Does tanking carry more responsibility than most?

[Xuixien]

Had a really good post. 1k character limit. Sorry guys.

[Langureion]

Generally, yes, tank and healer got more responsibilities than dps. That's why people needs to learn how to forgive others when making mistakes, simple manor.
Yet most people choose to blame others rather than trying to solve the issue together.

[WowSuchName]

Stress & Responsibility are just the matter of how obvious your mistake can be seen.

In 8 people content with strict DPS check like Ifrit-Ex or T4, if 1 DD is performing badly no one will know but the whole team will take impact.

This entire thread can be solve just by SE implementing an in-game DPS score monitoring so we can yell the gut at each other for fun

" HEY I AM ONLY i80 AND DOING MORE DAMAGE THAN UR i90 GEARS !! L2P PLZ"

[Ooshima]

Stress & Responsibility are just the matter of how obvious your mistake can be seen.

In 8 people content with strict DPS check like Ifrit-Ex or T4, if 1 DD is performing badly no one will know but the whole team will take impact.

This entire thread can be solve just by SE implementing an in-game DPS score monitoring so we can yell the gut at each other for fun

" HEY I AM ONLY i80 AND DOING MORE DAMAGE THAN UR i90 GEARS !! L2P PLZ"

Then you'll start to have PF parties with desc that says "IF YOU CAN'T DO 300 DPS PLEASE DON'T JOIN" hahahahaha..

[Leigaon]

Do you think being a tank role has alot more 'perceived' pressure on it than actually exists? Or is it really that difficult?

I think it carries a great deal of pressure. I have taken the route of the warrior, learning pld (mainly b/c of the Captain America throw..), healer by trade and dragoon & summoner out of love. Out of all of these Tank & Healer have had the most pressure when fighting.

I'm not saying they're hard, in fact I enjoy my great axe of might more than any and find what to do easy. But the pressure to do well or perfect is more there than the dps. I took up the damage dealing role last and it's much more forgiving if you don't do something on my dragoon or summoner. No one cares whe I decide to use Jump or Fester, but I've accidentally hit storms eye instead of path and got called out on it. Or if a DPS decides to do his own thing and not stay with the markers set. I understand it's my job to keep everything on me and I do with my abilities but I've had damage dealers go "No mark this as #1" and will attack even if it's assigned #3, and it's not like it's something major like the summoning mob in AK, take out before he summons..it's simple things like 3 skellies in Manor HM.

It's a give and take there's no solid answer to if tanking is hard I guess, it depends on the player / dungeon or raid / party members. As a tank though I see people are a lot more nasty towards them, even as healer I watch damage dealers get on a tank about things whether they're right or wrong.

I guess it's also like WowSuchName said, it can be also about how obvious your mistake can be seen, as a tank it's watched by all like healer..as a damage dealer? Not so much unless it's a big screw up. Like a bard dying on titan before heart due to plumes and blames it on texting...i mean "server lag" but that is another story.