Tanking xD

HaveanLight - Heavens Tear
HaveanLight - Heavens Tear Posts: 113 Arc User
edited March 2011 in General Discussion
What the feeling does a tank get during the moment they tanked a boss or mobs ??b:chuckle
This question is mainly address to barb and Bm (maybe seeker)

I have been playing pwi for 1 year , and never make a toon to tank, all my char are DDsb:avoid


Share Your feeling here lol , i wanna to know b:laugh
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  • Omea - Lost City
    Omea - Lost City Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I'm not sure if I understand the question. There's not a special feeling to it, just like when you kill a mob solo.

    On the other hand, if you tank something everyone tells you you can't tank, because you are too low lvl, (FB69 at late 6x, or TT2-2 at mid 7x) you get that kind of "in your face!"-feeling, if you understand what I'm at.

    Other than those moment, though, it's just like playing the rest of the game.
    How come, if someone asks a question in a forum, at least 13/20 posts answers the question in the same exact way, 5/20 word the exact same answer differently and 2/20 say something completely unrelated to both life and death?
  • Wunderkind - Dreamweaver
    Wunderkind - Dreamweaver Posts: 315 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    "Danm it just coins."
    Currently: pwcalc.com/b4c92dacf1da8c21
  • Lurani - Raging Tide
    Lurani - Raging Tide Posts: 344 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Well when i end up tanking a physical boss that's higher in level then me that i watched another actual tank build player die on then me going at it and living. I get the mood of 'F*ck YEAH!' Hahaha. But that doesn't happen often since i'm a pure magic build. But i do end up tanking a lot of magic bosses, that gets dull. b:surrender
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  • TigerGate - Archosaur
    TigerGate - Archosaur Posts: 34 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi....9 Mississippi CANCEL AOE!! (spell)
    one Mississippi, two Mississippi....
  • Lurani - Raging Tide
    Lurani - Raging Tide Posts: 344 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    TigerGate - Archosaur wrote: »
    one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi....9 Mississippi CANCEL AOE!! (spell)
    one Mississippi, two Mississippi....

    Lollololol.
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  • Dakuken - Dreamweaver
    Dakuken - Dreamweaver Posts: 196 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Eh.. I mostly just go on spark macro and browse the forums, but those times where the Cleric dies and I end up having to solo a hard boss for a while I feel a bit proud for not dying :P It also makes me wish I had a charm but meh, not worth it :D
  • Jaggerjaques - Sanctuary
    Jaggerjaques - Sanctuary Posts: 153 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Normal bosses: Yay. It's dead.
    Difficult bosses: That was fun :D
    Soloing Holleen for 5 minutes while the cleric rezed, re-rezed, healed and buffed the rest of the squad, then ran back after dying to aoe: (*&&%*& you! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *dances*
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  • Alsiadorra - Sanctuary
    Alsiadorra - Sanctuary Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Excitement.
  • Sarrafeline - Sanctuary
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary Posts: 4,661 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Huh... Tanking isn't too much of a rush. However...

    I got a huge rush after my leve 59 cleric successfully healed an FB69 20X3 twice in a row, then healed for FB69 itself.

    I was such a faction toy that when that faction fell apart, I just... Laid the Cleric aside completely. I haven't really played it much since then, honestly, and consider it semi-retired, at level 71 or whatever. Storage now.
    101 Sage Sin*/Archer
    100 Demon BM*/Barb
    96 Demon Cleric/Sage Seeker
    95 Demon Wiz/
    94 Sage Veno
    85 Psy/80 Mystic
    And a handful of other alts, all 79 and under.
    *Pre RB level
  • Xarathox - Dreamweaver
    Xarathox - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,657 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Soloing a boss that, in normal circumstances I wouldn't really consider doing so, because of a squad wipe and not only living to tell about it, but out right killing the thing...it's pretty empowering. Especially me not being a fist/claw build.

    Then there are times where you feel pretty "bleh". Mostly due to dying multiple times at a boss (or group of mobs ala FC), especially if you've tanked it a thousand times before with no problem.

    Happened to me last night, actually. Decided to randomly help a bunch 70-80 group with FC since they couldn't find a tank. They were offering to pay, but I had no real intention of taking the money (350k isn't a whole lot). I died 3 times at the magic mob hall, simply because I had all the aggro and eventually all my survival methods would be on CD at the same time (ToP/Invoke/Food).

    Those moments can make you feel fail. -.- All but two of the members left squad. But I finished the run for those who stayed, with no more deaths. Got them to heads so they could all that sweet, sweet exp...and I walked away with a 113k repair bill. xD

    But I've had some pretty awesome moments too. Surviving a bad pull at wurlord (round 4) and tanking all the adds (before I learned the reset trick). Or tanking DC in 3-3 with pure wiz heals for what felt like an hour, while the cleric ran back from town porting.
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  • Ninja_Dagger - Dreamweaver
    Ninja_Dagger - Dreamweaver Posts: 275 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    ITS A RUSH MAN!
    *injects windex into my arm*b:angry
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  • Yukkuri - Heavens Tear
    Yukkuri - Heavens Tear Posts: 624 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Tanking... Is kind of like this.
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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yukkuri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Tanking... Is kind of like this.

    This is specially if you don't trust your healer or if you're on a WB :p
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  • Yukkuri - Heavens Tear
    Yukkuri - Heavens Tear Posts: 624 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Uh... no. It's that boring.
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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yukkuri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Tanking... Is kind of like this.
    Yukkuri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Uh... no. It's that boring.

    Oh my bad, I didn't understand your post this way :o
    To me the character on the picture was kinda afraid o.o But still, now that I know you meant bored, I cannot picture that character being bored :o

    But yeah, when you're endlessly spamming aggro skills and dealing lame damage to a boss just to watch the others pew pew it to death, I can understand your boredom <.< That is for traditional barbs tho, I'm not talking of high aps tanks.
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  • Xarathox - Dreamweaver
    Xarathox - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,657 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Oh my bad, I didn't understand your post this way :o
    To me the character on the picture was kinda afraid o.o But still, now that I know you meant bored, I cannot picture that character being bored :o

    But yeah, when you're endlessly spamming aggro skills and dealing lame damage to a boss just to watch the others pew pew it to death, I can understand your boredom <.< That is for traditional barbs tho, I'm not talking of high aps tanks.

    But when those "pew pews" kill the cleric, then themselves, it gets very exciting to tank.
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    Some people live to destroy me

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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Xarathox - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    But when those "pew pews" kill the cleric, then themselves, it gets very exciting to tank.

    Which only happens when you get pew pews who fail at their jobs.
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