General rant for the tanks out there who are being driven off the server.

[Leokaiser]

I remember my first berating on Live. It took me days to solo my Paladin to level 6 or so - my first character on my first MMO... soon to join my first group.

"Oh wow, a camp full of Orcs, and the 'consider' thing says they'll kill me easily" I think to myself as I settle in with my group at Orc1; srs bznz! So, I'm killing stuff with my new friends and everything is going great and... oh no! The big green killing machine is attacking me! I'm wearing cloth and I'm not even aware of the concept of a 'tank' at this point - all I know is that I'm dying fast.

So, I can a) take it in the face and fall down like a Italian football player or b) do the only thing that seems reasonable to keep myself alive... run around in a circle until someone saves my ass. Obviously, my choice of option 'b' places me in the 'newb' category.

Now the group's tank is faced with an option. Does he a) realise that I'm new to the game and politely inform me that running won't stop me taking damage, and if I stand still it makes it easier for him to taunt the mob, or b) turn on caps lock and say "NEVER RUN AROUND WHEN IM TRYING TO TAUNT THE FUKCING MOB YOU FUCKING NOOB!"?

If you are that tank, which answer to you think would place you in the 'fucktastic douchebag' category?

Thankfully, another player in the group sent me a tell explaining my error with slightly more palatable language. I would have become a better player either way, but I left that camp, my first group, with one player on my friends list and one on my ignore list.

Tone is everything.

[Ihealyou]

I didn't read this thread, but heal better.

[Calamitous Oeuvre]

I think it is Tuvassa.....and I know who heshes butt hurt by!

[Calamitous Oeuvre]

As a Bard puller I just want all tanks to know that....that....I like to pull.

[runlvlzero]

My butt is just fine thanks. And Seriously I never do use caps lock and I don't curse until after the buffoons start to argue with me and be ass hats about what they should have learned fighting crocs.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion. But there is so much nerd rage on this server that even politely reminding people of their roles and what to do when shit starts hitting the fan in a group causes people to act like their entire lives have been devalued.

Seriously the whole post is simply just a rant about how one should not act like a 3 yr old child and shut the FSCK up and play.

But ya, If someone says, k, thx I already understand this, then I won't keep on it. But when people are downright pricks to prove an invalid point, yes.

And when I can pull and tank for hrs without dieing and keep the xp flowing and then some prick has to throw a wrench in the works by arguing/being dumb... ya IMO they should just can it or leave.

A mages job is to sit there, use assist, /assist, pause 10, /pet attack and frakkin kill the mob dead at whatever % life they think won't pull agro... THATS it, its not their job to frakkin debate what targets to fight etc... same goes for everyone else.

Wanna be the hero, take charge and save the day, please PLEASE roll a tank and see what the hell I am talking about.

[Malinrol]

I have full knowledge of what this guys is saying...

Mind you, im only a 27 SK (Human one at that) so i dont know about all the hard stuff tha im about to hit. Also, it is fair to say that I am new to the game. However, i know what it is like to have a bunch of dipshits in a group.

The tanks job is simple, but dangerous as hell; Make sure the mob you are currently fighting is hitting YOU, not a healer or something. With that in mind, we constantly are getting a mudhole stomped in our face by the countless red cons we get.

Now, keep this in mind for my next point.

When a tank is getting his face pounded in by this red con, we get a pop in the camp. Chances are, we have a bard or chanter or something. But instead of mezzing said pop, everyone else decides to kill this and leave the tank to the mercy of the current mob.

Being an SK, you think "Oh, he can just lifetap and be all good." However, we dont have a very good Health sucker on us. When a necro gets Lifedraw at 16 or something crazy like that, SK's get it at 30. It doesn't help that much.

Now back to the situation...

The tank is screaming in group chat for a heal, while everyone else is being absolutely clueless and cant prioritotze and kill the priority target. So as a result? Tank dies and loses XP (Which is starting to get real brutal now) and the rest of the group is all fine and dandy...

True, there are the three big people you listen to in a group; Tank, Cleric, and Chanter/Bard. Each one has the points they say in group chat and should not be de-valued. But if that tank dies, then things will seriously start getting FUBAR and then everyone else dies.

I thank you for reading my novel.
Cheers!

[Abacabb]

Originally Posted by runlvlzero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My butt is just fine thanks. And Seriously I never do use caps lock and I don't curse until after the buffoons start to argue with me and be ass hats about what they should have learned fighting crocs.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion. But there is so much nerd rage on this server that even politely reminding people of their roles and what to do when shit starts hitting the fan in a group causes people to act like their entire lives have been devalued.

Seriously the whole post is simply just a rant about how one should not act like a 3 yr old child and shut the FSCK up and play.

But ya, If someone says, k, thx I already understand this, then I won't keep on it. But when people are downright pricks to prove an invalid point, yes.

And when I can pull and tank for hrs without dieing and keep the xp flowing and then some prick has to throw a wrench in the works by arguing/being dumb... ya IMO they should just can it or leave.

A mages job is to sit there, use assist, /assist, pause 10, /pet attack and frakkin kill the mob dead at whatever % life they think won't pull agro... THATS it, its not their job to frakkin debate what targets to fight etc... same goes for everyone else.

Wanna be the hero, take charge and save the day, please PLEASE roll a tank and see what the hell I am talking about.

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[Lucrio40]

I've had very little problem tanking in groups so far, granted I'm only level 13 on my paladin.

I do somewhat agree with the OP, You would think after 10 years people wouldn't need to be told this.

[darkblade717]

Originally Posted by runlvlzero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My butt is just fine thanks. And Seriously I never do use caps lock and I don't curse until after the buffoons start to argue with me and be ass hats about what they should have learned fighting crocs.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion. But there is so much nerd rage on this server that even politely reminding people of their roles and what to do when shit starts hitting the fan in a group causes people to act like their entire lives have been devalued.

Seriously the whole post is simply just a rant about how one should not act like a 3 yr old child and shut the FSCK up and play.

But ya, If someone says, k, thx I already understand this, then I won't keep on it. But when people are downright pricks to prove an invalid point, yes.

And when I can pull and tank for hrs without dieing and keep the xp flowing and then some prick has to throw a wrench in the works by arguing/being dumb... ya IMO they should just can it or leave.

A mages job is to sit there, use assist, /assist, pause 10, /pet attack and frakkin kill the mob dead at whatever % life they think won't pull agro... THATS it, its not their job to frakkin debate what targets to fight etc... same goes for everyone else.

Wanna be the hero, take charge and save the day, please PLEASE roll a tank and see what the hell I am talking about.

You're afraid to swear on a R&F forum...that right there is enough to show you're bad. It's /pause 1, just to compensate for the target switch time, and if a Mage pet is attacking the wrong target, if the Mage knows what they're doing, it's the tanks fault for not saying he is switching targets.

[frefaln]

Originally Posted by darkblade717 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're afraid to swear on a R&F forum...that right there is enough to show you're bad.

That's some solid logic right there.