Can a tank main get through SB without actually tanking a duty for live players?

[Rasikko]

You said don't try to make this in telling you to try tanking in FFXIV, yet the vibe I'm getting from your post is that tanking is calling you and you're conflicted by it. I don't know about all this "don't need others", this is an MMO..

In any case, stick with DPS. Trusts can't do <71 content yet, and there is squadrons (good for up to 70 I think)

[Omedon]

You said don't try to make this in telling you to try tanking in FFXIV, yet the vibe I'm getting from your post is that tanking is calling you and you're conflicted by it. I don't know about all this "don't need others", this is an MMO..

In any case, stick with DPS. Trusts can't do <71 content yet, and there is squadrons (good for up to 70 I think)

FFXIV has been, in my experience, incredible about being "a single player game that touches the community every now and then" when played purely for the story, and that community knows the dungeons and I do not. I would not burden them with my newness as a tank because "don't be new" is the first unwritten rule of MMO tanking.

I *love* tank classes for open world content. Tanks own the open world. That's why I retired from dungeon tanking, because I don't need to tank dungeons to be a tank in the games I play. Nothing about tanking for live players is calling me or conflicting me, I will not do it in FFXIV. I won't be around enough to learn it.

[Tlamila]

I would not burden them with my newness as a tank because "don't be new" is the first unwritten rule of MMO tanking.

I wonder why you think that. One can be new and tank at the same time, and learn as they go.
Of course it's better if you start taking from the start instead of starting the last 10 levels, and if you're worried about people you can do that with squadron all the way to 60. And I also wonder why you want to start tanking directly in ShB?

[Rasikko]

FFXIV has been, in my experience, incredible about being "a single player game that touches the community every now and then" when played purely for the story, and that community knows the dungeons and I do not. I would not burden them with my newness as a tank because "don't be new" is the first unwritten rule of MMO tanking.

I *love* tank classes for open world content. Tanks own the open world. That's why I retired from dungeon tanking, because I don't need to tank dungeons to be a tank in the games I play. Nothing about tanking for live players is calling me or conflicting me, I will not do it in FFXIV. I won't be around enough to learn it.

I stopped tanking because it got boring. I've had it all happen to me to: Healers pulling more, DPS pulling more, etc. I just figure, it must be the an accepted thing to just pull wall to wall even if you have no CDs available - it was my style that pull size is governed by my available CDs. Nope. Some people weren't having that. "Bruh I dun care if you got 0 CDs, pull 15 mobs, let's gogogogo". If healers love stressing themselves out, well it's their rodeo. Also by calling you, I meant the role, not necessarily tanking for others. Dancer yells at me whenever I'm on any other job.

So that said, no one is gonna force you(and I have been forced to tank as well, which then made me very picky on who I get acquainted with now), and tanking with trusts is very doable. Tanking with squadrons is a pain but doable. There is something for everyone in this game. For DPS, the queues can be harsh but for the most part the other 3 you don't have to really worry about. Take care of yourself, do you part and everything will be alright.