Want to know why tank is almost always the role in need?

[TomsYoungerBro]

I thought it was moreso because a lot of players have tankxiety xD

[AwesomeJr44]

We're always the role in need because tank is the role for chads, and there's only so many of us around.

[VeyaAkemi]

Sprint is part of my mitigation.

And so you should when your mitigations are most important, which is during trash pulls that output far more damage than most boss mechanics, right?

While I agree on some reservation with ARR content, and some specific dungeons like Amaurot with extra spicy pulls, wtw should be considered the bare minimum otherwise and thus it should be impossible for the party to pull ahead because you already pulled everything, and you should be using Sprint because letting it drift indefinitely until you reach the boss, which I must assume its what you mean because that's when you need to make snap decisions on dodging, would be a complete and utter waste, usually you can use it and have it back for the boss.

That said, if a Healer or DPS pulls ahead of you, does not bring it to you, and die, it's 100% on them and if they blame you, you tell them to hold that L, simple as that.

[ronibosch]

I'm cool with teammates pulling mobs, as long as they bring the enemies my way.

[EspriArista]

Sprint is really good mitigation, but the best place to use it is typically just before you get aggro in the first place letting you have 20 seconds of the buff, and that should greatly mitigate damage while moving between the two packs. All you need to hold emnity is a single aoe gcd that most tanks can do while running through the pack. And then if you're worried either an off global aoe, or a few ranged gcds while moving to the next pack will insure you keep aggro. You will never have to worry about someone pulling ahead of you, if you're always the person in front

If a dps happens to pull aggro, great. Thats more effective HP for you and your healer while you're getting things grouped. Bonus points if they use something like arms length to help mitigate the damage you take later when you get it back.

[Zeastria]

Sprint lasts way longer when used outside of combat - so you pop it before you aggro mobs

[Reaver1236]

I"m become super very pissed with the sprint button... every one uses it and leaves me behind and I can"t catch up and I almost quit the ghimlyt dark bc of ppl sprinting ahead of me.. AND I CAN"T HEAL THEM UNTIL THEY ALMOST DIED because they"re too fast. I didn"t leave and just tried to complete the dungeon because I need it for msq. But right now I HATE SPRINT SO MUCH. I was literally yelling at the tank not to sprint because I can"t keep up but he doesn't listen. And I know all of you will make fun of me but I just can"t explain HOW MUCH I HATE SPRINT IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. And no I have to do dungeons and deal with people sprinting because I need to do msq. But I got so close to kicking people for sprinting even though I know it's a ME problem. I"m so sick of people leaving me behind and going so fast. I REALLY hate Sprint and almost punched my computer once but my mom stopped me so that's HOW BAD it gets. And I ALWAYS get left behind by tank and can"t heal them. And yes it makes no sense at all but I SUPER TURBO CHARGE HATE SPRINT. I know people will just tell me to learn getting over it but I"M SO HATING SPRINT RIGHT NOW AND HAVE TO RANT.

[Raven2014]

Maybe because we're sick of getting blamed when the healer pulls and I can't pull aggro off of them because they keep running to the second pack. Seriously, I main tank but I almost never play it in roulette because I don't know the team I'm going to get. How hard is it to just let the tank run in first?

If this is other games I can understand, but ... dungeon in FF14 is so easy, is it even worth to make it into an issue?

Like don't get me wrong. If I'm not tanking, I always let the tanks do whatever they want. I don't face pull or run ahead of them, and if accident happens I'll just stand on the tank. Wall to wall or single pack doesn't really matter to me. But when I play as tank ... well, I also don't care what people do.

- People want to run ahead? I don't mind, but that doesn't really happen 'cause I'm usually running ahead myself.
- If people want to face pull? I don't mind. I'm not one of those "you pull you tank" player ('cause that feel just like an egostrip). Be it accident or on purpose, I'm always gonna try to pull off others, and it doesn't really bother me.

[Saraide]

Is this thread's bait better or worse with the "sprint is my mit" part? Would it be recognizable as bait if it didnt have that? The issue parody has is that it needs to be crazier than reality otherwise you're just repeating what you are trying to parody. But if reality is already crazy, parody simply becomes unbelievable. Quite the conundrum.

[Ivtrix]

I never have any issue when I tank roulettes at all levels.

Are you rolling your mitigation correctly?