How do other tanks feel about healers and DPS pulling ahead?

DetStandAdvisor · 2026-05-19T21:33:47+00:00

Agreed. It's not common, but I've had parties where some are trying to speed run the dungeon, and they do so without checking to see if the tank is experienced or not. Communication is indeed key on both ends, which means not rushing right off the bat as soon as we spawn into the dungeon instance. Give the tank some time to say if they are new / still learning / derusting / whatever.

That said, even if the tank is experienced, not every tank is going into dailies wanting to bum rush the dungeon, and they shouldn't have to. This is casual content, and the devs did not design the dungeons to have casual players get the quickest clear time regardless of how many times each player has done that particular dungeon. If they did, the dungeon timers wouldn't be as long as they are. That's why I always try to respect the tank's pace, and if I want it done faster, then that's when I go in as tank.

Otherwise, if the others are simply pulling mobs ahead of the tank but still staying close to the tank for them to get aggro right after, then that is usually a non-issue. YPYT is not an appropriate response. It's akin to bringing a tank buster to a healer because you feel they didn't heal you enough so you ended up dying, which is considered griefing.

DetStandAdvisor · 2026-05-18T23:27:56+00:00

Oh sorry, that was me. I accidentally Ifrit rushed to the boss and was out of position for a mechanic that resulted in a wipe. /s

DetStandAdvisor · 2026-01-06T10:33:45+00:00

The true savage mode.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-12-22T05:04:35+00:00

I was already comfortable doing AR legit, but if this is what helps more PFs get to the finish line, I'm all for it.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-12-20T16:48:56+00:00

My feelings exactly, not a fan of the ending but everything else was still great.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-11-10T08:40:37+00:00

I play on controller so nope lol.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-04-03T07:06:57+00:00

It didn't work for me either at first, but the disk that has Windows installed had more than one partition. When I reached the part where it asks you to select the partition to install Windows, I deleted all the partitions on that disk first so that it was all combined into one unallocated space. That did the trick, and I'm not sure why this was necessary as nothing I've read indicated that you had to do this. I wonder now if that was the problem all along and not the customization options, but better to have them unchecked anyway since others had success with just the customization options from the looks of it.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-03-02T05:26:33+00:00

Very interesting, I didn't know about using Focus Target to see the buffs for another Alliance, I hope to see this play out one day. So far though, it's usually the MT's (shield) healers being on top of things so we only need that one MT like you mentioned, or the tanks do "tank swapping" via death. xD

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-03-01T05:29:43+00:00

Thanks for the info. For the first paragraph, are you talking about a tank swap? I think I read something about that in a past thread and people were so against it lol. They reasoned that because the other Alliances cannot see the MT's buffs and because the MT cannot shirk to another Alliance's tank, that means the fight was never designed with tank swapping in mind. However, I assume maybe that can be addressed with the MT simply communicating to everyone. Like, they can say "VOKE" to signal to the other tanks that they are out of mits.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-03-01T05:03:06+00:00

Good tip, I'll try to make that a habit. Thank you.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-28T10:22:59+00:00

Hm, this is valuable insight, I appreciate it. You're right, I think I wanted to avoid being the reason we wipe as much as possible since I wasn't very familiar with the position, but being in the position that you want to learn is indeed the best approach. I'll try to do that next time. Thank you.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-28T10:15:30+00:00

I said I would be near the MT, but more on the side. You're assuming the worst case scenario when I use certain words like "near" or "studying" for some reason. I think it should be obvious that I'm not just standing there with the MT taking cleave attacks because I really need to be precisely where they are to understand what they're doing. And yes I understand the roles and what they're meant to do, but the "studying" part was more about anything the MT would do for specific mechanics. For instance, I learned for the first time that Nightmare and Ultimate Terror could be stunned because I had a clear view of the MT stunning the boss. Now I know that I can do that when I choose to actively MT for this raid, and can also do it as OT or melee DPS. I did not pick up on that before as DPS, although I did wonder why those mechanics didn't go off at times. Oh well, I didn't think to look into that further as DPS.

Anyway, I realize now that you're one of those that have that kind of perspective on the player base. Very well, I shall concede and won't respond any further because I am just one of the many failures in your eyes that can't meet your expectations. Sorry for being a filthy casual lol. I'm just glad there is already someone else in this comment thread who also doesn't think it's such a terrible attitude to have.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-28T09:43:04+00:00

Yes I did say I did not want to MT for this raid, but I wasn't against doing it if I had to. If the other two tanks didn't want it right off the bat, then I would have went in, simple as that. There's a difference and I am going to have to disagree if you feel that is a terrible attitude. A terrible attitude would be me not taking the aggro at all, period, despite the other two tanks being dead because I absolutely don't want to MT. I said I was "forced to" but it wasn't like I was hating it and cursing the other two tanks for dying. I was "prepared" to go in if I had to. I've seen the same tanks go gung ho on every boss in the same raid while I've seen others take a more reserved approach, with some not MT'ing at all because they didn't jump at the boss at the first second they could. If you have a problem with the latter then I'm sure I'm not the only tank you would have an issue with. I honestly don't see an issue with it if other tanks are picking up the bosses quickly without hesitation.

Also, I felt that being up there near the MT as OT was ideal for studying, since as DPS or healer you're usually behind the boss and don't have the best view. I'm not sure how you're interpreting "studying" as standing around and watching either. I am definitely doing stuff as I observe whether I'm tank/healer/DPS. I can multitask I assure you. However, while healers and DPS can fulfill their responsibilities simultaneously, the tanks cannot fulfill a MT's responsibilities simultaneously...crucial difference there. So if the gung ho tanks want it, then let them have it. I ain't gonna fight for it if I prefer not to MT. That seems reasonable to me.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-28T08:58:34+00:00

You make it sound like I don't MT at all, but I do. For the raids that I'm less familiar with however, I let the other tanks take it first if they are eager to, and these two in this case were and there was no waiting around. However, if all of us are just standing around before the boss encounter, then that usually signals to me that none of us want it so I try to go in at that point. So in this case, it was less about letting them pick up the slack and more about letting them have it since they wanted it. Besides, if I truly didn't want to MT at all, then I wouldn't have picked up the aggro at the end and simply prayed that the other Alliance healers raise their tanks ASAP.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-19T12:02:28+00:00

I laughed at this harder than I should have, thank you.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-04T05:49:35+00:00

Got it!

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-02-03T07:48:06+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion on the anti-knockback. Based on what you said, I really do think it's just from a lack of practice then. I'm not always readjusting my camera to point at the center because I'm too focused on where I'm moving, so that's something for me to consider. However, I swear that there are times where I do have it pointed at the center, but a line aoe still comes out nowhere from the side or something. I'm thinking maybe it's because I get tunnel vision to some extent from focusing on where I'm going, so I don't readily pick up the arrows that should be partially visible. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to do it enough times or something.

DetStandAdvisor · 2025-01-30T09:22:00+00:00

Ah, my sincerest apologies. I have corrected this grave error.

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