share your bad experiences tanking

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

I had a BLM in my EX Roulette a few days ago that refused to cast Fire II / Flare in a trash pull of 10 mobs. It took like 7 minutes to clear it and all of my WHM friends MP to survive lol.

[Gabrielleblanc]

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

[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.

[AnimaS]

generally it comes in the form of an awful 2nd tank

[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.

[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.