So, I'm new to tanking. I've been a player since 2.0 and I've mained SCH/SMN and SAM since that came out. I've been fleshing it out, really getting into the swing of things as a DRK and after weeks of clearing E4N as healer, or a DPS, I decided I would go as my DRK, and it turns out that I ended up as the MT.
I made a mistake with my mana, which is pretty normal for a newer DRK that screwed me on getting the blackest night out. I popped my other CDs but after taking a vulnerability stack from an earlier mechanic, I was not able to survive Stonebreaker. No problem, the OT picks up agrro while I apologize for my mistake in party chat.
Then a massive land slide comes out, and both healers forgot that the mechanic is IN, then OUT, and they went down. We were probably 8-10% away from killing him, the DPS drop the LB3 and were are still about 4 to 5% away from killing him, so I see my MT take a stack of vulnerability on one of the mechanics, and he is taking a beat-down, his health is falling, he has no more CD, and so I think SHIT, it's coming and I can save him.
This was the first time I really knew my shit as a tank. I picked up the aggro at around 70% health, knowing he couldn't survive the next tank buster, I provoked, and titan was finishing up his last auto on him, that allowed him to walk away with the smallest sliver of health. Like under 5%, it was dire, and so I take the next auto, and then the tankbuster begins it's cast, Stonebreaker is coming, and I am well into the mid 60ish% area at this time. It drops, and BOOM. It nearly brings me down, Titan is at 2ish% now, it's a race between the remaining DPS, and our rapidly dwindling health pools. The DPS is giving it all they got, i'm so low, I can't survive another hit, I smash my Living Dead, and I become the Walking Dead, I see one last hit go off, the seconds are ticking by, and 0%. Titan goes down. 5 seconds later, after our fanfare begins, the walking dead expires, after me having reached 0% and I fall.
Not that I ever feel entitled to them, but they are nice to get, I got one single player commendation. I know it was that fellow tank. I was new to the fight, but that newly developed instinct, to save, after years of healing,cutting and casting. Made me feel new again. This has been one of the most gratifying, reinforcing things for a new tank to experience.
Thanks for letting me share.
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I made a mistake with my mana, which is pretty normal for a newer DRK that screwed me on getting the blackest night out. I popped my other CDs but after taking a vulnerability stack from an earlier mechanic, I was not able to survive Stonebreaker. No problem, the OT picks up agrro while I apologize for my mistake in party chat.
Then a massive land slide comes out, and both healers forgot that the mechanic is IN, then OUT, and they went down. We were probably 8-10% away from killing him, the DPS drop the LB3 and were are still about 4 to 5% away from killing him, so I see my MT take a stack of vulnerability on one of the mechanics, and he is taking a beat-down, his health is falling, he has no more CD, and so I think SHIT, it's coming and I can save him.
This was the first time I really knew my shit as a tank. I picked up the aggro at around 70% health, knowing he couldn't survive the next tank buster, I provoked, and titan was finishing up his last auto on him, that allowed him to walk away with the smallest sliver of health. Like under 5%, it was dire, and so I take the next auto, and then the tankbuster begins it's cast, Stonebreaker is coming, and I am well into the mid 60ish% area at this time. It drops, and BOOM. It nearly brings me down, Titan is at 2ish% now, it's a race between the remaining DPS, and our rapidly dwindling health pools. The DPS is giving it all they got, i'm so low, I can't survive another hit, I smash my Living Dead, and I become the Walking Dead, I see one last hit go off, the seconds are ticking by, and 0%. Titan goes down. 5 seconds later, after our fanfare begins, the walking dead expires, after me having reached 0% and I fall.
Not that I ever feel entitled to them, but they are nice to get, I got one single player commendation. I know it was that fellow tank. I was new to the fight, but that newly developed instinct, to save, after years of healing,cutting and casting. Made me feel new again. This has been one of the most gratifying, reinforcing things for a new tank to experience.
Thanks for letting me share.
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