Quote Originally Posted by Urthdigger View Post
I would like to stress how important it is that you follow the order the tank marks things in when attacking single targets (unless you have a damn good reason) A tank can easily keep hate when the DPS attack his target. It's a little harder when they are using AoE, but still feasible since each mob is receiving less damage individually. However, if DPS each attack different targets with single attacks, the tank needs to gain immense enmity on multiple targets, which ain't happening. Furthermore, focusing all the damage on one target means it dies faster, making the tank and healer's jobs easier.
This is probably my most common fit when tanking. Having to regain on multiple targets because marked targets aren't being hit, or even the first target struck. I understand that there are times when marking can be redundant, but it really ought to be the case where, if you can, make sure you're hitting the first pull. It's just a bit of situational awareness really.

Second to this are cheeky DDs getting ahead of themselves. I've noticed it happens most with people of a much higher level who've been synced down. Overreaching in both giving the tank room and also not moving faster than the tank because they might feel like they'll be fine. But I've watched numerous players get healed to safety after they've realised that they bit off more than they could actually chew. And likewise, taking on the healing role myself, I've had to do the savior heals a number of times.

But I do want to also say in response to the general topic of the thread and how some folk are responding that one of my more important points, but sadly the last and probably least noticed, was how we handle it all in-game. The aim of starting this thread was to give would-be and starting DDs some general tips and heads ups about some basic form. It isn't so much to air every grievance and make them feel as though we all hate 'em. Afterall, we do need 'em.

But yeah, there's definitely a need for more respect to fellow players on the whole. Healers get a lot of flak, as do tanks, DDs get it too, but I guess the numbers stack in their favour most often because they're just more numerous. Point is to make the effort, if you make a mistake it's no biggie, just be careful if someone calls you up, apologise if you gotta, and if someone's a particularly bad egg? IMO it's better to leave or abstain from responding to them.

I say that because it seems as though a lot of those "bad eggs" think there's an I in Team, and if they're so self-important that they want to do nothing but bring everyone down and make the game less fun, and not accept that different people find different things challenging, they're probably not going to care what you respond with.