I enjoy tanking but I can’t remember every boss

[ItMe]

the name of the skill can be a hint if it's a tankbuster. if it sounds like it's going to badly hurt one person, it's a tankbuster.

OP this is an astonishingly reliable tactic.

[NobleWinter]

the name of the skill can be a hint if it's a tankbuster. if it sounds like it's going to badly hurt one person, it's a tankbuster.

This got me thru almost every dungen, raid, trial, etc successfully as a tank and then Matoya's Relict happened and I swear they forgot the naming convention's for that final boss. The tank buster and raid wide both being named after meat dishes has me so confused every single time. Does one taste more like a single serve tank buster and the otheer is meant to feed a family of four adventures? The names make so much sense up until there and I hate it.

[Ultimatecalibur]

This got me thru almost every dungen, raid, trial, etc successfully as a tank and then Matoya's Relict happened and I swear they forgot the naming convention's for that final boss. The tank buster and raid wide both being named after meat dishes has me so confused every single time. Does one taste more like a single serve tank buster and the otheer is meant to feed a family of four adventures? The names make so much sense up until there and I hate it.

Kind of. Minced Meat is made by finely chopping/grinding a tough piece of meat and is the tank buster, while a Tenderloin is actually a long thin piece of tender meat that can be served to multiple people and is the raid wide (the loin on a human is just above the buttocks so it might also be a spanking joke).

[Absimiliard]

It eventually becomes second nature. Even if you don't consciously remember the fights, you'll retain the awareness and reflexes you developed from doing them time and time again. Conscious recollection will usually kick in after seeing the boss go through its rotation once or twice, but you'll already be reacting to the abilities in the meantime.

[tinythinker]

OP this is an astonishingly reliable tactic.

Hmmm, this cast bar for a new fight is named Gruesome Impale...


But yeah, I heavily sympathize with the OP about remembering

[Mezzoforte]

Thanks for the replies everyone, what stresses me out is the fact that it’s not 3 comrades but a whole army in Alliance Raids and even as DPS I felt bad getting killed by some mechanics and being an annoyance to the healers or the whole group.

Maybe I’m also overthinking about it. Never tanked in any other online games, so it’s still new to me, but I never had any major issue with people.



Is there a visual hint for tankbusters ? I didn’t noticed the dark eye thingy for Fear/Glare mechanics for a while, until I did.

Maybe I’m missing something here too ?

Most healers won't even know youre an annoyance because 0.00005microseconds after you drop to the floor the army of Red Mages will have 100 resurrects flying your way. Even faster if youre a tank, then every redmage and healer swift casts a res on you from 100 miles away. I wouldn't give any stock to caring about messing up in anything. The only time messing up is annoying is in a static where people remember how often you fuck up. In pugs just throw yourself into the meatgrinder. Once the duty is over legit nobody will even remember you unless you had a baller Glam.

[Vahlnir]

After a certain point you will probably just...know, for lack of a better word, how things work. "That sounds like an AoE attack...Yep! There it is!" "That sounds like a tank buster...Ow. That was indeed a tank buster." The names of the skills being used often indicate what something could be, though that isn't always 100% accurate. Just give it time and you will get into the swing of things.