Dear Tanks

[Mhaeric]

Just an FYI, but "Join date" means when you signed up for the forums and has nothing to do with when you started the game. For example, I've had a FFXIV account since 1.0's CB, but it says August 2013 on the forums because I didn't bother to sign up for them until ARR's launch.

I am more than aware of that, but I am skeptical of anyone who attempts to use how long they've played a game as reason for why they're right and someone else is not. Particularly when their forum join date can be measured to at best one month ago, and they have other posts saying they are a returning player who mains three jobs that aren't any of the ones they're talking about in the multiple troll threads they've started. My guess is this person probably has played for a while at least, but got forum banned at least once in the past and this is their new troll account. My solution, as always, is to put them on ignore. Works wonders.

The problem is the plethora of circular AoEs and PBAoEs that are too big to be outside of and still be within melee range of the target. Not usually a big deal in and of itself, but if you're fighting a large pack of mobs that spam those abilities and you're a melee DPS, prepare to have a bad time.

The only ones that will have this issue are those with a large circular radius that are centered on the mob itself like the large toad aoe's. If a circular aoe is centered on you, just find the direction that doesn't put you out of range of the mob. This usually means moving to the side of the mob or even towards the tank. Even if 2 or 3 of them drop at the same time, there's always a direction to move that is more efficient than directly away from the mobs. You can also hit your weaponskills as you run, so you can even run most of the way out, pop the weaponskill at the last second, finish running out, and have more than enough time to run back in range before the next gcd. Even the toad AoE can allow this sometimes if it happens to time well with your gcd. Run 'n gun essentially.