Quote Originally Posted by SpookyGhost View Post
Close your eyes and believe.
Best advice.

Tanking is hard especially when most DPS is at endgame ('coz everyone wants to DPS obviously).

Social Advice: Work with party members who want to help you, those who have some tips about tanking. Don't get easily offended by "I main as tank so do this and that"; the rest of what they say may not be as 'rude' as you think.

Practical Advice: Some of this would really depend on your tanking class. WAR has Overpower which is better at grabbing and holding aggro, but it consumes TP. PLD is great for single-targerts (especially bosses) and all of those defense buffs really help a lot. Always keep aggro on you, check the aggro bar on the party list. Number targets, even if people don't follow them at least the fault's not on you. Dodge AoEs. Even things that don't have AoE markers (such as the dragon's Frost Breath in Stone Vigil, Lion's Breath by that other boss that has Swinge) can be dodged if you move as soon as you see the skill brought up. Don't forget to click off Regen. Don't forget your buffs (Defiance, Oaths). Learn how the skill Provoke actually works. Oh, and Stoneskin when you can.