Curiosity about AK

[Jaminos]

So I have tanked successfully Ifrit more times than I care to count. I have had no issues with WP unless the DPS was not on the ball for the second boss. So I figured I would give AK a try. I regret my decision in life about trying that. I could not pull agro off anyone even with a iLvl 55 sword and patchwork gear. Some still my starting artifact armor with a DL belt and iLvl 55 pants and boots.

Is this a DL minimum for tanks or was I just in a pug with people who were over geared for me to tank for successfully?

[Kryzen]

with i55 weapon only thing that should be giving you any kind of issues really is going to be relic. Anything before relic you should be able to hold aggro.

[Jaminos]

I noticed most of the people had Ifrit and Varies weapons. But again, I could not even pull a mob off of them with a provoke, flash halone combo. I consider myself a fairly competent tank. But I could not pull agro to save my life. I had depleted my MP and it did little good.

[KristianFortNox]

I know it very dumb question and I am sorry I am new into Final Fantasy MMO what does AK mean?

[NeonC]

AK = Amdapor Keep

I notice a lot of players have itchy trigger fingers and will hit the mob as soon as the tank touches it, just let people know to wait a little before attacking and you should be fine. The initial hits are so important to enmity bar and people do not pay attention, not only that once they have hate they keep attacking!

[Altimis]

Let me give advice

1. Flash will not work on mobs if mobs resisted your blind flash, so wait a couple seconds before you attempt to flash it again, do not flash it immediately because its wasted MP and do not increase enmity.
2. Make sure you are the first one to pull the mobs, its will generate enmity on you better than its aggro by others stupids DD.

[Viridiana]

Let me give advice

1. Flash will not work on mobs if mobs resisted your blind flash, so wait a couple seconds before you attempt to flash it again, do not flash it immediately because its wasted MP and do not increase enmity.
2. Make sure you are the first one to pull the mobs, its will generate enmity on you better than its aggro by others stupids DD.

Neither of those statements are true. >_>

[PetiteMalFleur]

Dps just needed to slow it down a bit. AK does tend to have well geared people queueing for it. It also has well geared people who want to kill everything as quickly as possible and get annoyed at having to slow down to let the tank get aggro.

[Sheapy]

If you're sub Relic and your DPS is relic you might have a bit of trouble holding aggro. If that happens you just need to pray to god your dps will change targets before they grab aggro.

[Ketsufuma]

Dps just needed to slow it down a bit. AK does tend to have well geared people queueing for it. It also has well geared people who want to kill everything as quickly as possible and get annoyed at having to slow down to let the tank get aggro.

^ This. DPS always gives me problems becuase in the first .0005 seconds of the fight they use their hardest hittting ability and grab 100% of agro. I always warn my groups if they do this they are tanking that mob specifically while i grab the other 2-3/