Another pro-tip: If youre tanking scattered ranged enemies or both melee and ranged enemies, break their line of sight to force the ranged enemies to relocate themselves to a nice pile.

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

That is a brilliant idea, never thought about this, even when having played quite a bunch of dungeons 😂

@JustFishtheLalafell

4 жыл бұрын

Yes this is true. I learned in some dungeons like Darkhold, etc :D

@gsmastermike

4 жыл бұрын

@@JustFishtheLalafell I hated tanking DD

@Slappaccino

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. I always assumed this was commonplace. This was basically the core concept of tanking in Aion lol.

@linx5932

3 жыл бұрын

Trixarian same I always just brought the melee mobs over to the ranged and stacked them up

I'm a beginner + have never played a tank role in games so today I got bullied in a dungeon over not knowing what to do... So I found this video. Thanks for making stuff like this

@docartyom7940

3 жыл бұрын

I also just started tanking today but haven’t been bullied cause I told them I’m new from the very start of the dungeon

@cynniminnii

3 жыл бұрын

@@docartyom7940 friend put me in a trial by fire roulette at lvl60 and I also told the party I just started tanking that very day xD They were pretty nice and even taught me the rotation

@jupiterthree5228

3 жыл бұрын

I find it so weird how mean people are to tanks, and as a new healer everyone's so nice.

@phi8287

3 жыл бұрын

Literally got kicked in satasha, despite letting ppl know that im learning. Very frustrating

@floodkevin4716

3 жыл бұрын

@@phi8287 I've been there. It's frustrating but that was only one group, don't let that ruin it. I'm new to tank and I see it coming lol

I ran through a few mobs in Halatali without my tank stance on, istg it felt like I was running around with my fly open.

@calmexit6483

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the worst possible feeling. Happened to me two times today before I realized halfway through the instance that I didn’t have Iron Will up.

@andythoms8130

2 жыл бұрын

I put a costume chest gear on for a quest but forgot to take it off when my duty queue started. Didnt realise till it was finished, must have scaled down a lot luckily.

@LaBetaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@andythoms8130 But you can change gear in Dungeons? At least it worked for me when I forgot to switch something

@andythoms8130

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaBetaa yeah of course but I was oblivious to it till afterwards,I definitely would have changed if I'd realised.

I have recently started tanking after max out the SAM and DRG. I was very nervous but i researched a lot before beginning and i asked for feedback from my teammates. The positive feedback and compliments make me feel useful and it is really fun.

@zidaryn

4 жыл бұрын

You'll now be a better DPS since you'll know what makes life easier for your tank.

@akkiko

4 жыл бұрын

@@zidaryn Honestly having experience in all the classes really helps your efficiency and performance overall. I would never say it's necessary but if you're looking to optimize your gameplay across the board, give it a shot.

I took up a tank class maybe a week ago, went from WHM to PLD, watched the Ultimate Paladin Guide, has still been relatively confusing, so this has been a godssend. Thank you, and love your content!

Not every tank players are perfect. My advice is do the best you can. As long as you just know the basics of how to aggro, lead enemies from party, use cooldowns occansionally as you can and don't move a lot in bosses unless you have to

I can heal all day but the responsibility that come with tanking gives me anxiety lol. Even on dungeons I know well, I still don’t like to lead them.

@gageanderson7612

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny, I am very much the opposite. Tanking is relatively easy, especially if I know the dungeon but being a healer is the most stressful thing for me in the world

