How to OT as GnB

[BarretOblivion]

It honestly depends on the raid tier, this raid tier we are currently on is probably one of the least involved for off tanks, but that still doesnt mean theres not responsibility.
E5s: Raiden "Add", invulning a centaur charge

At this point its better to just have the OT take both centaur charges. 2 cooldowns and a heal shield is more than enough to survive the charge you don't invuln ( I know cause I take both charges for my group). Its better for the MT to save thier invuln for sticky situations and just have the OT have charge duty.

[Zukkz]

Honestly? You would need to learn mechanics just as much as someone who's got their tank stance on. Just because you would be "free" to do your dps rotation without dps loss from pressing your mitigation buttons, doesn't mean you'd be given the chance to just sit back with more HP and do damage lol.

Yeah your responsibility is knowing the mechanic's just as much, you probably don't want to deal with the "responsibility" which I get but also, MT/OT? Uhh.. yeah doesn't truly exist in this game tbh. You tank swap or you pick up mobs so your healers don't take the damage and neither does your "MT" if you want to consider it that way.. Some places where you would split damage or tank damage outside of that yeah you're basically a supportive tank with your HoS and Aur.

Hope people have made sense of it bud. GL and Enjoy!

[Pepsi_Plunge]

At this point its better to just have the OT take both centaur charges. 2 cooldowns and a heal shield is more than enough to survive the charge you don't invuln ( I know cause I take both charges for my group). Its better for the MT to save thier invuln for sticky situations and just have the OT have charge duty.

We play it the same way in our static: OT takes both charges as it isn't really an issue to survive even without inv-CD.

For GnB as OT: Best make a macro for Aurora and Heart of Stone that targets the second player in your group [a.k.a. your co-tank in 8-player-content] so you can always easily give it to your MT if you don't need it for yourself. For example:

/micon "Aurora"
/ac "Aurora" <2>

[Mavrias]

I just wanna know where all these tanks that don't wanna actually tank are coming from. Cause i really need them to stop showing up in my roulettes and alliance runs. I'm sick of dying to autos in eden normal or add tank busters in CF as a BLM because the "off tank" can't be bothered to put their stance on and hit provoke.

[Duskane]

I just wanna know where all these tanks that don't wanna actually tank are coming from. Cause i really need them to stop showing up in my roulettes and alliance runs. I'm sick of dying to autos in eden normal or add tank busters in CF as a BLM because the "off tank" can't be bothered to put their stance on and hit provoke.

probably alot of the people who think GNB is the "can play DPS but as tank" role ,same as RDM players who like to top up people with vercure without actually having to play healer .

[Rasikko]

I just wanna know where all these tanks that don't wanna actually tank are coming from. Cause i really need them to stop showing up in my roulettes and alliance runs. I'm sick of dying to autos in eden normal or add tank busters in CF as a BLM because the "off tank" can't be bothered to put their stance on and hit provoke.

This is what made it satisfying to be an OT in Copied Factory. I felt like I was really contributing by keeping adds on me.

[BarretOblivion]

I just wanna know where all these tanks that don't wanna actually tank are coming from. Cause i really need them to stop showing up in my roulettes and alliance runs. I'm sick of dying to autos in eden normal or add tank busters in CF as a BLM because the "off tank" can't be bothered to put their stance on and hit provoke.

With all the tank changes that came to tanks this expansion to dumb down the role, its not suprising they have cropped up. Ran into alot thinking they know how to tank, but are scared of MTing. At least in Savage for many fights you won't get away with that because you must tank swap but still...

[Undeadfire]

If you want to OT all the time, bring Paladin. Paladin is the worst MT this expansion and best done on OT.

[Derio]

Depends. Most of the time GNB is the main tank, especially if you are paired with a PLD. For casual content you are fine as there are very few tank swaps, add control, etc.

You are still learning so you should be fine.

[Gariored]

"I want to be an healer for end game content that's semi less involved and lets the other healer do most of the healing while I focus only on DPS"

it doesn't sound as good when another role says it right?


idk if you actually like Gunbreaker or like the Queue times tanks have. Either way there's no real way to take the backseat 24/7 for this role without pissing someone off.

comes with the territory.