tanks set the pace: period. full stop.
now, how do they set the pace?
a combination of factors that start with themselves:
-knowledge of route, mobs, bosses, mechanics, etc
-gear
-CD availability
then:
-healer capability and mana
then
-damage output of the group
Note: in higher level, coordinated groups, you would probably be monitoring the whole groups’ CDs. I don’t run that high level content.
two resources.
one from me:
the other would be Quazzi’s youtube video “tank anxiety beginner tips” (which i can’t directly link)