@iiJaRhonNaDeS

3 жыл бұрын

@@gageanderson7612 same

@AdamTuxTengler

3 жыл бұрын

That's because both of you clearly have more experience with the other thing and so you fear the role you don't play as much or not at all :D. That's normal, tank and healer have bit more responsibility by default, but I would argue that in difficult content with DPS check, DPS must work just as hard and actually have very little room to mess up as well. When you get more experience in a role, you can't be bothered, trust me :D. Experienced tank or healer realizes what is their job and most importantly, what's NOT their job. Someone died? Doesn't mean it's your fault, not by a longshot and with experience you won't let it be your fault and there is imho little stress, because the pople who died most likely killed themselves :D EDIT: to elaborate a little, lot of the stress tanks and healers feel is self-impossed or a result of external factors (peer pressure) created by newbs. In real life DPS has way more responsibilities than newbs like to think. Tank can't hold your MAD BURSTO? Do you have button to drop threat? Then it's your fault. Healer didn't manage to top you in one global after you ate the telegraph you should have avoided and the next one killed you? Your fault, no discussion even. Tank is there to hold the mobs they realistically CAN hold and healer is there to heal the damage you HAD TO take. The rest (the clusterfuck salvaging) is optional work on their part, not a requirement for the job

@kleberson777

3 жыл бұрын

@@gageanderson7612 "i know the dungeon". That is the main point. tank need to know the dungeon more than any role in any MMORPG. It's basically a leader role

@Verse_John3_16

3 жыл бұрын

Being whm gets me nervous. I feel like i let everyone down when i get overwhelmed. Tank doesn't seem any easier, probably harder but from watching videos i like the play style. As a whm im pretty immobile.

Hey dude, I just wanted to let you know thank you so much for this video. I’ve never played an MMORPG, and just my luck I ended up choosing a tank class. I tried to find videos and info online to help me out but everything seemed so confusing. This video cleared up so much and was a great intro to tanking. I’m def gonna rewatch this to make sure I fully got it.

Thanks for the help man, you gave me the courage I needed to give Gunbreaker a try :)

Just started playing FFXIV, love playing Paladin, hate letting my team down. This was extremely helpful. Now I'm off to do rotation research. Great video!

I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy Tanking as much as I do. I'm not a leader IRL but I chose a Tank to get better at being one and it's helped a lot. Went to a DPS class for a while and while I enjoyed it, I went back to my Tank because it's just too much fun.

I’ve always respected your vidz but now my respect has gone up higher then I expected just seeing arms length up there proves you really do this and thx for addressing some issues hopefully this helps the new players understand you can’t dodge base attacks

Great video man, I mostly play Monk but wanted to try out tanking to help out friends and people on PF, this is a great starting point for learning.

Thank you so much! Just returned to the game a few days ago and this came through just in time!

I'm a spout and clearly shows I'm new to the whole thing. I got voted out of a dungeon and on a different instance the healer quit on the team told all of us sprouts to read the manual and let us to die. So thank you for explaining the mechanics. I'll look forward to all your futurr videos

@CarolineLuvsUx

2 жыл бұрын

Omg I had that today! So rude. I went from WAR to DRK but I'm DRG main and it was a dungeon I haven't tanked in before so I was like ??? But yeah got told to read a tanking manual. Which is fine if the dps would stop running ahead of me

@Niterayde

2 жыл бұрын

@@CarolineLuvsUx if they smack it before you, let them tank it unless it goes for the healer

@katewood9445

Жыл бұрын

@@CarolineLuvsUx I hate that behaviour so much. rude af.

Just started getting into tanking, and most of my encounters so far have been DPS and Healers just straight bumrushing into fights like crazy. Always makes me feel overwhelmed. But I'm going to be taking your advice and keep practicing. After all, I finally found the tank that really speaks to me in terms of gameplay!

OMG I JUST STARTED THIS GAME LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO, and all I've been wondering is wtf is Tankbuster till I came to this video. LOL THANK YOU

@victorolofsson6856

3 жыл бұрын

It's called tank spanker.

@xelgodis80085

3 жыл бұрын

"Hey Google/Siri, what's a tankbuster in final fantasy fourteen?" OMG FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE!

Great content. I can link these videos for the newer players to understand the basics of tanking while trying to learn stuff as they go. Great content Des! Keep it up. :)

Your content is perfect, I even heard the Jueno theme in there. ❤️ Your videos are amazing!

