
Originally Posted by
LogicHatesMe
Might not sound ideal, but I found running the first dungeon multiple times a good way to acclimate. MOST of the time this dungeon is not gonna result in any deaths, MOST people easily know how to run it blindfolded, so as a newer player, you're not gonna be relied upon to know anything. It's difficult to know what enemy to target when the tank doesn't call targets, or paint them with a (1) symbol, but most tanks won't bother calling targets unless they're scared the party isn't aware of the mechanics. So usually I just watch the target line going from the tank when you approach a pack, whatever he targets first, just go in for that one. Also as others have said, use TAB to cycle between targets, keeping an eye on the enemy list on your left (also good to note that if the enemy name has a flashing red square next to it, that means you are taking aggro from it, as a tank this is good, as a DPS this is not, so make sure you're close to the tank if you are taking aggro and let him retake it, don't worry about your HP let the healer handle that) try and make sure you're targeting the enemy with the lowest HP for quicker clears.
I wouldn't worry too much about keeping up, some tanks want to run through fast and pull a lot of packs, this sucks for dps but just keep running until the tank stops. There's not much else to say really, other than what's already been said, stay out of AOE attack circles and cones, try and position yourself behind the enemy (again, most tanks will turn the enemy away from the party as is) oh and if you're melee DPS, you will mostly be expected to pop your limit break on the boss, usually when they're down to around 10% hp or so (you can find a toolbar shortcut to your limit break in the traits screen, i think under general, took me a while to find that first off, there's also options in the settings to show enemy HP percentage, find that and set it to on) you can also use Shift + F (or set this as a macro) to focus the enemy, this will make it so that whatever enemy you target, you will still have the one you focused HP and cast bar on the screen, this is useful for when you're on bosses, and have to target adds, but still need to watch what the boss is casting.
These are a few things I was never told that might prove helpful to newer players.