I'm afraid to queue for dungeons now.

[Floyd]

Weird. I've grinded my way to 47 Via Fates/doing story when I get 5-8 levels above where I last was.... My FC considers me the best war tank we have, I don't think it's FATES at fault, just players who don't bother to learn their class a little bit while doing all those fates. (Our other WARs have done it via story and quests-- Im still considered a stronger dungeon runner then them.)

[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?

[jcw005]

A lot of tanking comes down to experience, e.g. knowing how to turn mobs away from the party, knowing how to move and keep aggro, avoid AoEs, etc. Which of these skills do you employ in a FATE? Oh, right - none of them. It's not that FATEs make you a bad tank; they simply allow you to level up without ever having to learn how to do anything - and that goes for all classes, not just tanks. Viva la zergfest!

[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.

[Lethaltyrant]

Im a good tank id like to think i do the very best i can at my job unless someone jumps ahead or i havent done the fight then i just learn from my mistakes and try again. I primarily do my story and get the gear if its beneficial to me stat wise. I only use FATE grinding when my quest come to a halt due to lvl req

[Githiun]

I've played tank roles in MMO's for going on 10+ Years. Everquest as a warrior tank clearing all content when it was still considered an achievement to kill something onto WoW as a pally Tank. You're going to run into people who role tanks because of the fast queues, easy group pickups not because they enjoy the class.

Dungeon Finders, Queues, etc has been a downfall of the tank class for this reason. I had at least a handful of groups asking me to tank for them the second I logged on because I had proven myself to countless people that I was good tank. By no means the best but a good solid tank. It was personal, good tanks had groups waiting (same with healers of course), bad tanks couldn't get a group to save their life.
My point is, when you find a tank that's a good tank. Friend them. Ask them, would you be open to me messaging you from time to time to put a group together. If you want to stop taking chances of fail tanks, remember the good ones and make a friend.

[Brumble]

PS3 targeting sucks.

I also had problems with ps3 targeting, until I found out this awesome tip...

Hold R2/L2 to ready your crossbar abilities, and then tap R1/L1 to toggle through enemies. This saved me Soooooo much grief, as it will never ever target pikachu! In hectic situation, it will ocasionally target a wrong mob, because your toon will be facing an odd direction. However, it is way way better than relying on the X button alone to try to target whats in front of you, and makes target switching in dungeons a breeze.

[nimuniverse]

I just used directional buttons on ps3. Right/Left buttons for choosing mobs, Up/Down buttons for party members.

[Brumble]

When you have time to tab through all mobs/pets etc. that method works. We are discussing tanking, however. Reaction time is key, since most players who pull agro will instantly run AWAY from their tank.