OT Tips

[Bixby]

I just can't figure out WHERE to tank the adds. No matter what I do or where I go, a dps/healer ends up being close to her and gets AoE to death. Even when I tank with my back straight against the vortex. Not cool.

I've been doing this fight pretty much only as MNK lately, but there's really only so much you can do. You're coming across a mix of people who're geared enough to be lazy about it, people too new to know better, and people trying to stick to the old ways (and more than one old way, for that matter). I still see most OTs taking their add(s) to the intersection of the tornadoes, basically directly south of the MT's spot, which leaves the traditional safe spot in the west for healers etc. Whether the rest of the healers etc. take advantage of that safe spot, or whether the other add gets pulled into it, is sort of hit or miss.

[albertopin]

I think it depends of what content you are aiming, these days Hard Mode is pretty easy and can be done solo tanking or a dps acts as a tank midfight. As an off tank for this trials you could focus on being a DPS tank.
If you are doing extreme content, there is a specific role you'll required to fullfil, tank chirada, voke spiney, switch at 2 stack debuff, take adds, be close to a dps to not diminish his dmg.
In any case, always have some accesories which can change your vit-dmg settings.