Why does everyone blame the tank?

[Aeora]

Tanks fault, Tank panic'd. Healer should of let DPS die, but not their fault, they where healing. DPS is often dumb, but there is why there are both Tanks and vote kicks...

But it's not though is it? cause that wouldn't have happened had the dps not attacked the wrong target - and "Healer should HAVE let the DPS die"?? No, why should the healer let anyone die, their role is to heal! Even through unforseen circumstances. The tank could have been perfectly playing his role up to this point.

Your opinion is wrong.

[Kuroyasha]

My lv50 friend ran with a 48 pugilist the other day When my friend asked him why he easnt monk yet, the guy responded "how do I do that?"

Is there any reason to not change jobs once you hit 30?

If I saw a level 48 ask that question;

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[MythToken]

If the tank dies, its the healers fault.
If the healer dies, its the tanks fault.
If the dps die, it is their own damn fault.

No this is how it works ^

Dps pulling aggro is their own fault, a good tank will get it back obviously, and a good healer will heal them. But it is still the fault of the DPS.
A tank dieing is the healers fault . This statement obviously assumes the tank is popping cooldowns, and it is the healers responsibility to keep him alive.
If a healer dies, it is always the tanks fault, they should never lose aggro to a healer.

The reason people blame the tank, is because no one understands these simple concepts. And if you look at some posts before this, everyone tries to tie back to the tank.

I love how DPS pulling aggro is the tanks fault, watch your bars dumb dumbs. Could the tank be better ? sure, but if hes not and you are starting to pull aggro as a DPS, you should slow down if you don't and die, that is def your fault.

[Aeora]

I love how DPS pulling aggro is the tanks fault, watch your bars dumb dumbs. Could the tank be better ? sure, but if hes not and you are starting to pull aggro as a DPS, you should slow down if you don't and die, that is def your fault.

My point exactly

[RickmanUK]

I Know it's the Wrong Game.. But Look up the Song "The Tank is Down" and "You Pull it you Tank it" on You Tube...

IT'S ALWAYS the Tanks fault... even if the Tank is 100% perfect and manages too survive the while instance without a Wipe or the Healer Dying.
Somehow i Find it Hilarious that we get DPS that Charge off alone and Attack things in Groups and think everyone Else is a Bad Player because they Working together...

And yes it has Happened.

[Viridiana]

and "Healer should HAVE let the DPS die"?? No, why should the healer let anyone die, their role is to heal!

Totally did this the other day during Titan for my SCH relic. Sorry, but I'm not gonna heal the BRD who's pointing Titan at the raid.

[Bornruffian1]

/\ My kind of Scholar. XD
Seriously though, everyone does like to blame the tank. The best advice I can give though is to communicate, I've found that people are usually pretty cool once they're made aware that you do indeed know what you're doing and aren't some random troll/little kid/illiterate monkey, or whatever those kinds of people are envisioning when they jump down your digital throat so readily, and if that doesn't work, and the person is really berating you just start a vote to kick, I'm sure the rest of the party will probably thank you for it in the end.

[Pooky_Pasha]

Totally did this the other day during Titan for my SCH relic. Sorry, but I'm not gonna heal the BRD who's pointing Titan at the raid.

Ha, I agree! When I SCH Titan for my FC, I let them know they get one raise, and that if dps really want to tank Titan (really, any fight), they won't get healed. I can heal through stupid, but will not heal through excessive stupid.

[Viridiana]

The best advice I can give though is to communicate, I've found that people are usually pretty cool once they're made aware that you do indeed know what you're doing and aren't some random troll/little kid/illiterate monkey, or whatever those kinds of people are envisioning when they jump down your digital throat so readily. . .

Yeah, I had a story Brayflox run back when I was leveling SMN where the tank was rather bad. I kept ripping hate with Bane, and the healer was with his cures. When the healer was like, "Don't blame me if you die because I can't keep up with heals," I responded with, "Nah, I'd blame the tank, because neither of us is doing enough that we should be getting aggro." After that, we just worked together to keep things flowing more or less smoothly and eventually cleared the dungeon. One heck of an Aiatar fight, though. @_@

[AngelicSence]

Don't worry, you are fine. Just walk away