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    Lyein Elheim
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    I can really understand angry Tanks. There's something about people letting you down that makes you cynical. If someone bites it during a FATE I'll raise them after because it takes 5 seconds and what kind of jerk would I be to leave them lying there. Inversely... I watch CNJs run off leaving my dead butt behind. You jump up to tank for a group of 14 people and no ONE heals you? Even if you hold yourself at 10% health for a full minute not ONE? You start wanting to see them all wipe when it suddenly jumps to the nearest THM and tears them down before they can run and hide.

    While I'm running around as a healer and I keep the tank alive during those battles they _thank_ me afterwards. That says something. A tank's role is to hold hate and a healer's is to heal. Why is the tank thanking me for healing instead of me thanking him for tanking? I usually say as much when they thank.

    Angry tanks are often just cynical of those around them for good reason.
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    Ksenia Solo
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lyein View Post
    You jump up to tank for a group of 14 people and no ONE heals you? Even if you hold yourself at 10% health for a full minute not ONE?
    Stupid part about that is if Conjurer was actually playing their class they would know heals get you exper in fates.

    Because I farm beast mats with a conjurer I will on a regular basis just stop to heal someone when they are hitting mobs. Some cases, they are in a fate and I am not level sync for it so I am healing and not even able to to attack. Each kill, I get exper even though I never touch the mob they are on.
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