Why no one tanks...

[Haredin-Hunter]

The main reason I don't tank anymore is because I'm behind the curve and my ping is terrible (I have 25% of the attack bars to get out of the aoe) when on american servers. (I don't speak or want to play with primarily japanese people, bad experiences.)

The reason I stopped tanking originally was because I'd run an instance 15+ times to get my guild their gear and I do it again to help out one of my healer friends I made and I would get hotshots who refused to listen to my simple orders. Such as attack my target and stay behind me, being the primary ones. I would also have to deal with warriors who refused to offtank when I flat out told them I wasn't experienced enough (or with good enough ping) to handle all the extra adds. Ultimately it came down to ping and being unable to give SE my money due to their strict address requirements and (at that time) their horrendous support.

[seida]

(I don't speak or want to play with primarily japanese people, bad experiences.

This is really interesting to me, as I quit playing on American servers mostly because of lag, but also because of the sheer number of people with horrible attitudes. People quitting dungeons or primals after one wipe; screaming or swearing at those they thought were playing badly; the sheer entititlement and lack of patience.

Of course I met lovely players too, but they were the minority. Since being on my JP server, every single instance has been pleasant. People are patient and supportive! People aren't afraid to say it's their first time running something!

I actually got up the courage to try tanking recently.

Personally I didn't want to tank before because of the responsibility, and the reactions you get when you make a mistake. I play this game to relax and have fun, not to be abused!

I wish people would be more patient with new tanks/healers.

[Haredin-Hunter]

@seida
This was when I was in beta, I joined a jp server due to wanting to actually beta test and not just play the game (work got in the way) and the few dungeons I did do I kept on getting players who were exactly like you describe it. Granted I realize not all of them were japanese players, there were a plethora from the other south east asia countries. Same issues with american/english speaking except when dealing with english speakers I knew they understood me when I'd shout boss. Or even auto texted boss 15 times to indicate they should stop fighting the adds and assist the archer with the boss. (2/3 bad exp. Not alot to go off of but enough to make me shy away from that server.)