Tethering to a Tank in Castle Never

tornnomar

I cannot believe that I have to bring this up...

DPS toons often go blind when in a run...(herp a derp, Im DPS no one wins unless I'm here) but the reality is this: You cause more failures than you do wins.
Especially in Castle Never. By now this run should be a cakewalk for all involved, but occasionally you'll get some Jolly Roger who thinks they are Gods gift to DPS and will ignore the tether that Orcus produces. This was the case tonight in an Alliance run. Had an too Jolly GWF that thought he was gonna keep attacking while tethered to me, the tank. and BOOM, we both go up because this idiot was too gung-ho on on trying their level best on out-damaging the 16k TR that was in our group. I won't name the Alliance or guild, but HAMSTER! Guys this has to stop! Those charts mean jack s^^t. When will you all realize that? When will you learn to play as a team?

Sadly the answer is never, as long as there is a chart at the end of the run, the answer will always be never.

Even in my own Alliance, we have yahoo's who cannot comprehend tethering (in CN) and act like the Tank should bail because....(de de deee I'm doing deeps:)* What they don't know is the level of absolute stupidity at which they're operating from.
I dropped a CN Run because of this just tonight, some idiot melee in my alliance got tethered to me and didn't think it was a big deal. That idiotic decision got him killed and then me because I could recover fast enough because of Orcus slapping me silly. Freaking idiots.

greywynd

On the other end, I've had tanks that were tethered to my CW run me over. They seem to weather it just fine. Me, since that was the second time the moron did it, I was out by the fire.

armadeonx

I had someone blame me (on my OP) for them dying twice due to tethers. They obviously had trouble comprehending that tanks cannot dodge but they can survive the slap. It is up to the DPS to dodge as they have the mechanics for it.

I still get it now and then and will point out that if they don't want to die then they need to dodge.

Edit - I should also add that I am always mindful of the tether and if I am tethered I'll use my shield to reduce the drag and try to stay from others, but my ability to avoid is low and if it's in the middle of the end fight, shield use is really not optimal.

When there are tethers they nearly always get the tank so just stay away from them.

pitshade

If you are ranged DPS, move away until the "Chains of Undeath" vanish, effect is still there but you aren't being pulled and attack at range for awhile until the effect ends.

If you are melee DPS and chained to Healer or Tank, move away as above. The world won't end because you stop hitting the boss for 10 seconds or so. Same goes if you are chained to another DPS who doesn't move since the explosion hurts everyone nearby.

If you are the Healer and not chained to the tank, the other person needs to move, No excuse. If you are chained to the tank, you need to move.

If you are the tank, the other person needs to move, no exceptions.

rjc9000

You know what they say...

when you make something idiotproof, nature builds a better idiot.

niadan

Oh! So you are supposed to get AWAY from the tank...but where is the fun in that?

greywynd

Sometimes, especially when they're charging you, you're out of stamina because you HAVE been dodging, you have no choice but to get run over.

namelesshero347

In the first boss fight, What I used to do with my GF with KV was I would just run into whoever I got tethered to. Just make sure block is up and all will be good. Much faster to just go on you butt for a second or two than to keep running away from each other till the timer expires.

Not a good tactic in the Orcus fight though since being on your butt for a second could mean getting one-shotted by orcus with his swipe reach.

mebengalsfan

As a GF, if the DPS players are not smart enough to pull away I run into them and put into chat, time for a hug....

After 1 or 2 attempts like this they learn their lesson..When I do run in I do ITF and put up my shield...:) Nice speed boost to ensure I can hit them...LOL...

ravenskya

Bengal you know hugs!!!

I chased JT around for quite a while this weekend screaming "HUGS" while we were tethered.

Seriously though - if I'm tanking and you're on your mad dips - if we are tethered and you hug me - you can lay there on the floor until one of your buddies picks you up. HOWEVER if it looks like you were really TRYING to stay away, I'll admit that a TR roll while tethered can suck you right into the tank no matter where you are aimed at, so at least look like you are trying to keep from hugging me and I'll pick you up... eventually

preechr

Don't need to use a shift... just walk away, out to the edges. Pretty simple. Any time you use an ability or try to dodge you'll get sucked in more. It can't be dodged LOL.
The only time this should be an issue is right at the beginning or when people are standing way too close to each other during the fight.

jamman

Its funny as a paly tank when this happens and your full of temporary hit points. I'm like dusting off my shoulder, Hey lil buddy you alright to the dpser. lol I did charge the healer one night when Orcus was less then 1/4 life left mainly because me and the healer was hebrewinated just for laughs. Only because (before the nerf to Orcus) I used to take him serious, when I was healing and tethered to a dps (wardy the Australian) I had the group aggravater on and was like ohhhhh chaaaaarrrrrrggeee. But didn't do it at that time. BTW this is Lolea / Jamrocks so HI Ravenskya and Mebengalsfan

ravenskya

@jamman - HI!!!!

Yeah now that Orcus is all wussied up - you can pretty much play around in there.

mebengalsfan

ravenskya said:

@jamman - HI!!!!

Yeah now that Orcus is all wussied up - you can pretty much play around in there.

Tank wise, yeah he hits like a noodle. If you do not have high DR or HP he still hits pretty hard. When that update first landed, my CW was still a work in progress and he got one shotted in his first attempt in CN after the update.

I love HUGGING, especially with GWF that just stand a bit to close. I remember the CN run where it was not Orcus that killed JT but the tether with me as the tank. JT really wanted some hugs that day. LOL...

bitt3rnightmar3

If you hold your shield up if you see him coming it won't hurt you much but he'd still bounce off the ceiling.