Tanks, please use buffs

[Odeon]

I use CDs based on what I expect to happen in the dungeon. It's mostly going to be Rampart/Sentinel if I know I can get them back before the next "dangerous" part of a dungeon. That also means I'm not wasting it on single/baby pulls if I consider I'm going to need them before the CD is done.

I willuse any CD I feel is useful in a fight, no matter how big/small the pull is. But understand this: if a small pull forces me to use a cooldown, then the healer is bad. There is no situation where if a regen could suffice, a CD would be useful.

If the healer doesn't want to do their job (which on small pulls usually means pressing ONE button to heal) I will have to use CDs.

The point is I guess: you want me to use my CDs, the thing I have to ensure things go alright even when it gets tougher or messier, just to make the healer's life easier. Now ok I understand that and I'm all for it but please, don't forget that tanks are rare for a reason. It's a tough job for which we get very little recognition ("yay, all the mobs attacked just you, so what ?"), it's easier to see the effects of a good/bad heal or dps for instance (speed at which mobs go down, or did someone die).

We want to be prepared, we want to be ready to tank if something goes awry (and usually, something does, at some point). Sometimes, that means keeping a few cds unused. If t he heal is panting for mana and spamming like crazy then yes, perhaps something's wrong, but if they just want to forego healing entirely, then sorry, but that's not ok.