Tank entitlement vs group entitlement

[Physic]

I have played many mmos and have always tanked in each of them and have never heard of tank anxiety before. I have heard of anxiety but is tank entitlement so prevalent in this game they get their very own version of anxiety that the group has to conform to? I suffer from anxiety and that is my problem maybe to a degree also my support systems problem. Random strangers should not be expected to be mindful of mu anxiety issues, it is something I have to over come not something others inherently have to accept they can choose to buy by no means should I expect it. I think overall that is my issue and this thread opened by eyes to it. FFXIV community imo does more harm then good when people promote this notion that the baseline should be to adjust to the minority.

tank anxiety is just a term people came up with to describe the pressure a tank has, ultimately being responsible for a lot of what happens. Some tanks dont like tanking large groups because they would rather avoid a wipe. Some dont like the idea of even losing hate for a moment.


As to doing more harm than good, i promise you, you are wrong. If everyone kicked people they thought were playing poorly most people would no longer use duty finder. The only reason that kick exists, is because most people dont use it that way.

even though you feel like getting kicked is not a big deal, for most players it is the absolute worst outcome from using the duty finder.

You have to understand the main purpose of dungeon duty finder is for everyone to be able to complete content. It requires a high population of people using it to be effective. If random players, even at low skill cannot complete basic dungeons, they have no reason to play the game. It is not in SE best interest to have 40% of the population have no way to ddo daily dungeons, or be afraid to enter duty finder in fear of being kicked.

This is magnified for tanks, because the honest truth is, an inexperienced undergeared tank will be most visible. most people wont notice what a dps is doing, but getting hit? dying? pretty obvious. This part of why the tank is mostly the one that sets the pace, because he bears the real responsibility for deaths.


You feel like the goal of people in dungeon duty finder should be to improve the skills of the population. You are incorrect. The main purpose is so that people can progress. People dont sign up for the duty finder to get lessons on their job, or to pass tests for their role. That, for some is a secondary goal, but the first goal is to succeed. If people kick others based on their subjective rating of other players, chance of success when queue up will decrease, and people will no longer do it.

If everyone took your stance, SE would disable kicking. In games where kick culture dominates, i have seen this happen. Either that or people stop randomly grouping.