Anyone REAL nervous about tanking?

[jamesrandal]

especially paladin with very little AoE at lower levels and not knowing the dungeons inside and out :/

I swear, I get so excited and wanna log on and go for it.. But then I remember people not following marks, running ahead, or just plain rude.(and yes sometimes I make mistakes and they aren't received well from party members. this is also a problem the rudeness) then I just talk myself out of it. And then the primals oh man titian and garuda..

[Erendis]

I am, and I only tried out guildhests. Good thing is, I am less scared to heal in dutes after that

[Nayto]

Beleive in your smelf.

[Cherie]

It's not very scary really.

You get Flash at level 8. That is all the AoE you are ever going to get that is going to be actually helpful.

Sadly, AoE tanking as a paladin can be summed up very easily. Flash, Flash, Flash

If people are attacking multiple targets, you do the same. You'll get some moves that combo together, use that on one mob, then move to next and do it again.

If you lose something, Provoke, then Shield Lob it. Then do your combo on it. Still don't have threat on it? Use Shield bash, then do your combo again...etc

Not so scary. You'll get it!

[Nyremis]

Well, I can suggest playing the dungeons as something else and figuring out where to go and what to do. Regardless of very little AoE at lower levels you have Flash and if used properly you shouldn't have to worry about anything. Most new tanks that I see focus on flashing maybe 1-2 mobs pulled and focusing on 1 target. In my experience you can't do that with random groups. I can't count the number of times that random DPS decided to hit whatever they want regardless of the numbers marked on the targets. Flash and focus on rotating your enmity combo when you get a solid lead on your healer/dps. You want to rotate to using the combo on all of the mobs, while making sure you hold enmity on the targets DPS are focusing on. I recommend flashing before you start your next combo and when you are down to your last mob in the group you should be able to focus on using Fast Blade into Riot Blade 1-3 times at least to build back your MP for the next group.

[Delorean]

nope, it's just you

alright so this anxiety thing you're having, it's like farting. If you have to fart, do you hold it in? if you said "Yes", go back to step 1 and keep going back to step 1 until you say "No". If you said "depends on whether or not im with my gf or at a nice place", that works too. So then, since you aren't with your gf or at a nice place....

Fart. Right meow. As in, queue up for a duty and commence. If people whine at you for not being great at tanking, well, that's just the smell of your zesty breakfast burrito gas. Yeah, it smells really awful, but it's not like it's gonna kill you.

[Mixxy]

I always try (keyword try) to be extra patient with tanks because it looks really scary to me. I tanked on various occasions in WoW (inb4 that one guy comes in here and claims I never played WoW) but it was mostly in niche roles, such as being the ranged tank on Blood Council in ICC, or tanking farm raids where we were all so over-geared that it didn't matter if I lost aggro. But I'm told that XIV tanking is much harder than WoW tanking, so... yeah... Also, I hate being the leader in pug groups, and the tank is the de facto leader.

That's why I like healing. You can just chill between pulls, you don't have to compete for top dps, and as long as nobody dies you've done your job well enough. It can get a little hectic when people intentionally stand in plumes (don't tell me it's not intentional, no human is stupid enough to accidentally stand in every single plume on every single attempt) but its a nice gig.

[jamesrandal]

The problem with hitting all the mobs is, if someone is trying to sleep one, and I don't notice, they get angry. lol

[Scott]

Same for me. I leveled marauder solo in 1.0 as a DD and Never tanked with it. Now in ARR Im to afraid to actually Tank in a Dungeon because of flaming and rude people.

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

The problem with hitting all the mobs is, if someone is trying to sleep one, and I don't notice, they get angry. lol

Let people know at the start to be extra obvious in a way you are certain to notice [pick something you like or they like]when it comes to you missing sleeps on mobs. Polite communication and patience go a long way. If someone is going to be rude for the sake of rude, that is not something you can change. Good luck!

As for me, I don't tank but because I am still new to partying, all partying makes me insanely nervous to the point where I avoid it like pulling teeth. I eventually will have to do it though.