Tanking Frustration: I blame WoW

[Stormspirit]

There is nothing unique about FF11's or this games threat system. In fact WoW threat used to function the exact same way. Dps and healers both had to watch their output.

For most of WoWs life, a five-man dungeon crawl had far more to worry about then anything you find in this game. We're talking about crowd control on every single pull, even in the earliest dungeons, or the group wiped. The classes also had access to more abilities that would flatout wipe the entire group if misused, such as several different versions of fear.

WoW has gotten easier last expansion, yes, but there is no reason whatsoever why a WoW vet shouldn't walk right into this game and perform their role. There is nothing they haven't seen or dealt with before.

Blaming WoW ultimately just absolves the individual player of responsibility. Anyone with ANY experience with ANY trinity based MMO should catch immediately. If you're screwing up its on you, not because another game trained you incorrectly.