Quote Originally Posted by Knahli View Post
If anyone tries to give you lip for not being a "good tank" then kindly point out that, if you are a bad tank, then they are a worse DPS for deliberately disrupting your personal method and being incapable of learning how to adapt.
If I'm playing on a DPS class, I'll give the real tank advice on how to hold threat, but I won't go out of my way to accommodate his threat generation. It's legitimately faster and more heal-efficient for a DPS who is experienced in threat control to tank the run, than to dump DPS all over the floor and wipe the group because you wanted the tank to keep threat. This applies more strongly to the lower (<50) dungeons, where tanks struggle the most against competent/high-geared DPS, but it still applies to higher (50-60) dungeons.

Also, OP, marks will be ignored if you're not marking high priority targets in a pull. Mobs like toads, succubi, and biasts are high kill priority, and any DPS will target those first because they make life miserable the longer they're allowed to live.