Or that you should explain how the game works to someone who does not communicate whatsoever?

Ha! Ok. So you want to go the sarcastic route I see...

Yes, I've made several points in this very thread, but to answer your question and refrain from replying sarcastically myself, I'll quote and add emphasis to my point:

What's the hurt in trying?????????

Take things on a case by case basis. That's what separates good players from the bad. By you not taking the chance as an experienced player, makes you just as guilty as the bad/new player...


It's not about outside the box, it's about helping others that were apparently lost or new...

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

What was your point again, that the tank is the tank, and that's why they call him the tank cause he tanks?

Or that it's the tank's job to set the pace for the dungeon, and everyone else has to put up with it, even if it means pulling a small group of mobs then standing there for 3 minutes before going to the next group?

Or that it's about someone else enjoying the game?

Or that you should explain how the game works to someone who does not communicate whatsoever?

This is all conjecture. You're not listening to anything at this point, but merely looking for something to pick apart and use in a rebuttal. So let me be blunt:

Your tank - for whatever reason, good or bad, which you didn't even KNOW - was just standing around. You previously mentioned he seemed lost. You at that point decided to bypass him and pull mobs. You are wrong for that. Whether you care or not, you - the experienced player - were wrong to selfishly make that determination and break your role.

That tank might not be bad, but by not communicating with him, you just made him bad.

[Zedd702]

Well put ThirdChild.

[StouterTaru]

By you not taking the chance as an experienced player, makes you just as guilty as the bad/new player...

My issue is, I don't consider him guilty of anything, nor do I consider what I did wrong.

This is all conjecture. You're not listening to anything at this point, but merely looking for something to pick apart and use in a rebuttal. So let me be blunt:

Your tank - for whatever reason, good or bad, which you didn't even KNOW - was just standing around. You previously mentioned he seemed lost. You at that point decided to bypass him and pull mobs. You are wrong for that. Whether you care or not, you - the experienced player - were wrong to selfishly make that determination and break your role.

And this is back to "the tank is supposed to tank because he's the tank and that's why they call him the tank because he tanks."

Remember this in Heavensward when Astrologians and Machinists rush in and bypass Dark Knights, regardless of level. Remember these exact words.

And let there be no complaints.

Look at the thread title and discussion up to this point. People will learn when the mobs start hitting hard enough to need a real tank, and in the noob dungeons it doesn't matter. If a tank wants to learn how to hold hate, they can learn as much from a training dummy as they can a beginner dungeon.