lol, I'm i120 or so, and a career WAR. I was tanking Second Coil before FCoB came out, and haven't really done any FCoB. that being said, when it comes to the Crysal Tower raid(s) I just assume I'm MT. Last night I was running Labrynth of the Ancients, and a couple times another tank came up, voked off of me, but didn't actually pull threat off me.

pro Tip for tanks: Use Provoke right before Rage of Halone/Butcher's Block. That will give you your best chance at sealing the deal on threat lock down. Don't voke, right before I use Butcher's Block lol.

Anyroad, I just typically assume I'm MT. If will run up, watch the map, make sure players are all in the arena (ready Checks are too slow) I'll take a pause to see if the other tanks are running in, but not a long one, before I just charge in myself. If somebody does pull threat and seem to want to MT, I turn Defiance off, make sure hey have full threat, and then wheel around to the side to avoid getting cleaved.

on primal (NA) I tpically see people using the Adds Belly Chains method on Cerb.

Picking your raid MT based on the party # you randomly get? eh, I guess it's a good enough method, but you can get i80 or lower tanks in LOTA, and I don't think it makes sense to let an i70/80PLD over an i120/i130 WAR. (I mean, we're talking about double the amount of HP. <3 SCH's lol)

^unless the i70/80 tank REALLY wants to, in which case, they can ask in /a, and I will be content to let them try. As long as the healers aren't pulling threat I have np dialing back.