I don't understand...

[Foo01]

They have Flash. And a Marauder has overpower AND can use Flash too. And yes they DO need to have SOME AoE enmity, otherwise the HEALER will be tanking. You DO know how enmity works from heals, don't you? I would hope so with you making arguments like that.

Flash works like crap at that level. Flash doesn't even begin to compare with overpower. And if the GLA/PLD needs to flash more that twice per pull on low level stuff like tam-tara then the rest of the group is not helping one bit. It is not the tanks job to manage all the enmity, it is a collective effort.

And there is no way flash can compete against level synced DPS with better gear, it just flat out does not work. Besides, at that level they are just learning their basic rotation, fast, savge, roh. Just doing that on one mob need about 5 secs. So just attack the target they are atttacking. Do not aggravate the situation with AOE crap. If flash twice and then get off one ROH chain on a single mob that is already 10 secs in to the engagment, it can't go any faster. So just ease up.

BTW I gladly tank a single mob that runs off of a tank. It is no big deal at that level. I can heal tank myself just fine. Or if I am using my SMN, titan or topaz can help. Or kite tank on my bard. It is ok to reduce the demand on the tank. It is definitely better than the cocky tank at that level that tries to pull 6 mobs and wipes everybody. It is ok to go slower. Elitist speed running stuff is the problem as it always have been.

The best advice to a new tank is: if the jerkwad DPS wants to grab aggro and they grab a mob, then they've bought it! Let them eat it. And don't stress over.