Tanking and liking tanking, in my experience, requires a bizarre blend of control freak and perfectionist mentalities, coupled with a desire to strive to perform under adverse conditions, all of which is married to keen senses of space and rhythm. Oh, and a dose of masochism.
The mental process often resembles and/or includes the following thoughts:
"This is the ideal aka best way to pull this group, let me see if I can do it."
"I want these mobs HERE and I want to be HERE and I want us positioned like THIS."
"That ****ing **** of a **** pulled that mob off me, I'd better get it back from his **** ***."
"Okay, pop THESE cooldowns, that ought to keep me alive until... ffs healer UGH okay fine so I'll do THIS now....."
"Wonderful, we've good AoE dps. Let me do a long pull for a large pack and then try my best to NOT DIE."
"Ahahahahahaha I love boss mechanics!"
"That guy ran ahead of me and pulled before we were ready. I think I'll let him learn his lesson."
"So my party is capable of this much DPS and this much healing, and so-and-so needs special attention because he tends to run into conal AoE so I'd better spin it away from him without spinning the boss TOO much because the other guy is a monk...."
And so on.
The mental process often resembles and/or includes the following thoughts:
"This is the ideal aka best way to pull this group, let me see if I can do it."
"I want these mobs HERE and I want to be HERE and I want us positioned like THIS."
"That ****ing **** of a **** pulled that mob off me, I'd better get it back from his **** ***."
"Okay, pop THESE cooldowns, that ought to keep me alive until... ffs healer UGH okay fine so I'll do THIS now....."
"Wonderful, we've good AoE dps. Let me do a long pull for a large pack and then try my best to NOT DIE."
"Ahahahahahaha I love boss mechanics!"
"That guy ran ahead of me and pulled before we were ready. I think I'll let him learn his lesson."
"So my party is capable of this much DPS and this much healing, and so-and-so needs special attention because he tends to run into conal AoE so I'd better spin it away from him without spinning the boss TOO much because the other guy is a monk...."
And so on.
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