Dear Tanks

[queenevilfluffy]

If there is a monk in your party do not sit there and spin the enemies. I have positionals and would like to do optimal dps. You guys aren't dps and if there isn't an aoe pointed at your face you have no reason to move.

I mean I have a couple times adjusted a position slightly to make sure a party isn't gonna get cleaved, but not a constant movement. I understand dodging and facing cleaves away from party, but on trash pulls in a dungeon that aren't directing an aoe to your face. No reason.

I feel like maybe it's a problem for people leveling side classes more, but in the heavensward dungeons I think the tanks should know better by now. Monks may not be common enough, but I've seen tons of DRGs and they have positionals too. Not as required as the monks, but they still have them.


Show some mercy on your dps we are trying to kill these things before they kill you.

Also a side note complaint. Do not move enemies out of Shadowflare, doton, and Flaming arrow. The last two don't go back up. And if I have to recast shadowflare as a smn that is taking away from dps time.

Sorry for the minor rants, just something I wanted to get out of my system.

inb4 suck it up and grow thick skin

[AnimaS]

Dear Monk, tanks must reposition raid bosses and you must not complain in a linear positional dps train of thought since repositioning often allows a mechanic to be executed that prevents the raid from dying. No not slightly .... not just cleaves, even in T10 the adds had to be dragged around as to avoid their MASSIVE CONES of DAMAGE from one shotting the raid . Tanks understand this because we keep the raid boss from killing you regardless of your complaints. I understand you seem to be talking dungeons and I personally do not SWING around targets in perpetual circles but ....... GREAT tanks RAID....... they do more damage and know that a monk missing a positional to prevent raid wipe is necessary.

[Galgarion]

The kinds of tanks who do a bunch of unnecessary repositioning are also unlikely to read forum threads looking for helpful pointers, because reading isn't as fun as snorting permanent markers and facebook stalking that guy who wrote that thing on that forum about that thing.

[Illya]

Dear Monks

There is always an AoE pointed at our faces. We don't move the mobs around for funsies. In fact we would rather stand there during boring dungeon runs and spam Flash and Overpower while watching anime on our tablets. But we can't. Sorry.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Also a side note complaint. Do not move enemies out of Shadowflare, doton, and Flaming arrow. The last two don't go back up. And if I have to recast shadowflare as a smn that is taking away from dps time.

Just a point, but often enough those occasions where I'm not tanking the trash on the damage zones usually occur when I need to deal with either a caster or ranged (therefore I need to tank the rest of the trash on the caster/ranged) or I've yet to complete the full pull I'm doing and the zones were placed early.

[PWilson]

Dear Monk,
Sorry, I was too focused on managing my MP and TP to worry about where I was pointing the mobs. Hey, doesn't my sword slash very prettily?
- DRK

Dear Monk,
I can't see a damn thing over the rim of my shield. WTF are you talking about?
- PLD

Dear Monk,
LOL DPS, I don't need no DPS to kill mobs for me!
- WAR

[rawker]

Dear MNK/DRG/NIN,

Would you rather want the tank dead so just you can have a smooth time landing your positionals?

[DTness]

Dear Melee,
I do what I want! I'll totally try to keep it still like I always do, though.

P.S. Sometimes big mobs shift on their own when close together.
P.P.S. Huehuehuehuehue.

[FallenWings]

Dear Tanks,

Yeah! I can't get my friggin Fell Cleaves on their asses if you keep spinning the mobs back to me!

- WAR

[Zephiroth]

i can tank over 90% of the time the mops without repositioning but sometimes its impossible cuz of crazy aoe situations and why i should play 100% as good as i could in a lame dungeon which can bedone without any effort .usually 50% concentration on the fight and u better than the most randoms u usually get via DF