Newb Questions

[Nutz]

It's nice for everyone involved if you can mark the mobs (I usually do 1,2, 3, etc. leaving the final mob unmarked) quickly. People will get annoyed if you take a while on it, so basically just try to do it while pulling or at least mark 1 while you pull and get the others up at the start. It's not really necessary, but it's what I like to do as a tank, mostly because it's what I like tanks to do when I'm a DPS (haven't played a healer yet).

GLA/PLD has a much harder time holding hate against groups than MRD/WAR because overpower is so much better than flash for threat generation. All the same, riot combo is for mana, rage of halone for threat (single target), and flash generously when there are multiple enemies. A THM's aoe sleep can simplify this a bit, but it isn't a tactic many people use.

EDIT: in low level dungeons (anything below 50 that is) it's not at all uncommon to be paired with level 50 players who are level synced to basically have the absolute best stats possible at that level. Basically this means that you cannot have better stats than them, no matter how up to date your gear is, even with HQ and melds/ overmelds (if anyone ever bothered to make this sort of thing). On top of that, frequently you won't even be at the max level for the dungeon so it becomes very difficult to hold threat against them. Don't worry too much about this. They should all be aware of the situation and as the tank you have the power to control the pace of the dungeon. If they don't wish to cooperate you can get another group with minimal trouble.