New tank here, have some random questions.

[shao32]

First, why does tank stance turn off at the beginning of dungeons randomly? I swear that trips me up a good 30% of the time; run in, pull a bunch of crap, notice that enmity is all over the place and "DAMNIT! AGAIN!?" I'm sure I'll get used to it, but just... why?

Second, how do you recognize tank busters? Is there some kind of specific tell or do I need to just pop sheltron every time it looks the boss is winding up for something?

Think that's it. Tanking is actually pretty fun; I like being the one in the group who can fight everything head on. My sense of direction sucks, though.

level sync turn off you tank stance, every time you go to a dungeon of lower level that you current tank remember to put on tank stance again, if you notice on expert rouletes that don't happen since they put you on content of the same levle of you tank.

for tank busters well it's more getting used what every boss does, every time a boss cast a attack that means it can be an aoe mechanic like party damage/don't stare/party stack, ect, or a tank buster, with time you will learn what attack is the TB by getting hit by it, so try to focus on what it's casting and what it does so next time doesn't cach you off guard and you can mitigate it properly (note: certain boses don't cast anything to do a TB kind of attack but those are pretty rare like the last boss of castrum abania lvl69 dungeon), be sure you mitigate when the boss target you withspecific mechanics like run away marks too, normally you have to intercept certain links that target you party members but in resume if test and try again.

if you still don't know how to dealt with certain mechanics feel free to ask in the novice network or look for a guide on youtube, there is even dungeons guides so it can help you to identify them on future conten since they repeat most of the time.