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    Yahallo's Avatar
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    Mana Kurogane
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    Gilgamesh
    Main Class
    Dark Knight Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
    Um...could it be that too many tanks got too used to running in DPS stance all the time rather than treating DPS stance as a luxury? Could it be that many tanks took their ability to hold aggro for granted and forgot that their primary responsibility is maintaining aggro? When I stepped into the first SB dungeon that's how it felt to me, it was like going back to ARR and hitting Brayflox in average gear. Every now and again, people should go minimum ilvl and try out dungeons to remind themselves how they are meant to play their jobs, or just never get used to the luxury of overgearing by 50+ ilvls.
    It's not that tanks got used to running in DPS Stance; I've been throwing out 3-4 Abyssal Drains at the start of each pull in Grit and I can still see DPS starting to rip aggro off me. I can often keep it down by throwing another Abyssal Drain but that is a band aid fix when the issue will get worse and worse as ilvl increases and the damage gap between Tanks and DPS increases. Right now it may be manageable, but this is a serious long term issue as DPS get primary stat damage scaling from their accessories while tanks do not. This isn't because people got used to tanking in their DPS Stance, this is because the Vit+Str damage formula for tanks should have been kept or at least adjusted so that Vit increases the amount of enmity generated. It is not an issue of people getting used to the luxury of overgearing.

    Single target enmity generation is fine at the moment, but AoE enmity generation has a problem that is rearing its head. This isn't just the Western Community asking for changes, but both the Western and Japanese communities, and given how much more serious the Japanese community can be (like believing that Duty Finder is not for first time runs but to get a quick clear when you're busy, having large amounts of party finder groups dedicated to teaching newbies, and the 2ch blacklist), there should be enough precedent for some changes to be expected.
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    Last edited by Yahallo; 06-27-2017 at 03:22 AM.