#Tanking

[nocternalrandomness]

Refueling over New Mexico

[necromeowncy]

Unedited version of this post plus a bonus pic.

I've been tanking a ton lately in FFXIV and it's very fun. Got over my tankxiety by simply no longer giving a shit what people think about my skill level as a player and it somehow caused me to be a better tank. "Fuck it, we ball," and such.

[lookbluesoup]

Me in vc: Man i never get yellow enmity. I know Red Mage trades some damage for utility but just once i wanna be second on the enmity list under the tank 60 seconds later: //raidwide takes out main tank and two other dps Me: //has aggro

[sekhithefops]

Since I did this for healing as Sekhi, this is Jaie's tanking setup!

[okami-zero]

Just saw a post on Twitter whinging about tanks who don't wall-to-wall pull in every single duty on FFXIV. There was no mention of what level of content in the initial poat, though when rebuffed by people mentioning new tanks/ARR duties, they were like 'Yea, okay but in level 90 ypu should always wall-to-wall or you are wasting everyone's time". I found this post because it was QRT'd by another FFXIVer and artist I follow and THEIR take was much better:

"If you load in a dungeon and immediately pull wall to wall without checking if your healer is ok with it, your mom's a hoe

If you're the healer and don't respect your tank's pace, your mom's also a hoe"

Made me chuckle and lookong through the original tweets comments... the OP of the quoted tweet (the one who said wall-to-wall) was very much making fun of anyone expressing logical and reasonable reasons why someone might not do it. And when someone was like, "If it'a too slow, just eat the abandonment timer", and OP was like "Nah, I'll just be annoyed and do the thing".

...then why are you whinging about it? Have to wonder sometimes. Like, if a person is regularly running duties throughout the game (not just MSQ stuff), then they've got time to get comfortable with their toolkit and their own style. I myself tend to be cautious with my pulls, but if a healer says "Feel free to pull more", I will.

Just... Please be careful with that request. I did that one time. Was a mess LOL. I would say if the tank does not have their full toolkit, wall-to-wall might not be a good idea. We get Rampart at level 8 for PLD, and that is our only mitigation until Reprisal at level 22. Then we get Shelltron and Sentinel at levels 35 and 38, respectively.

Just be aware what tools they have available, and if they seem to be having some trouble, give them some pointers! Don't be like WoW PUGs and vote to kick if the tank is having trouble, or being cautious. Speaking from personal experience - first run in a new dungeon with a friend and some randos. It was an issue with an impatient Hunter who kept asspulling everything. I was tryingto pull individual groups and focusing on busting casters and keep the healer (my friend) safe. Which is hard when I am mid-rotation and another mob pack shows up! Not a patrol! Just the Hunter not watching what he was doing and backing into shit. He put up a vote to kick, which my friend told me about and vetoed. Then my friend put a vote to kick him and then we got someone who wasn't a shitheel and finished the run.

Thankfully, my experience on FFXIV has been positive all-around, mostly because of video guides and also giving a heads-up to the group when it's my first run.

Okay, this got away from me (as rants usually do >.<). Just... Be patient and help each other enjoy the game and don't be a dick.

[hippieghost]

Cleric Current Status:

[reave-n-puff]

Ravenclaw at 4 am: I can't sleep, damned cats

Slytherin: yo, u still up? Wanna come frozen halls for a guildie?

Ravenclawv's brain: let's be rational, it's 4 am, why would you...

Ravenclaw: sure, what do you need

Slytherin: bring tank, I'll heal

Ravenclaw's brain: hoe don't

Ravenclaw: whole new experience tanking frozen halls at 4 am, I'm in for it

[lahabread-devastation]

What is wrong with people who think a tank HAS to pull more than one mob? Have any of those assholes ever thought that maybe the person playing the tank has a disability and pulling larger mobs makes it so much harder on them to play? Or maybe they just don’t know the dungeon yet and want to take it slow. Why harass the tank because they aren’t moving to the speed YOU think they should move at? Sure, the tank can grief and cause problems but then say something. Don’t force them to pull :/

[educationaldm]

High Pressure Situation. This is never really addressed in game mechanics. Comic by LVL2FROG. https://linktr.ee/lvl2frog

[eridaniastra]

Portrait Time - Tank Edition

PALADIN, WARRIOR, DARK KNIGHT and GUNBREAKER

[nocternalrandomness]

AAR over the Utah Test and Training Range

[doublescribble]

Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson

[riggedbones]

the thing they don’t tell you about thoroughly enjoying something that is hard and sucks and tedious and hard is that at the end of the day. well. still thoroughly enjoying it

[krillbot]

As a tank it’s easier to protect healers because they’re generally going to be behind me or nearby,

Dps can be just about anywhere though, they’re like quantum electron orbitals, I have an idea of where they might be based on the type but when observed they can be behind my shield, three streets back on top of a building, or knee deep in enemy lines doing their cirque de solei audition

And to be clear I’m not complaining, I just try to make a general good defense, keep tabs on the healers and help the dps when they wander by

[chanelfunnell]

The Blackhawks are tanking but they have ended at the bottom like Titanic after so despicable useless desperate Anaheim Ducks won yesterday...kiss, kiss, good buy. With or without duck lips.

Pope was only Chicago journo allowed to travel on the road with the Blackhawks.. WAGs celebrated upcoming marriage, festivities etc. Made it in history books.

It has to be very cheerful for a team spirit of Christmas to listen they are not assets and just for transition period of rebuild, not good enough players who have to be grateful to play side by side by two known very good veterans where the captain goes down memory lane about his hey days. The management just targets Bedard as new fresh jersey seller and just one all round star player on the roaster. Call it a team sport lol

[heavylittlepeople]