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    Matthias Gendrin
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    Paladin Lv 80

    To All the DPS I've Run With

    Hello,

    I am a tank. I'm not the best tank out there, but I like to think I'm okay. But there are times when I mess up. Maybe I'll pull the boss too soon and lock you out. Maybe I'll face the trash the wrong way, or let your AoE get the better of my enmity. Maybe I'll rush headlong into a fight when you don't know how it works yet, assuming you do. Maybe I'll skip a few mobs when you wanted a full clear for the EXP. Or maybe I'm not pulling fast enough for your tastes. But these are all simple mistakes.

    But there are times when I'm ugly. There are times when I'll let my humanity get the better of me. I may snark at you, snap, or chew you out over something tiny. I may take an honest mistake personally and make you regret it. My ego may become damaged by a simple request, and I may get on my high horse and make you want to stop playing the game. When this happens, I am toxic. And I know I am, and I hate when this happens.

    I hate it because I've had people like you tell me it's okay to not be great. I've had people like you tell me that I'm doing a good job, because we're getting through the content. I've seen people like you do amazing things, and work mechanics for dungeons, trials, and raids in ways that I've never seen to incredible effect. I've seen brilliant people who inspire me to be a better player, and who make me love the community here, despite my poorer nature that gets the better of me.

    So, to you DPS whom I have scorned, I am sorry.

    To you DPS whom I may have berated for pulling the wrong mobs, I am sorry.

    To you DPS whom I let die by not helping you understand the fight, or by not pulling that one mob back off you, I am sorry.

    To you DPS whom I have disappointed, through word, action, silence, or inaction, I am sorry.

    To you DPS whom I snapped at for a bruised ego, I am sorry.

    We tanks are proud; often too proud, and most often, you are the ones who suffer for it. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for making this game great.
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    Last edited by Jpec07; 10-27-2015 at 01:26 PM.
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    A dungeon party with two summoners always makes me egi.

    Beginner's Overview to Tanking in FFXIV: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/352455
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    Blufnix Greedalox
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    Canadian thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greedalox View Post
    Canadian thread.
    Not really? I just felt that as a tank, I have a great propensity toward being a jerk in group content, and it happens more than I'd like to admit (and I know I'm not the only tank this happens to). No one needs that; no one deserves that. So I wanted to offer an apology, one that hopefully other tanks out there can agree with, because it's not worth ruining someone else's day to satiate our egos.
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    A dungeon party with two summoners always makes me egi.

    Beginner's Overview to Tanking in FFXIV: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/352455
    Learn to Play (it's not what you think): http://www.l2pnoob.org/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jpec07 View Post
    No one needs that; no one deserves that...because it's not worth ruining someone else's day to satiate our egos.
    Congrats you have become a signaturequote. But mmos might be the wrong place for you xD
    Whats canadian about it? Is there a stereotype saying canadians are all feelsy emos or something along the lines?
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    Last edited by TiaHeart; 10-31-2015 at 06:54 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Teiren View Post
    Complexity for the sake of complexity is never necessary and never fun.It is objectively terrible game design, but we just have to deal with it until the devs realize that.I've given enough feedback.It really is as bad and stupid as it looks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Boss_Koivula View Post
    I don't think i'm the only BRD out here that has to play the job because of static needs.Sure we all got used to this new playstyle that feels like we are driving a huge pile of shit without a steeringwheel, but that doesn't mean we enjoy it.I git gud and still hate
    Quote Originally Posted by Jpec07 View Post
    No one needs that;no one deserves that.because it's not worth ruining someone else's day to satiate our egos.

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    When I'm playing a tank, I feel more like a slave to people... maybe it's just me. -,-
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    Quote Originally Posted by AriaEnia View Post
    When I'm playing a tank, I feel more like a slave to people... maybe it's just me. -,-
    It's just you. I have both contempt and pity for DPS. It's like I'm a Spanish conquistador and they are a bunch of savages who know not the light of civilization.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Almalexia View Post
    It's just you. I have both contempt and pity for DPS. It's like I'm a Spanish conquistador and they are a bunch of savages who know not the light of civilization.
    Get your germs away from me.

    Heathen.
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    Rhaja Foxtail
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    Quote Originally Posted by Almalexia View Post
    It's just you. I have both contempt and pity for DPS. It's like I'm a Spanish conquistador and they are a bunch of savages who know not the light of civilization.
    This is almost exactly how my friends describe me lol. "I swear you only bring DPS to laugh at them and healers because you think we're swooning over your awesomeness."
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    Oh, tanks can be toxic too? That's new to me o.O
    I've seen dps berate tanks and healers, I've seen healers flipping out over dps and tanks, dps going at each other..but tanks were always just kind of..there, either getting yelled at or not participating in the conversation at all.
    Interesting to hear that there are rare examples who are different :x
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    Jim Berry
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    Quote Originally Posted by Atoli View Post
    Oh, tanks can be toxic too? That's new to me o.O
    I've seen dps berate tanks and healers, I've seen healers flipping out over dps and tanks, dps going at each other..but tanks were always just kind of..there, either getting yelled at or not participating in the conversation at all.
    Interesting to hear that there are rare examples who are different :x
    Yeah, I'm a quiet tank. I MAY get chatty before we enter the instance. After that, it's usually one-word responses.
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