In-Depth Tanking Class/Job Analysis.

[CubemonkeyNYC]

Question:

So I took my lvl 24 Gladiator through Copperbell yesterday, and it all went fine except for the first "boss" room, where a ton of bombs and trash mobs spawn all over the place.

There was no way for me to keep the numbering going AND run around the room using [Flash] AND generating enough MP to keep using Flash. I lasted long enough for the mobs to get whittled down by the DPS, but I eventually died to one of the bomb's AOE while I was running around frantically. The others survived after I went down.

How do you handle a situation with a TON of adds? I've tanked the three dungeons up to this point with no problem aside from this.

[Ariyn]

Question:

So I took my lvl 24 Gladiator through Copperbell yesterday, and it all went fine except for the first "boss" room, where a ton of bombs and trash mobs spawn all over the place.

There was no way for me to keep the numbering going AND run around the room using [Flash] AND generating enough MP to keep using Flash. I lasted long enough for the mobs to get whittled down by the DPS, but I eventually died to one of the bomb's AOE while I was running around frantically. The others survived after I went down.

How do you handle a situation with a TON of adds? I've tanked the three dungeons up to this point with no problem aside from this.

Best thing to do for this boss is have the whole group stack in one spot. Mobs always go to the healer so you only have to flash once to get them. Then dps takes them down. They have very low hp so they die before any real threat is caused.