Every time I need a guide for something, you're one of the first results. I am never disappointed. For the first time ever, I didn't level my "main" in the new expac and went straight to leveling my gunbreaker.. meaning I can only queue for trials as tank now, whoops. That's what I get for playing the job I enjoyed most during solo content.. now I have to learn how to tank for real. Thanks so much!!!

hit the like button before i watched it because i know its a banger

Just wanted to drop by and say that I enjoy your content and I really dig the Witcher 3 music here ❤️

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

Blood anf Wine, being the best DLC after the FFXIV expansions. Thank you 😊👍

@kylesteinhauser2535

3 жыл бұрын

@@KainsAddiction I’d simp for Geralt, what of it?

@astropie7488

3 жыл бұрын

Also ffxi music

WALL TO WALL LETS GO

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

I recently found your channel, sorry for not naming you inside of the video. But you are inside of its list already. Keep it up !

@venti9925

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you acting like you invented Wall to Wall LOL

Out of all the beginner tanks I've seen there was something they all had in common. They didn't know how to cast Shield Lob/Tomahawk/Unmend/Lightning Shot properly. Yes it's a good way to grab immediate aggro, but... When you're already in melee range it's not effective and then they miss time their aoe because of gcds resulting in mobs running for the backline. What helped me most when I started tanking was learning how to proper select targets and learn the max range of my ranged attacks. If you can activate it at max range your gcd will be refreshed when all the mobs gather towards you and all you need to do then is simply use an aoe. Sounds simple for skilled players, but like I said...beginner tanks have alot of trouble doing this strategy.

@calmexit6483

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for comments such as these. I’m dedicating myself to be the best tank possible so every little bit of information helps me.

This was very informative. Thank you. I always wanted to play DRK but "tankxiety" prevented me from doing that, especially since I was a complete beginner who just joined the game three months ago. The way I went about it is that I started by picking a ranged DPS up to level 50, switched to an easy caster with a melee combo (RDM), and went all the way to 80 and got used to the game mechanics. Afterward, I went back to level an easy melee DPS with a limited need for positionals (i.e. SAM). And finally, after getting my SAM to 80 and getting used to raiding on both my RDM and SAM, I went back and started working on my DRK. It's been a very long and roundabout way to get to tanking. But as a new player, getting different DPS perspectives while familiarizing myself with the game's mechanics felt like a much safer and less stressful way than throwing myself at tanking right off the bat. Tanking is now going very smoothly and with no stress because I know what is expected from me and I'm familiar with most encounters. TL;DR: if you're like me and can't deal with the responsibility of tanking on top of learning the game, it's totally fine. This game is unbelievably alt-friendly. So, nothing prevents us from starting as DPS then switching.

@ClassicalPan

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a long way to get to your desired role, but you approached things in a way that helped you to feel comfortable and that's great. For me, coming from DPS, I'm a baby and I just Googled "which tank is the easiest / most fun?" and mostly figured it out that way. Warrior seems to be the majority vote. I tried GLD and was so bored with it and finally dropped it at level 30. As a melee DPS player at heart, the MRD/WAR was immediately more fun to play because you get a combo early on and it feels much more DPS-y. Many people say DRK is their favorite and that may be fun for me too. Although, I was talking to someone about playing old content unsynced and he said DRK was really slow for that. Not sure if WAR is a higher DPS tank, although I think I read that it is. For my DRG brain, though, I'm sure any tank is going to feel incredibly slow by comparison.

