share your bad experiences tanking

[StitchWork]

Not really a bad experience but more kind of funny. I was tanking Sohm Al as DRK and i had a MNK tell me to stop dodging AOEs because he had to move to follow the mob he was on. It was a rather big pull so AOEs were flying everywhere. I actually lol'd. Sorry you just can't sit there and button mash bro. Lol
>.<

[Anthal]

Brayflox.

Fresh lv 30ish pld undergeared up against a synced blm and smn. Only dungeon I have ever rage quit out of embarrassment. A striking dummy could have held aggro better than me. Took me well over a month to work up the courage to hit the df button again.

[wisedad9]

As a tank for many years I have been thru it all. Tanks always get the crap of the group If dps jumps the gun and pulls and dies its the tanks fault? what really your the idiot that ran ahead and pulled the room. healer starts to dps and forgets to heal tank dies then the healer then Dps. Healer turns and says wow man you really need better gear. So it seems every-time anyone messes up in a group its the tanks fault. I did not mind taking all the hate from the enemies but when the hell did a tank have to take all the crap from its own party due to the fact the dont know how to play.

[Erit]

I got told to wear full fending gear in Vault because I needed the Parry for the last boss... who was all magic.

He has physical AAs, or at least you can parry something he does every now and again when the sickness isn't being purged. But if a healer needs you to have Reprisal up for anything in order for you to survive, something is very unquestionably wrong.

[bardaboo]

Im looking forward to starting on drk. Got war and pld to 60 already... can't wait to crack into haukke manor again.

[Lan_Mantear]

My worst tanking experience was when I did Haukke Manor for the first time. I didn't know about the job quests at the time so I was a level 30 Gladiator and the BLM in the group kept going on and on about why I wasn't already a Paladin. I didn't even know you could do that! I thought that It was a job I'd need to unlock and level up, like in FFXI.

In hindsight, he had every right to wonder just that, but he didn't have to be rude about it.

The BLM eventually left and was replaced by another job, don't remember which, and we were able to clear with little issue, afterwards I did the Paladin Job quest and the rest is history.

The experience still has an impact on me because I remember feeling foolish and lost.

[TheLastRaven]

My worst tanking experience and one of the ones to have soured my views on the player base the most is one of my first ones. While tanking Amdapor keep the Party decided that I wasn't going fast enough, they would not let me generate aggro and keep pulling ahead of time. By the first boss they decided They didn't need a tank to help them and started the trash talk at which point I refused to help them. They kept going while throwing insults when they could which I can't provide since I do not think it is allowed on the forums but it ranged from Homophobic slurs to heavy cursing. Until on the last boss they decided they did infact need a tank to help them and decided to ask me to tank that is ask me to tank by trying to insult me into tanking. I call them the F word once and I get a warning and GM visit. GG.

[SeleneFatalis]

While tanking Amdapor keep the Party decided that I wasn't going fast enough, they would not let me generate aggro and keep pulling ahead of time.

This was what I had to deal with in a dungeon when I was just starting out as a Gladiator. My first time in a dungeon, and I was pulling each set of mobs. Apparently that wasn't enough, because even though I was running to the next set, the healer and one of the DPS would hit sprint, run past me, and start attacking enemies. I eventually asked them if I can get the pulls since I was the tank, and said I was still learning. They said "Well, then you can learn to get aggro off of us, because that's more difficult than sustaining aggro." and kept going. No. Just no. Then eventually I just left. I did recently have a run on Marauder and the healer hinted to me that they wanted bigger pulls by running ahead, so I obliged. But we worked well together, and I didn't get offended, and they weren't rude about it.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Are you inept with reading comprehension? Clearly he was dismayed the healer singled him out, the tank, instead of the DPS who were "slow" by his account.

Or, he was being a diva-princess and raging at something that sure doesn't seem like a big deal. It looks like it was a simple statement to me, yet he rage quit at the last boss because he couldn't handle it.

Did they call the OP horrible names? Were they shouting at him? Were they cussing at him? Were they using derogatory slurs? If the answer is no, and all the healer said was that generic comment, then I would say OP was being very dramatic by rage quitting.