Tank mentality.

[Aurryn]

I dont mean to offend the masses, but regretfully, in my experiences puging dungeons, more so than other classes tanks at times have a "hollier than thou" additude. As others have said, they have the luxury to do so, in how utterly in demand they are. This is a portion of why i mostly just run dungeons with friends.

Contrastingly, I dont think tanks are respected enough either, for how difficult the job is, and how quickly people will turn on you if you dont do it well or even perfect. Maybe if the community would respect/appreciate them more, this attidute would subside.

[kasuke06]

when i LV my DPS I only use dungeon drops(within reason, if my stuff is getting too out of date, I'll buy new stuff on the boards). I solo chase fates for 40 minutes, my que pops and I pray that the RNG gods are smiling upon me(odly, they only do this when I get a "hell run"(Healer thinks they're DPS, tank is, I don't think they're thinking... like at all. usually it's me and hte other DPS performing to optimum and then dealing with fallout because the tank doesn't know what flash/overpower is, or they're running DPS/mage gear and getting instanommed by the bossed.))

through doing this, I have learned how to play all the classes fairly well(learned about throttling THM DPS for one. man, that stuff is just scary, and the mobs seem to really not like it when you light them on fire.) I really think everyone should have to play at least one dungeon with each class, or maybe even just a kind of instance that will teach people the ins and outs of a group with NPC group mates(teach DPS to throttle and focus, Healers to wait for the AoE threat, and tanks how to... well, tank. I have seen some astoundingly terrible tanks in DF. WARs with scale that's 10 levels out of date, and NQ to boot, GLD in a robe.)

[KristianFortNox]

to be little funny..

this is how people see Tanks

[RapBreon]

still not a good reason to be a douche~ getting mad at ppl wont make them any better.

The idea that you think getting angry at people is rational decision to improve their gameplay is...interesting.

I get shitty because it makes me feel OH so much better. If I didn't vent I'd go Titan (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻). Spare the speech about requiring anger management; I manage my anger by telling the source of my anger to stop making me angry. If they get better, yay, if they acknowledge their mistake I INSTANTLY apologise and treat them with the utmost respect (I got a soft spot for people willing to learn).

If I want to legitimately improve someone's play, I'm an angel, because I'm sure as hell not wasting hours because one idiot in my group can't move out of something.

EDIT: Claire explains it in a much less confronting manner.