How to explain spreading the DoTs vs aggro management to new players

[SovereignAegis]

Bane and painflare incoming.

But seriously he should be using his AOE threat abilities, I know I did/do a lot when I play tank.

[Twilite]

That's the challenge of new tanks. Strange it's harder to play on low levels than high levels. In low levels, it's so hard to hold agro, but it will be better when you have high enmity attacks on higher levels.

In a PLD's case, Shield Oath is 40 years away, and Flash kinda sucks at low level when you're up against synced overgeared players, requiring you to spam Flash 4-5 times. Not strange at all. And speaking for experience(well also speaking for myself and only played GLA) it'll start feeling like no aggro skills work at all.

[NoelNoel]

A tank who sees a caster in PT and expects them to not DoT everything or bane or AoE in general is a poor tank, and they are many... They need to start spamming their AoE enemity and keep spamming it if needs be because THEY ARE TANKS, their dps is laughable compared to what a caster does on a pull, and casters are here to make pulls die faster. So yeah as you progress and get bane and other AoEs, if you are unsure, do use quelling strikes if you have it (although having to use it on SMN would be really really sad...doesn't even need to be on your action bar). But with a good tank you go all out from the start, raging strikes, painflare, tri disaster, bane, fully buffed enkindle etc. A good tank will have no issue keeping hate from that.