Watch your attitude on the DF or this...

[ToxicFox]

its the legacy players and the no lifers, just wait untill normal people progress that far

lol nice legacy hate. The people I've seen acting like jerks are mostly the new folks but I think that's because there's more new people than old.

[AtraiusDelmar]

Tonight in Ifrit Hard-Mode--- Tanking on Warrior---
Soon as we entered I told them this was my 1st time doing this on ARR and I had beat it several hundred times on 1.0. I asked them if there was anything different to please let me know. I used proper grammar, spelling, and so on. No one spoke up about anything different but instead told me to leave and others called me an ebay account. I was called "Retard" and "Gay" and you name it, including Mom bashing and so on. One of them stated "You ebay accounts always make us die 1000x before 1x win, just leave!" Anyways, I'm tanking it like it's the easiest ever, no one dieing or anything, so when it was down to ~5% I said "Ebay this" and left the fight

/salute

I think there's a rule up here that goes with Food Service.
Don't piss off the tank.
Don't piss off the Healer.
And DPS... /shrug

[Nullie]

/salute
And DPS... /shrug

That just made my day. Thank you. +1

[Roaran]

If you were on the DF... there was prob another tank... and he probably voked.... and then the rest of the group probably still won... and they probably lol'd at you when they got the loot and credit and you didn't.

Not defending them... but what you did was really stupid.

You kept yourself from enjoying the rewards in order to obtain some degree of happiness by depriving those who mistreated from enjoying the same. I'm not sure that's much better than insulting others. You could have instead explained to them in the end, that maybe being a jerk to every one isn't the most intelligent thing to do and they would have been far more receptive and understanding.... and if your goal was to change behavior, you probably accomplished the opposite... as they probably are now either angry for someone like you for screwing them over or they think you are silly because you more likely just shot yourself in the foot.

[indira]

If you were on the DF... there was prob another tank... and he probably voked.... and then the rest of the group probably still won... and they probably lol'd at you when they got the loot and credit and you didn't.

/cut

even at 5% you can still wipe in a second ifrit most likely went after the healers, im always getting owned in one hit as whm when a tank DC's or quits in the middle of the fight. takes a bit for the other tank to grab enough enmity off the healers.

[Rilr]

I kinda want to reroll to a tank after I hit level 50 on my alt after I read that post.

[AtraiusDelmar]

I kinda want to reroll to a tank after I hit level 50 on my alt after I read that post.

You should. I've been having a blast with it. I loved tanking in FFXI, and I'm having a blast with it here. I love learning the ins and outs of the class, and how best to control a situation with mob(s). I came from WoW playing DPS, I had fun, but it was monotonous. Hell I even enjoy tanking with the overzealous DPSer's. First rule I give to healers, if they DPS draws aggro, don't heal them. They have to stop so I can get aggro back, or pay the price.

[MerryLucious]

You should. I've been having a blast with it. I loved tanking in FFXI, and I'm having a blast with it here. I love learning the ins and outs of the class, and how best to control a situation with mob(s). I came from WoW playing DPS, I had fun, but it was monotonous. Hell I even enjoy tanking with the overzealous DPSer's. First rule I give to healers, if they DPS draws aggro, don't heal them. They have to stop so I can get aggro back, or pay the price.

Oh yeah.... Had that happening couple of nights ago where I was healing in Tara Tam. The archer would start on the mobs before the tank did. I finally just let the archer die when I had to choose between the tank or the archer.

[FyeyaHerald]

Awesome.

I have had pretty good groups so far, and the bad ones fell into line when I told them "You will attack what I mark in the order i mark it, or you will tank it."

I usually help cover people's mistakes, but when they're a jackass to other players in the group, I let them sink on their own.

Also as the tank few things are more satisfying than watching that bad DPS who is raging and flaming quit and knowing he's the one with 15 min lockout and then a 1 hour queue while the rest of us can get a new dps in 15 seconds and move on with the dungeon.

I never drop on people; I'll wipe to 100% broke gear with ya if it comes to that and we all want to keep trying.

[Zidanne]

When i'm healer i never take crap like that. There was this MRD tank with paper armor @ longstop that kept insisting on gathering every possible mob around, even farther ones, and i kept spamming cures. At one point i had no chance but to spam Cure 2 and run out of MP on the trash mobs. He even insisted i pitched in on dmg which i answered it didn't fit my playstyle as a CON. I believe CONs should preserve their mp since they don't have any mp generating abilities (unless they cross-class which i wasn't doing since it was my first class) and should only use DD abilities when they feel safe they can, since it's not their priority - and i didn't feel i could.


I couldn't care less. As soon as i DF i get an invite. So i told him either he left or i did. He did leave and we DFed a PLD which did the job and i barely had to use any mp on cures due to that cure 1 additional cure 2 so i pitched in on dmg. You'll get really nasty people. Try to reason and if you can't, just leave. Even as DD. 20 mins are totally worth a bitter experience imho.