So I usually main warrior, and I've been known to dabble in DRK but definitely my least favorite class to tank as. But I'm noticing more and more, the ones I pug, of queue up with, really really irritate me.



When it's in AS12 and I'm on War, I'm used to running with a PLD, which pretty much means full time OT and sexy dps. The first encounter with a "MT" Drk, he wants me to start the fight... and then take the boss intermittently in the fight, including facing him South instead of north, and claims that's Standards for DRK Main. Hafta say I'm a bit confused.

Now that I'm working on my SCH relic... I find Drk's tend to be light on the cooldowns, often want to stance dance mid double pulls, and it's really throwing me off compared to other tanks. Usually I adlo/stoneskin, pre-pull, and maybe an extra adlo mid pull... but these guys aren't using cooldowns, drop tank stance, which just tears through both shields before I can even get a round of dots to spread.

We get to the last boss, and he Living deads during the 4 add spawn, which is usually when I'm getting ready to spread dots... because... yay, 5 mobs!, and uses it for the tank buster... which makes me hafta immediately stop, and scramble, cause he used his LD a cooldown for the tank buster.

So I guess my question is... is that typical that DRK's are gonna ask you to sacrifice your DPS for theirs? I mean, I guess I play the job a bit more conservatively, and when I've ran with DRK's i know, I don't typically see this attitude, but overwhelming all others I seem to.