#tanking

[nocternalrandomness]

Refueling over New Mexico

[the-grove]

made this...

[necromeowncy]

Unedited version of this post plus a bonus pic.

I've been tanking a ton lately in FFXIV and it's very fun. Got over my tankxiety by simply no longer giving a shit what people think about my skill level as a player and it somehow caused me to be a better tank. "Fuck it, we ball," and such.

[ver-caster]

Original template: https://x.com/mhuyo/status/1787888207465468088?s=46&t=eeV9nZktIUVTTiPRBkz3Dg

[mazoga-the-dork]

Having a chronic illness is like playing tank in this MMO we call life

You might be doing okay now but you ARE going to get hurt

And while you can learn ways to mitigate the damage, at some point you're going to need a healer

[lookbluesoup]

Me in vc: Man i never get yellow enmity. I know Red Mage trades some damage for utility but just once i wanna be second on the enmity list under the tank 60 seconds later: //raidwide takes out main tank and two other dps Me: //has aggro

[cranberrybossdesigns]

Calm stickers???? Anyone???

[sekhithefops]

Since I did this for healing as Sekhi, this is Jaie's tanking setup!

[hippieghost]

Cleric Current Status:

[reave-n-puff]

Ravenclaw at 4 am: I can't sleep, damned cats

Slytherin: yo, u still up? Wanna come frozen halls for a guildie?

Ravenclawv's brain: let's be rational, it's 4 am, why would you...

Ravenclaw: sure, what do you need

Slytherin: bring tank, I'll heal

Ravenclaw's brain: hoe don't

Ravenclaw: whole new experience tanking frozen halls at 4 am, I'm in for it

[educationaldm]

High Pressure Situation. This is never really addressed in game mechanics. Comic by LVL2FROG. https://linktr.ee/lvl2frog

[nocternalrandomness]

"Phantom Fill Up"

[eridaniastra]

Portrait Time - Tank Edition

PALADIN, WARRIOR, DARK KNIGHT and GUNBREAKER

[riggedbones]

the thing they don’t tell you about thoroughly enjoying something that is hard and sucks and tedious and hard is that at the end of the day. well. still thoroughly enjoying it

[krillbot]

As a tank it’s easier to protect healers because they’re generally going to be behind me or nearby,

Dps can be just about anywhere though, they’re like quantum electron orbitals, I have an idea of where they might be based on the type but when observed they can be behind my shield, three streets back on top of a building, or knee deep in enemy lines doing their cirque de solei audition

And to be clear I’m not complaining, I just try to make a general good defense, keep tabs on the healers and help the dps when they wander by