Calling MT huh?

[Evantide]

The new trend I see now is: Everyone stands around because nobody wants to mt. I pull the boss, then the other tanks starting hitting provoke to take it off me.

Then on the next fight I tell them to go ahead and mt since they wanna use provoke for the sole purpose of being a dbag. The other tanks sit around doing nothing until a dps or healer pulls it.

This never used to happen, but now it seems like a common occurrence.

[Kuurei]

The new trend I see now is: Everyone stands around because nobody wants to mt. I pull the boss, then the other tanks starting hitting provoke to take it off me.

Then on the next fight I tell them to go ahead and mt since they wanna use provoke for the sole purpose of being a dbag. The other tanks sit around doing nothing until a dps or healer pulls it.

This never used to happen, but now it seems like a common occurrence.

It seems to be brand of tank-initiated trolling, honesty. DPS have their charge-ahead trolling, Healers have their Cure II troll -- this is ours.

[MrsFluffyButt]

People still moan and fight about the MT role? boring paladin for boring job, I say. OTing is much, much more engaging imho. Put shortly, if a sap continues to fight for aggro on purpose, let them have it.

[Ashkendor]

People still moan and fight about the MT role? boring paladin for boring job, I say. OTing is much, much more engaging imho. Put shortly, if a sap continues to fight for aggro on purpose, let them have it.

Funny, I see just as many warriors fighting for aggro as I do paladins. The only reason I go in there as warrior is because I don't want to MT if I can help it. If I go in on Paladin, I will end up as MT regardless of Sword Oath.

[AriaEnia]

I find it being an OT is more fun on WoD, so please MT.

[RecklessLion]

Exactly. If I don't have to MT I wont. Not about to play ping pong with the boss just so he can become pissed and AOE everyone in the path. I'll ask my party "are you up for healing a MT?" That answer will determine if I should MT if needed. If someone wants the shine that much be my guest. I'm here to clear that's my glory.

[RecklessLion]

Plus when I was farming this boss most tanks wanted to OT it. I only ran into a few gun ho tanks. Fine by me I know how to dodge AOE and play OT.

[Kuurei]

OTing definitely feels more fun, plus you get to deal with some of the most interesting mobs as a result of it. Iron Giants, Sandmen, etc etc. XD

[Clarkamite]

Of the times I've gone in to any of those 24-man raids as a Tank I wonder if people felt I was trying to steal aggro from them. I am fine being a MT but I couldn't care less either way. What will end up happening is because I run full Strength right side I'll be sitting there not in Defiance and if I even hit one Butcher Block combo I'm right up there about to pull hate. It actually makes me mad because I'm sitting there like, "WTF is this MT doing? Hitting it with a noodle?"

[JimboTCB]

Of the times I've gone in to any of those 24-man raids as a Tank I wonder if people felt I was trying to steal aggro from them. I am fine being a MT but I couldn't care less either way. What will end up happening is because I run full Strength right side I'll be sitting there not in Defiance and if I even hit one Butcher Block combo I'm right up there about to pull hate. It actually makes me mad because I'm sitting there like, "WTF is this MT doing? Hitting it with a noodle?"

There's a lot of people who are running CT raids undergeared (or, rather, at the "appropriate" average gear level but with weird ilvl distributions across their gear), and a lot of people working on relics and stuff so their weapons suck at the moment. My gear isn't exactly terrible but I'm still on my atma relic stage, and I'm too cheap to buy a temporary weapon so I have a hard time holding threat against people with zodiac/poetics weapons. Plus a lot of new/unconfident tanks run full vit accessories without realising how much it hurts threat generation.