Okay, I take issue with this. If tank is such a “noob” role–then why do so many of you REFUSE to do it? Why is it that since I can get away with pugging almost ALL of the content in this game without having to join a guild…we are still 2nd in line as far as scarcity?
How come SOOO many groups I run dungeons with are 4 people from the same guild with (SHOCKER) no tank? I don’t think it’s a noob role. Like healing, it’s a role where there is some other objective other than just mindlessly AoEing and pew-pewing and many of you can’t handle or dont want to handle it. The tank (is supposed to set the pace) has to know routes, has to poisition mobs, has to ensure they have threat on things that DPS randomly hits (since so many of you want to hit different targets on a pull or can’t wait for stuff to be in position before you AoE…LOL) oh and my personal favorite …has to “Clean up” after braindead party members who are in SUCH a hurry to join the tank on a pull that they pull unnecessary other mobs and then cant’ take responsibility for it. It’s also the role that everyone likes to blame for everything and/or the one where other party members want to try to manage. If you think tanks suck, then be one.
The rarity isn’t because it’s braindead. Tanking isn’t a noob role–it’s work.