Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
Any serious (or semi serious) static will kick you after a few runs if they notice youre tanking in Grit/SwordOath/Defiance for the entirety of EX/Savage fight. As I said, the game is not currently designed for you to sit in tank stance. After getting initial hate in any raid or savage content, you can do the rest of the fight in DPS stances.

Being 'comfortable' is just another way of saying "Im to lazy and/or insecure in being able to tank and use my CDs effectively to drop out of tank stance". For someone whos got lvl 70 tanks, and supposedly mains one, its slightly baffling you think good tanking is "sit in grit" the entire fight.
We talk about regular runs in trials and dungeons, not the top raiding. Runs where people don't use aggro dumps or Diversion. Runs where people suck evading telegraphs. Runs where I use Clemency on myself in tank stance while the White Mage/AST can continue to nuke with Holy/Gravity, since my 110 potency spin attack is nothing compared to that.

Do I stay in Shield Oath all the time during the dungeon? No.
Do I stay in Shield Oath when its more beneficial for the group, like the Holy/Spam situation or just give the healers some breathing room when others mess up? Yes.

Call me lazy when I try to give the situation the most benefit for healers. Especially on new dungeons in order to get my feet wet of how I can pull the groups in the most efficient way.