Tanks

[DMCain]

The worst part about being a tank in this game is everyone expects me to lead and be the hero and know exactly what to do in order to speed run through the dungeon as quickly as possible. It is frustrating to enjoy a role when everyone is always riding your rear on doing things they way they want it done. I like to take my time and enjoy the dungeon. Seems most times in a DF party nobody wants to talk or teach me things or come up with a strategy. I tried doing Sastasha, which is a very easy dungeon. I tried doing it as Tank and because I didn't have a perfect knowledge of the map, I was constantly chasing the other party member around, getting told "not that way!" and "do you even know where you're going?" In the end everyone commented on how it was the longest run ever, that I was a horrible tank, and then left.

As a Tank, I often run into this situation. My solution, I just start spamming Fast Blade and being a cheesy DPS and not even bothering with maintaining aggro or controlling the mobs in any way. I mean, if they charge in like they they wanna tank and take charge, I let um. Some learn after a couple battles, most don't. If you wanna do my job, I'll certainly step aside and let you. And if/when I catch flak for it, I can honestly say it wasn't MY fault that the situation went sideways.

As was stated earlier:

Tank dies it's the healers fault.
Healer dies it's the tanks fault.
Anyone else dies, it's their own fault.

But my additions to this, when I'm tanking, is:
You spank it, YOU tank it.