All the tanks in game need to start having a zero tolerance policy for people that break pulls, that do not slow runners, that do not attack skull, that do not watch their aggro etc… Time for us to stand up and unite. Let the group know and leave it instantly when they do not listen. We do this than all the bads will no longer be able to dungeon run. Hopefully that will make them either smarten up, or leave classic.
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I havent rly had to CC at all yet, and DPS that pull aggro…i’ll let them tank it and kill it most of the time cause they usually rip it off me at low health.
Also, I slow the runners. Hamstring rocks
But your heart is in the right place. I had a Rogue that was especially egregious with face pulling and not knowing his aggro radius, and also doubled down and acted like a child when I told him to get his sh*t together.
So I just kicked him right before the last boss. Screw that nerd.
Kick people for being stupid and they’ll learn, with BFA brain people get mad at you instead of trying to get better when you tell them to pull it together. DPS are everywhere and it takes 2 seconds to find a new one.
Also, if youre a DPS, get a threat meter or u suck
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I just stopped tanking pugs. The new meta is just too annoying. I tank for my friends only.
Everyone is always looking for a tank, but when they get one, they just annoy them. Less and less tanks are willing to pug.
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So you want me to trap, dps, conc shot, off tank with pet and now wing clip too, which hurts my dps?
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Or maybe you should stop being bad and realize that massive pulls without CC are the fastest way to complete the dungeon and completely safe? Learn to spam demo shout.
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Go on…
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Youre right, youre also a d*ck
The DPS in pugs right now are mouthbreathers pretty much across the board and act like children. Learn to manage your threat instead of being a BFA ape all the time and more people might be willing to tank, cause not everyone has 10+ years of tanking experience like I do and its certainly not a good learning environment right now for the new players
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You don’t need 10+ years of tanking experience lol. There is no need to keep aggro, the mobs hit like wet noodles. Your job is just to keep them off the healer. I know how to manage my threat as a healer. If I rip a mob from you, I fade and run to you. EZ. But up to SM Armory, I had 0 problems with healing DPS who are getting spanked by the mobs.
The learning environment for new players is great: everyone can do it! I love when the tank goes in with a two hander. The run goes much smoother. Abandon your misconceptions and learn the new meta.
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good thing about Retail is that bad tanks get called out.
let’s not bring the classic paradigm of tolerating awful tanks just because tanks are rare.
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Bruh I’m level 50 and have been battle/demo shouting my way to victory as Arms with a 2h the entire time. Mobs also dont hit like wet noodles anymore, and the DPS still arent paying attention to threat. I let the DPS get killed by Mara behemoths in 2 hits to teach them a lesson.
It’s less about the difficulty (cause spamming shouts isnt hard) and more about the toxic attitudes that a lot of people have which you fail to grasp. Why would I want to group with as*holes that dont even try to watch their threat?
Why would new tanks want to try their hand at tanking in groups full of people that are just like “wtf aoe more tank sucks”? This is the worst attitude ever lmao
People wonder why 75% of the warriors are like “nope cant tank”…
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I am not having a great time doing dungeons either, simply because people constantly attack mobs like its not Classic.
They attack the second I do, or often even earlier, then the mobs go running all around.
Its just not fun, honestly.
It doesn’t usually cause problems, and other than the healer, no one else seems to care.
But its just not fun.
Tanking in live has so many different things on the tank’s shoulders, but in Classic its basically just keep threat, and if the DPS don’t allow that to happen, then nothing can be done.
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There is more toxic attitudes coming from bad tanks who do not know how to tank optimally, and slow down the run to a crawl. But I do agree, if you are demo shouting and playing optimally, and the DPS are dying, it’s the DPS fault.
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Do have you any bandages? Maybe do a little off-healing too?
If all gear is hunter gear, you have to expect that you’ll be asked to do more.
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this, yes, lots of this needs to happen. I just let them have it…i make hunters bring that mob back to me then i will taunt it back
ohh your pet died, thats strange. explain to me how thats happening???
You also don’t need a meta for leveling dungeons…
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I don’t take very much from dungeons outside of quest rewards.
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You do if you respect your and other peoples’ time.
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wow you made it to level 32 before you needed to learn aggro mitigation.
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Ive been tanking so the only other tanks I’ve seen are the ones whining on the forums about DPS, but I’m a tanking vet and it even frustrates me (even tho I can handle the massive AoE packs) and can recover- I just stopped playing with pugs cause 1. My guild is better players and 2. Much less miserable to play with.
DPS are acting super toxic, and pretend watching their threat isnt literally as much a part of their role as holding aggro is for tanks. Just saying.
you’re either really stupid, or only play retail if you think demo shout is enough to hold aoe aggro.
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