i got a question for you dps..

[JackFross]

I meant to include that I'm referring to all three tanks in non-tank stances in ST fights. Sword Oath, No-Grit, Deliverance. If a tank loses hate in tank stance, they're fundamentally doing it wrong and need to go back to tank school, gear differential or no.

Raids are a (slightly) different story, because healer aggro is real.

[Egnasya]

Sword Oath, No-Grit, Deliverance. If a tank loses hate in tank stance, they're fundamentally doing it wrong and need to go back to tank school, gear differential or no.

Have to say that's my oberservation as well after going out of my way to actually level and play a tank for real, for a change. I find it nearly impossible to lose aggro, even when undergeared, as long as I keep mindful of what's going on and use the proper abilities in every situation. In that case it would really boil down to tanks not playing correctly if they keep losing aggro, and that is something the game teaches you by exactly that - in other words, continued aggro loss is a slight reminder from the game that you're doing something wrong. One might call it teaching mechanic.


Apart from that I don't think that mind set that a tank has to play perfectly while everyone else is allowed to slack pays off in the end. That's just disrespectful of fellow players in an environment in which we are supposed to play together. So a tank loses aggro to DPS, yea? What that usually results in is, the DPS hates the tank, the tank and the healer hate the DPS. So much hate for nothing. Tell you what if I really lose a mob as a tank I'm indifferent. I see that I get it back if it's worth it, otherwise it dies few seconds later anyway, who cares if it hits someone? They're not made of paper just as well. If I pull aggro as DPS I'm indifferent, I either manage to kill that thing in time or it kills me and goes back to tank, fair game. I wouldn't get upset about it. As a healer... well you're the one cleaning up the mess of others anyway, you basically signed up for that.

But here's the catch - all that is normal. All that may very well happen. And you're asked to adapt to that, not complain about it, for your own sake, not the sake of someone you'll probably never see again. Just keep cool. Nobody's really gonna be hurt even if you wipe to a chain of mistakes and misunderstandings. Because that's all it is. Mistakes and misunderstandings. Happens all the time, everywhere in our lives. No reason to get all worked up.