IF you WANNA TANK, then ROLE one, but let US do the damn JOB !

[Latarius]

I play a Tank in every MMO cause I like to PROTECT my Band and to lead them into success... for that reason I bear the burden with honor to take the hits and the Responsibility if something went wrong ... in TnL I Play as a Paladin, means my party never needs a healer cause can do BOTH if my party is using there brainfunction instead of there Ego ...

But PPL dont have ANY CLUE how the aggro system works, what my cooldowns are, and what my range to aggro is .... They run straight forward with there "uber speed builds" cause every dmg dealer got + movement speed on there gear...

They dont listen, they dont even read the chat most time, Im a Paldin I tank AND heal, you COULD running a dungeon in no time if they would let the Tank pull and aggro everything to ONE SINGLE Spot, instead you have to run around cause they run like chicken on dope I

Every stupid Mage is ALWAYS Runnin AWAY from the tank instead the other way ... If you have a routine for pulling and CCing like in death abyss for the big Swordmaster with the Deathblow AoE someone just pull all of them and the whole party dies ...

Everyone is screaming for a Tank in ANY Game ... but do we get any "respect" or at least "well treated" ... NO we get treated like trash, people seeing us like NPCs better ... there seeing any other teammates as NPCs not as a human ... the Amount of toxicity, of ignorance, of selfishness and plain stupidity are at a all time peak in Throne and Liberty .... Jeses ... WHAT IS WRONG WITH all you dmg dealer ?! Are you even THINKING bevor you acting ? is "copy & Paste" a dps build from Youtube everything you are able to do ?

Why do you mage/range dmg dealer need to run and jump around like crazy in any fight, always beeing OUT OF HEALING Range but in the middle of an AoE from a Boss ...
There are Encounters/Bosses were you NEED TO STAY in place so a Tank can Block the dmg you would take and die, but who cares ... just Dolphin dive in a fantasy mmo ....

Why Cant ppl just WATCH a 3 min YT video for a basic mech or at least MENTIONING that they are here for the first time and need guidance ... instead of everyone assume that you know what you are doing and then you whipe entire teams ...

Gosh this is insanity in its pure form ....

[Aneth]

Touch some grass then play with some friends. It's been like that for almost 20 years in every MMO. I feel you as a Sns/ Wand myself tough. Have a nice day bro :D

[Gamejunky05]

lol u kno ur teams in trouble when they start running around like headless chickens tring to kill trash and team start to die one by one. Forget about the boss. gg

[Soulburn]

I play tank to. I feel it...

[Rhomilo]

...3.2.1 Dungeon begins: DDs ChaAAARGE!!! "CLASH/#/DING##()¤CLUNK" -------"TANK!!!!?!? HEALzZZ!?!?!?`?

[StarlightAsh♡]

Originally posted by Gamejunky05:

lol u kno ur teams in trouble when they start running around like headless chickens tring to kill trash and team start to die one by one. Forget about the boss. gg

yeah I've left parties for that, I cannot out tank brain damage

[Ironside]

Originally posted by Latarius:

I play a Tank ....

I can feel your pain, I have played a tank for well over 2 decades, made a tank on my first character in TL. Then I switched to DPS on my second character and enjoy it more this go round. I can honestly say, I am one of the more tank friendly DPS.

[Bandisto]

i play many mmo but its the first time i see a lot of solo player here. (people run like there a alone, take aggro and run far away from you, never read chat) Dont tell me "its similar on all mmo" no i play many mmo i never see thing like this and dont tell me learn ur job tank im dps lol

[Serverus88]

By far the smoothest of brains I have seen from DPS in any mmo. I switch to DPS simply due to how retarded people are in dungeons. I can't tank stupid. I just Pew with my bow now, and I only focus on the tanks target since I don't want to get plowed by w/e is being tanked.

[Doomvora]

The best part about slaughter is when they walk right behind you expecting you to tank it but they're too close so it wouldn't matter.

The lack of awareness is pretty evident and that's fine, it's when they refuse to learn anything that it becomes a problem.

[KnightNi]

yea its always funny, in deaths abyss i go to pull 4 mobs on the left side of the room but the dps went and attacked the first two mobs following me and at the end of the room i standing with the npc archer and the arbiter thing and i look back and my teamates are at the beginning attacking the two melee npcs and pull another arbiter that was nearby. i know i could run over there and hook the arbiter but i just let him wipe them...

[Seilky]

Bro, as a fellow tank, I feel you (SNs / Wand - Templar).

My tip is let them die, I will not run after them.
DPS morons deserve a wipe, plain simple
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[Label07]

Books could be written; "Trials of Tanks"
Typically I either take party leader or ask for marks. I want the tank and healer marked.
When doing open world dungeons I usually make it clear that I'm pulling a lot and to wait until I start attacking. Can't expect people to know best practices, best to explain to them.

As for me, I've been tanking since WoW:BC. Got tired of bad tanks and felt I could do better.

[Vexlar]

100% feel you on this. DPS MUST do some mechanics on bosses else it's a wipe and they just refuse to listen far too focused on their imaginary dps meters instead of just watching a 5min youtube vid at 2x speed to understand their roll. I'm currently at the point where I just try help the healer by sustaining my self and throwing a heal circle out because they blame me or them for not holding agro or out healing that fire circle they stood in for the whole duration, like I honestly have no words any more or the idiocy I see.

[Thomas]

Originally posted by KnightNi:

yea its always funny, in deaths abyss i go to pull 4 mobs on the left side of the room but the dps went and attacked the first two mobs following me and at the end of the room i standing with the npc archer and the arbiter thing and i look back and my teamates are at the beginning attacking the two melee npcs and pull another arbiter that was nearby. i know i could run over there and hook the arbiter but i just let him wipe them...

Does your superiority give you a win?
A good tank is able to adapt to the group. If you can only tank for top-geared experts, then you are not much of a tank.
If you are too good to help your team out, then the lower geared and less experienced players will make sure the healer has to work over-time. When all fails, then it is the healer who is kicked by the group.
Tank you very much for your service!

[Kyutaru]

They're doing what you should be doing probably because they're used to it from other groups.

Take Butcher's Canyon for instance. There is no reason to kill mobs in that dungeon. As a tank, your job is rush past all the enemies, kill only the ones that drop the keys, rush past some more, kill only the bosses, rush past some more, kill only the two dudes that need to be stunned, then rush past the final bridge and to the boss with 50+ orcs still chasing you and your party. That's how you beat Butcher's Canyon in under 10 minutes with a tank who knows what he's supposed to be doing.

As for that mage running around with his head off? Heck, was he a Staff/Wand? If so, he can solo the dungeon without you. Let him do his thing. People are getting so geared and ready for T2 that the T1 dungeons are toothless. You don't have a role as a tank until later on when T2 starts and we need you again. For now, it's actually better to run the dungeon with all DPS and ignore 90% of the boss mechanics by straight burning the boss too fast.

While I'm on that subject, people keep doing Cursed Wasteland wrong too. They keep trying to yell at people for not understanding mechanics or getting the party killed. This is a tanking fight, there are no mechanics. Only the tank needs to know or do anything. The tank stays near the boss the whole fight to guarantee he gets the purple beam. Everyone else stays away from him and does DPS from range. If you're melee, you absolutely do not get near the boss any closer than the tank already is, you just hang out and cheerlead while the rest of us do the damage. When the tank gets his purple beam, he runs to the gate and gets ready to open it, waits till just before he needs it open, then runs diagonally across the next field to escape the purple sploosh. That's it. Rinse repeat the entire fight. The DPS never have to move or risk killing each other or rotate or anything. Braindead fight.