I'm afraid to queue for dungeons now.

[Exdee-em]

I started off as a gladiator and tanked for all the dungeons in the storyline from 15-50, from Sastasha to the Praetorium. I did a relatively good job, almost never losing aggro on any enemy. Not a perfect job, but enough to make the healer's life a little easier, only having to worry about healing me instead of themselves or the rest of the group. After finishing the main story, I decided I wanted to change to pugilist and try out DPS and see all the dungeons from a different view.

I am now a level 36 Monk, and am currently running Brayflox's Longstop and Sunken Temple of Qarn, and the vast majority of those runs ended in failure because the tank can't follow instructions or do their job properly. Now my first assumption when queueing for dungeons as DPS is that we're not going to finish it because the tank can't tank or that they'll do something really stupid, like ask the DPS to offtank for them. Seriously, that's what one tank asked me to do. As a gladiator/paladin, I've never had to ask the DPS to offtank an enemy for me. EVER.

[Derceto]

Curious how many of those tanks you've dealt with are Fate leveling. Fates are the breeding grounds for terrible players sadly. I would imagine anyone tanking by that level would not be "new" of course. Though, some people just don't make terribly good tanks either I suppose. I point my finger more towards Fates though myself.

[Sixteen]

I've had similar experience, as a tank I've cleared all the leveling instances and 30+ AKs without a single group falling apart. As DPS it's 50/50 that the run will be a fail.

[hamsteak]

ugh tell me about it

since my 2nd class is a damage dealer i already have to wait a long while in the queue... but half of the time i'm grouped with a gladiator who has no idea what they're doing

i was in copperbell for like 40 minutes because of a bad tank and i didn't even get to finish because he d/ced!

[CaptainRains]

Been tanking since level one (technically not but you get my point) and feel like I can do a really good job. However I tanked Sunken Temple of Qarn for the first time yesterday, my god it was a painful experience even though I had my pocket healer friend. We have two DPS (Monk and Dragoon) who never said a word throughout the run, they seemed to be able to follow the marks I put down however when it came to those bee mobs with the instant kill ability...I tried to explain to them that final sting NEEDED to be stopped somehow, either by stunning or interrupting but they did nothing of the kind. This was even more fun on the doom boss as I was forced to tank the bees that spawned, despite them being relatively easy to kill they both decided to only focus on the boss. Luckily my healer friend was dotting them up but I had to keep an eye on them for final sting and stun them myself, which costs a lot of TP and is not off the GCD...

TLDR: I like tanking but I hate having to deal with people who refuse to listen to tips or take advice. I will never queue as DPS on my own because too much in this game requires a tank with a brain, which many seem to leave checked at the 1017 door.

[Ariyn]

We have two DPS (Monk and Dragoon) who never said a word throughout the run, they seemed to be able to follow the marks I put down however when it came to those bee mobs with the instant kill ability...I tried to explain to them that final sting NEEDED to be stopped somehow, either by stunning or interrupting but they did nothing of the kind.

Bees have to die first. Can't interrupt the final sting. Either the bees die or you do

[CaptainRains]

Bees have to die first. Can't interrupt the final sting. Either the bees die or you do

So when I stunned them interrupting the ability and didn't die, I just imagined it?

[ntall1]

TLDR: I like tanking but I hate having to deal with people who refuse to listen to tips or take advice.

Bees have to die first. Can't interrupt the final sting. Either the bees die or you do

So when I stunned them interrupting the ability and didn't die, I just imagined it?

Hate ppl who refuse to listen to tips or take advice huh? Apparently what you meant to so is: I hate having to deal with anyone who isn't me who refuses to listen to tips or take advice.

And the beat goes on.

[CaptainRains]

Hate ppl who refuse to listen to tips or take advice huh? Apparently what you meant to so is: I hate having to deal with anyone who isn't me who refuses to listen to tips or take advice.

And the beat goes on.

Wow rage much? I was simply saying that I was able to stun the bees ergo...it interrupts the sting? Crawl back under your bridge and stop fishing little man.

P.S. I already stated that the bees should die first so it's not really advice telling me what I already know.