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Originally Posted by Mit Senf
you definately had to be a good player to be a great tank.  |
Absolutely - when I switched to Shaman for a while in EQ1 I rapidly realised just how many poor tanks there are out there. Just little things like positioning make all the difference.
Being an EQ1 warrior with sub standard equipement I had to be right at the top of my game to do my job and I believe I did it well. There is a difference between someone who gets twinked and
can tank and someone who puts their heart and soul into tanking
Any tank who relegates themselves to "click auto attack. click taunt. rinse and repeat" is not a good tank.
A good tank needs to be extremely situationally aware, have deep understanding of how each class works and how they do their jobs so they can adjust their tactics to take it into account. A good tank needs to lead and direct the fight, both through positioning and commands. A tank who can walk away from the keyboard once they hit auto attack is not a tank in who's hands I would wish to place my life.
There is a difference between "tanking" and "just getting by". Some of us are proud of that.