Where to start..
An MMO game is no longer a new concept, it's been around for years so you would think that most player by now know the basic foundations in mmo games, right? WRONG.
I used to main a healer a few years back but I couldnt take the pug-runs with such low dps, draging out time. So I made a dps myself and never looked back.
But I wanted to level a few more characters, and thougt I'll tank again (also mained tanks in other mmos). Now the nightmare begins, even in normal random dungeons dps is extremly low, people using ice staffs stealing aggro, normal dlc dungeons with a pug feel like the special olympics. This isn't fun at all. Can't be fun for the healer and can't be fun for the dps.
I don't get it, how can it be so hard to grasp simple rotation or the holy trinity of tank, healer and dps.
How do you tanks out there manage to keep your temper?
AND yes I know "don't pug then bla bla" but I'll say this there isn' t fewer tanks in this game because it's boring to tank there are however fewer tanks because pug-finder usually puts you in The special mmo olympics.
And I do try to help, explain mechanics, but it feels like talking to a wall sometimes.
I don't know how to solve this, I guess I needed to vent my frustration.
How do you tanks out there manage to keep your temper?
Where to start..
An MMO game is no longer a new concept, it's been around for years so you would think that most player by now know the basic foundations in mmo games, right? WRONG.
I used to main a healer a few years back but I couldnt take the pug-runs with such low dps, draging out time. So I made a dps myself and never looked back.
But I wanted to level a few more characters, and thougt I'll tank again (also mained tanks in other mmos). Now the nightmare begins, even in normal random dungeons dps is extremly low, people using ice staffs stealing aggro, normal dlc dungeons with a pug feel like the special olympics. This isn't fun at all. Can't be fun for the healer and can't be fun for the dps.
I don't get it, how can it be so hard to grasp simple rotation or the holy trinity of tank, healer and dps.
How do you tanks out there manage to keep your temper?
AND yes I know "don't pug then bla bla" but I'll say this there isn' t fewer tanks in this game because it's boring to tank there are however fewer tanks because pug-finder usually puts you in The special mmo olympics.
And I do try to help, explain mechanics, but it feels like talking to a wall sometimes.
I don't know how to solve this, I guess I needed to vent my frustration.
I don't get this thread, or at least the title.
This has nothing to do with tanks doing their job, it's more about being paired with people who can't properly do their role. Which is equally frustrating for everyone, not just tanks. Tanks and DDs at least have some kind of power role when it comes to dungeons, healers are the ones who are really screwed if they have to play with noobs since they can't finish a boss nor take the aggro.
FrancisCrawford wrote: »I don't get this thread, or at least the title.
This has nothing to do with tanks doing their job, it's more about being paired with people who can't properly do their role. Which is equally frustrating for everyone, not just tanks. Tanks and DDs at least have some kind of power role when it comes to dungeons, healers are the ones who are really screwed if they have to play with noobs since they can't finish a boss nor take the aggro.
I'd think that most healers can easily pull half or more of the DPS they would if they were built for DPS. If that's not true with your exact default healing build, it should at least be true with minor changes that still leave you able to perform your most essential functions.
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In the veteran DLC dungeons sometimes you can see the writing on the wall and are presented with 3 choices. The first is the most hardest and its teaching your group how to play the game..
If your pugging normals, just fake tank.
newtinmpls wrote: »In the veteran DLC dungeons sometimes you can see the writing on the wall and are presented with 3 choices. The first is the most hardest and its teaching your group how to play the game..
This was my first "wow the tank is the hero" moment - we (a group of 3 of us) went in to an Undaunted Random, and drew a DLC we'd never done before. And a random tank.
Who asked us if we knew the dungeon, and when told we didn't, set every Boss Fight up, told us where to stand, how he was going to pull and lockdown groups - he or she was amazing.
So when I'm frustrated tanking, I just think to myself "I want to be THAT good".
Come with patience and be willing to teach your group OR Don't. Pug. In.
If your pugging normals, just fake tank.
and therein lies the problem, that mentality. Ya know there are new tanks and such that would like to maybe say....learn the role and actually tank? But no, people feel the need to zerg the lower ones no matter what. This is where ZOS could really shine and match people better for pugs, but it wont happen so all one can hope for is that people will stp being ***....hahaha, yea, right.
PS: Advicing players to fake tank or fake heal on dungeons(normals) is not a good idea, and should be seen as a violation of the board rules in my opinion.
But I wanted to level a few more characters, and thougt I'll tank again (also mained tanks in other mmos). Now the nightmare begins, even in normal random dungeons dps is extremly low, people using ice staffs stealing aggro, normal dlc dungeons with a pug feel like the special olympics. This isn't fun at all. Can't be fun for the healer and can't be fun for the dps.