Confessions of a Toxic Elitist

[Zanatan_Tayuun]

I have bad anxiety and it makes tanking pretty hard for me. I always think I'm doing bad ever since I met 2 players that mocked me and called me a waste of space over a few mistakes when I was level 29 (this was on another character). I've been nervous about tanking ever since. I met one person in duty finder that said I was a good tank, and that I did almost as good as their static tank (not sure what static means). A friend thinks I do a good job on keeping aggro but thinks I get nervous on mechanics, whats worse is I have no idea if any of that is true. Some suggest I start as DPS and I've been made fun of for saying this before. I feel like there is way too much to keep track of not sure how to word this, but it's like the rotations seem way to much for me to remember not sure if that makes any sense. I know that sounds really lame but it's true sadly. I do always take advice though, so I truly hope I am able get better eventually.

[Irisdina_Wiloh]

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A static is a group of players who do content together regularly, such as raiding.

Tank anxiety seems to be really commonplace as does healer anxiety. Whilst it may seem like you have a lot to keep track of, I promise you it's really not that much. Sometimes doing content as dps first is a good confidence boost since you're not the defacto leader of the group (usually the tank) and there's little pressure compared to playing a healer. As you become more comfortable with content you will start to do things automatically, such as your rotation, cooldowns etc. You just need to build yourself up, ignore the people who are rude but listen to the people who give you honest feedback about your performance. It's encouraging that you have such a positive attitude already and you want to improve, this already makes you a step up from those you will usually encounter in DF.