I’m going to be starting endwalker soon and I’m going to be playing as PLD probably all the way through it ( maybe Dawntrail as well) I played DPS all they way through shadow B so going back will be weird. I have some questions to make sure I been tanking correctly up to this point (I do have all the tanks maxed but I’m still new because I haven’t really done anything level 80 ya know). I’ll try and list out everything I do in numerical order please correct as follows if these things just seem off or wrong.
Think that’s pretty much it. I apologize for the wall of text but that’s how I been pretty much been playing the game with tanking for a long time with breaks in between. Just wondering if anyone has any insight and this stuff is correct. I never asked anyone. I just kinda watched guides and hoped for the best. Thank you
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After pulling big mobs , I try and group everything tight and I typically try and take the trash mob near a wall so the cone Aoe’s are kinda out the way. I pop mitigation at the start when I stop moving and cycle through them. So not sure if I’m wasting time by running to a wall and if I should stack or cycle mitigation. Also I stack mitigation for tank busters if I can
I don’t really use provoke very much I typically just use shield Lob to pull not sure if that’s an issue later on.
I don’t use a gap closer to pull a boss. I watched a guide to always use shield lob or tomahawk etc. not sure if that’s correct. And I try to immediately turn the boss away from my team and keep the boss in the middle.
I dodge Aoe’s like I’m playing healer or dps I don’t think it’s correct to eat them just because I’m a tank and I may survive. I think that makes my healer work harder for no reason.
When I off tank I stand on the side of the boss kinda near the front but not directly. Not sure if that’s the move. Also does a certain role being main or off tank really matter if it’s not savage or ultimate? I’m a causal player so will that even apply to me at all?
I used to pull small when I first started. (I don’t use the trust system I just que in with random people I’m a solo player) but now I pull big all the time, because I heard it’s more effective and the dps does more damage and it’s kinda off… just what to do as a tank. Hopefully that’s move. Somethings I adjust if we keep dying, so I’m wondering what yall do in that situation.
I never turn or spin the boss because I think it’s just kill’s people.
I don’t really use a countdown or ready check before I pull the boss not sure if that’s matters in causal content. I noticed some do and don’t.
When I’m off tanking I try to use support moves on the main tank with PLD. Hopefully that’s the move.
This is one’s kinda just me wondering. Tanking is the easiest to do when MSQ prog to learn in my situation being a solo player and no trust?
Think that’s pretty much it. I apologize for the wall of text but that’s how I been pretty much been playing the game with tanking for a long time with breaks in between. Just wondering if anyone has any insight and this stuff is correct. I never asked anyone. I just kinda watched guides and hoped for the best. Thank you
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