Tanking Frustration: I blame WoW

[Jediman]

I just want to vent to you fellow tanks off an assumption of mine.

I've recently tanked dungeons with people who obviously aren't strangers to MMO's because of they way they understand dungeoning mechanics.

However tanking in this game is hard because of how (My assumption) Warcraft evolved tanking to be so faceroll.

DPS classes I play with automatically start going buckwild on mobs I just pulled (Namely Bards and BLM) before I can even get a Savage Blade or Flash on them.

These people are so used to faceroll tanking and instant aggro from WoW that it makes tanking frustrating and them rage at me for not having aggro.

Vent end. Have you guys had similar experiences?

you are spot on mate there is no real tanking game play here when you have 5+ mobs at the same time they suspect you use sign to kill each one by one ....and let the dps attack the other mobs that are not have sign on them epic fail lol

As a dps, one that played both FFXI and wow for several years each, I try very hard not to pull aggro and have done so only once using Bane of all things. My biggest issue is that most people don't mark targets so I have to sit there waiting to find out which mob the tank is hitting on before I start nuking. The few that do mark usually make for a nice smooth run every time.

Thats why I believe tank should have a Aeo that generates threat this way any job can attack any mobs thats around PLD.