Quote Originally Posted by Kitfox View Post
That means just standing there tanking and watching a horror scene unfold behind the boss without being able to do anything about it.
That's mostly my problem. If I'm a dps, I can at least try and help out with everyone else or at least attempt to carry any dps that aren't able perform above average. But as a tank, nope...I just gotta sit there watching everyone else around me meet their doom while I'm just sipping tea 'cause we literally went over that mechanic twenty times and now it's just become too tedious so I just start staring at life bars slowly go from full health to 500 in a matter of seconds. Of course, as a tank, I've also encountered the fool who thinks they can tank and then haphazardly charges into the boss fight and then decides it be best to tank the boss in front of everyone instead of turning the boss around 'cause we all like being cleaved by the boss's attacks.

Have I tanked Odin yet? It's not a lack of confidence that deters me from tanking that instance, but the fact that DF is full of (innocently) new players and that I just couldn't be bothered by death by repetition. I have horror stories just from being a dps and a healer, no need to add tank to the list. I use to main WHM so I do have a large amount of respect for healers as well as dps. We all have jobs to do and on top of mechanics, it can all get tiresome and some people just don't have the reflexes or latency to dodge and I can forgive that.