Quote Originally Posted by Snarky_Sunseeker View Post
I, for one, am pleased to be seeing more well-reasoned replies in this thread from seasoned tanks. Nicely done!



One of the best responses I've seen in this thread, and I agree 100%. For me, the cardinal sins of tanking are, in declining order of importance:

1) Dying
2) Losing Enmity
3) Cleaving party members
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∞) Not doing "Big D*** DPS"

Unless the pace of a dungeon is going abysmally slow due to lackluster DPS (and let's face it, we all want to get it done and over with), I take the "safe road" and stay in Shield most of the time because I just want to clear with no hassles or drama.
The only thing I drop in a Dungeon or any content in this game is my Tank Stance so I can go for the big numbers, no matter if the DPS are bad or good. If they are good the fight will end before I need to use another CD, if they are bad I at least managed to speed up the fight by a significant amout. There is like no drawback in DPSing as a tank... Enemies die quicker so in the end you take less damage than this dude that thinks he is a turtle. :|
When I go with my raid members we finish a dungeon in less than 15 minutes.