Take it easy, Tanks.

[Tridus]

I can't speak for all tanks, I just feel like you never win as Tank. If you pull one mob pack at a time, DPS or the healer go get more for you. You pull 2 mob packs, you're making it hard on the healer.

I imagine it gets frustrating, yeah. The community appears to have multiple sets of standards for how fast you're supposed to pull, and without mind reading powers the tank is supposed to kinda guess which one it is. If you get it right, nobody says anything. If you get it wrong, people get unhappy.

What I started doing when I am levelling my Paladin is hitting a macro at the start that says something like "hi, newbie tank. If you want me to speed up, let me know." Then I'll either single pull or double pull (if it's a dungeon I can outgear). Occasionally someone does chime up, but usually people just quietly do their thing and we get clears. I dunno if they're happy with that pace, unwilling to speak up, or a PS4 user who can't type much.... but they're not complaining, so I'll take it.

On my WHM main, I never ask a tank to speed up. Ever. If you don't feel up to doing big pulls? Fine by me, I'll toss up Regen and then contribute some DPS for a fast clear. I will ask you to slow down if I can't keep you alive, but you'll know that when you die.