Don't be "that DPS"

[Heliantheae]

I can be guilty of this. I like to start casting Fire III while the tank is getting aggro and sometimes my timing is off. But this one I had this awesome tank who caught on about halfway through the dungeon and we started playing what basically equated to Aggro Chicken. At one mob he started walking up and I started casting. He stopped and turned to look at me. I stopped and looked at the healer being all nonchalant.

[wicked-one]

Sincerely,
someone who just wants to level a tank job.

As one who is "that DPS" ... as well as Heal and Tank... let me tell you.

That´s the least to worry about. As Pala, i did this all along. Shield lob, end everything goes straight line to whomever is behind me doing "that thing"... a well timed Flash get´s em all, along with circle of scorns.

A second Flash maybe if we go for AoEing the trash to fix hate and i´m fine... positive on that, the mobs usually are perfectly aligned between you and the party, facing away from the plushies...

[Kerwin]

I usually have to throw down enmity spams in dungeons when a ninja opens up with a vulnerability stab and then blows all his cooldowns on a single target. But that's just good DPS so I don't get to upset because he/she will usually kill it by the time I'm just about to lose aggro.

Summoners are usually a big AOE hog. They tend to generate the most enmity on AOE pulls for sure, just gotta prioritize enmity before damage. As long as you hold your targets you will do fine. "Don't be that tank."
:P

[Pyroclastic]

To all SMN's who are complaining about losing dreadwyrm stacks in between pulls, here is the solution:

Use 3 stacks per pull. :3

EDIT: This topic was kinda the last straw, so I made this

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-s-in-dungeons.

[Reinha]

To all SMN's who are complaining about losing dreadwyrm stacks in between pulls, here is the solution:

Use 3 stacks per pull. :3

This. If mobs are dying quick but tank is slow, bane - painflare - fester - deathflare.

[Maero]

Well Ninja could attack and then just transfer hate on to the tank :P
But honestly Bards are usually the culprits for early pulls, lol

[Greedalox]

Tanks learn nothing while leveling if everyone gave them a head start in threat. Leveling your class is indicative to learning it as well. Not everyone will be kind and give you multiple GCD's worth of threat, so you might as well learn how to deal with it while you aren't competing with 210's for threat.

[raela]

My friend told me not to worry about pulling off him on blm during set up, or with sch by chasing him with miasma 2 + swift shadow flare. Sadly, things don't go nearly as well with other tanks. .___.

[bounddreamer]

But my stacks. MY PRECIOUS STACKS

As a main tank I do my level best to chain pull when I have any dps with stacks that wear off.

[FunkyBunch]

But it's fun to rip the mobs off the tank... Though before you get Flash I stick to single target spells cuz it's not fun to lose aggro.
But on the topic at hand, I'm not one of "those" I'll always let you get a shield lob off and I'll start with F3 so you have time for one more skill before:

FLARE ALL THE THINGS. MOAR FLARE.

It does give me a perverse sense of joy to rip hate away from the tanks.