Quote Originally Posted by Kiara View Post
I wonder if it's a data center thing (or only some servers) having multiple tanks fighting for MT'ing in the Towers?

I've been lucky enough that on my server (in all the times going through DF, etc.), that B Alliance is always default the MT. On stuff like Cerberus, A Alliance always gets eaten, C Alliance always tanks Wolfsbanes and handles Chaining Cerberus back up.

It was that way from Crystal Tower 1 and on (B Alliance always MT'ing).
I forget - is your server in a JP datacenter? I've heard that's the way things are done on JP datacenters. From everything I've heard, JP players play very differently from NA players, likely due to cultural differences. JP culture is very focused on the group and the wellbeing of the group, so people tend to work hard at their role in that group. NA culture (well, US culture) is very focused on the individual and individual achievement, so people tend to work hard to be noticed and stand out from the group. The MT role is the most visible, so it's no wonder that people often fight over it.

I wonder if JP datacenters have a problem with trolls in the Towers the way NA does - people burning Bone Dragon in CT and laughing when the party wipes, people bringing fire orbs to puddles in Scylla to destroy them (or ice to puddles to freeze multiple people), people grabbing the chains on Cerberus and just holding onto them, people dancing on and off the platform in CT Atomos, people spamming the teleporter in any of the three from the very start until it activates (which spams everyone's screen and chat log) even in WoD where the first fight is before the first teleporter, and so on. Going by my theory above, NA players do it to get attention, because the culture is focused on standing out, not just standing out in a positive way.