Tanks using their enmity combo while being OT

[Lyth]

While there's been a lot of discussion about fault, I don't think that's really the take-home message from this thread. As a tank, you always have to adjust your play-style to the people you're playing with. There's always something more that you can do on a personal level to help improve raid performance and bolster others' weaknesses.

If your WAR OT absolutely refuses to deviate from a stock two-combo rotation in response to the present enmity levels, then you will have to use more threat combos or stance dance to compensate. There's no point in sticking to your guns, losing aggro, and then arguing about it while dps gets cleaved and loses their positionals.

In situations like these, it's better to cut your OT some slack. Sometimes, people just want to be able to enjoy the game without dealing with the hassle of being a real tank or a real dps. Sometimes, people just want to relish the coarse sensation of their face gliding across the keyboard, and being forced to watch enmity bars gives you eye-strain and gets in the way of that. Don't begrudge them their fun; adapt and move on.

We're not really talking about this kind of tank.

The principles discussed in this thread apply to situations in which both your MT and OT are actively collaborating to coordinate their enmity generation and maximize raid dps. The enmity lead might seem uncomfortably slim at times, but this is both intentional and planned for; MT is actively trying to expend as much of their resources into dps as possible. In these situations, should we get the WAR to sneak in one more BB while MT widens the threat gap? Or should we get WAR to pull back a bit while the MT pushes more dps? What's the best way for us to maximize our combined dps and get the most use of our combined cooldowns and resources?

These are the sort of tanks that we're talking about. If you feel this doesn't apply to you, don't worry about it.