Tank Appreciation Thread

[Demogulus-Veisef]

+1 for the positive thread.

Playing as a healer and dps, I find myself in queue for a long time, waiting for a tank to queue up. Now attempting to roll as PLD myself, even in dungeons, you get impatient DPS (who either pull for you, or vote-kick you if you are there for experience points) and/or healers who focus too much on dps'ing and you sometimes die.

That said, I now understand why many people who play tanks do NOT jump into content as quick as they use to, especially with random people. One group in "The Aery" was upset because I wasn't wearing DPS accessories, kept calling me a bad tank even though I was ignoring him.

THIS^
Is it bad when every time I want to queue up in duty finder that I ALWAYS get a little bit scared of who I'm gonna have in my party? is this normal?

[Kalsam]

THIS^
Is it bad when every time I want to queue up in duty finder that I ALWAYS get a little bit scared of who I'm gonna have in my party? is this normal?

Not at all.
Main thing to keep in mind is that they're the ones with a problem, not you.

Thank you, OP for this thread.
Even when I'm not on my tanks in DF, I'll watch and offer suggestions/tips to tanks whom I notice may not be maximizing what all they can do to make the run smoother for themselves and their group. (Major thing I seem to mention the most is positioning. Waaaaaay too many new-and-upcoming tanks seem to let mobs get behind them. So I politely say something like "Please try to keep everything in front of you. Remember; you cannot dodge, block or parry from behind,")

About 9 out of 10 of those I mention this to, in this method, will thank me and I see them immediately begin being more aware of how they're positioning. The other 1... they're the ones the rest of us are so very sorry that you all have to come across at some point. They disappoint us too.