seeing all these total newbie tank is hilarious

[Jpec07]

More correctly: They are anonymously made fun of on a separate platform for failing to:
1. Do their class quests and reading the objectives shouted at them (They tell you what flash is for)
2. Do the hall of the novice and reading the objectives shouted at them (They tell you what flash is for)
3. Reading their tooltips (They, too, tell you what flash is for)
4. Trying out the skills they got 7+++ levels in advance to check their range and what they do

My apologies, but such a person would be made fun of regardless of what role he takes. He skipped straight past everything that's trying to teach him.

To be completely fair, the ability in question here (Flash), is really tricky to time with its delay. I've been tanking at cap for almost all of Heavensward, and I still mess it up sometimes (trying to corale some of the mobs that rush towards you in Baelsar's Wall can be acutely frustrating that way).

The bigger problem is, though, that the sort of deferred criticism you're describing is too often not deferred. People can get downright nasty in a dungeon, especially if someone is underperforming. It's also not as anonymous as you think. I've seen more than a few instances of such "anonymous" complaining actually being found by the people being complained about. Often if someone doesn't do well, they know it. If they then do a Google search and find that someone else in the group took to the forums to specifically complain about them? That just feels bad, man.

With what OP described though, I can see it as amusing, because: (1) the healer engaged with the tank to try to help them get better, and (2) the tank actually listened and implemented the healer's advice. No, the tank did not execute perfectly, but they were making an effort, and a rookie mistake. Which is amusing because we've all been there, and we've all made those mistakes.

Besides which, all of that effort you described could be saved for the new tank if the healer had added "when you're in range" to the bit about using Flash.

[dragonseth07]

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I agree. But, it is also fair to say that if you are actively ignoring all the teaching tools in the game, you are inviting ridicule.