@geekwars3998

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ClassicalPan It's been a year since I posted this. It's been an amazing journey, and I'm now at a point where I'm very comfortable doing high-end content on all roles (including tanking Ultimate raids). There is so much to learn and experiment with in this game that it can be overwhelming. But I'm happy to share some of what I learned along the way about tanks: If you're looking for a tank that feels like a melee DPS, that's definitely GNB. It was designed from the get-go to be a tank that feels like playing a melee DPS with no positionals (because that wouldn't make sense on a tank). This is why lots of players tend to pick GNB as the most "fun" tank to play. WAR is more like a self-sustain machine with lots of regen and a brain-dead rotation that is very far off from what a melee DPS would feel like. It's great though, despite its simplicity. WAR is generally the go-to MT because it's super comfy for healers (due to the crazy self-sustain) and because Holmgang is a massive cheese (it's the shortest immunity CD). DRK has a good on-demand burst and the busiest opener of all tanks which makes it feel kinda hack'n'slash-y in its gameplay. So, I wouldn't say it's slow. If anything, WAR actually feels slower to me (all WAR burst is condensed into their Inner Release window - and even during that window, they are basically just spamming one button). DRK also has the most powerful shield in this game which, alone, puts it nearly on par with WAR for self-sustain. Generally, in high-end content, DRK is picked either as MT or even paired with a WAR if tank squishiness is a problem (e.g. progging TEA which has two boss cleave phases where both tanks are continuously getting slapped like crazy). If you're looking for the solo-king, be it for old content or max-level dungeons (i.e. when healer/other party members die halfway through the boss), look no further. It's 100% PLD (GLD becomes PLD at lvl 30 and the gameplay changes drastically at max level). Technically, all tanks can solo. But PLD has by far the easiest time doing it due to being the only tank with an active healing spell. If you're looking at tanks based purely on their damage output, then it's generally GNB > PLD > WAR > DRK. Though it really depends on the encounter and the strats the party is using. For example, lack of uptime strats (as tends to be the case in Party Finder) means PLD likely becomes the top due to being a melee/caster hybrid who can maintain uptime out of melee range. Some fights might also align better with specific CDs (60s vs 90s) which changes the tanks that would have an easier time optimizing their output. Keep in mind though that things change drastically below max level. Jobs aren't really properly balanced below 80. And with Endwalker just around the corner, things might be quite different for the next tier later this fall. My personal recommendation is to just play all tanks. They share gear anyway (minus the meld issue for WAR specifically) and they're all fun in their own way. Assuming you enjoy tanking in general, you'll have an absolute blast swapping between tanks on an encounter basis.

Pro tip ask what your healer can handle before you wall to wall pull in a dungeon. It’s never good to assume it just builds frustration. I was healing the other day and had a rude tank and dps when I asked to slow down the pulls because I was playing Astro and mp management isn’t the greatest but remember respect your healer you’re gonna wait longer for a healer than you will for a tank or dps

@jaydee758

4 жыл бұрын

Mana issues? Y not just use the Ewer card :D? Huh? Huh?!? :D

@Myrope

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaydee758 Bro, not cool. XD *cries in 5.0 Astro*

@chadhardt6136

4 жыл бұрын

the first two Pulls of a tank on any mmorpg should be just testing the group capabilities

@jaydee758

4 жыл бұрын

@@chadhardt6136 you clearly haven't played WoW..lol noone gives a shit and just goes haha

@xiphosmaniac

3 жыл бұрын

Im a sprout that maxed out WHM before swapping classes. Turns out, Dark Knight is the COMPLETE opposite of what im used to, but I wanted to learn tank because I tended to appreciate good tanks while i was leveling up my WHM. I never realized how much more important a good healer is than a good tank. I actually had my first negative experience in this whole community recently from my WHM when i was tanking a dungeon i never done before. He refused to heal me because I said "hey guys im learning to tank and I never done this dungeon, ill try to go slow!" and said his dps (they were 3 in a party but only he was toxic) is more important than me...then called me weak when i asked them to just vote kick me out lol. I had so many bad tanks, and not once was i toxic to them. I just stepped my heal game up and realized i dont have time to dps cuz this man isnt even using his defensive cooldowns.

I got flamed in a dungeon earlier by the party. I didn't properly know how to use my enmity buff. This was really helpful, especially the section about positioning. Thank you so much. :)

oh thank god. this lifted a big fear off oh my god ur right. The tank buster thing was a big fear but when u put it like that it like got rid of my anxiety. Also pulling or uh trash pulling or whatever they call it. That i was nervous about cuz i didnt know anything about it but u made it so simple! thanks man ama try paladin now!

@DesperiusFFXIV

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome ! I am always glad to be helpful 😊👍

got into a shb dungeon and was a bit groggy from nightshift, so I made smaller pulls. the healer had other plans. not only pulled he more mobs than I felt comfortable that time, when I stopped to kill the mobs we already had he used 'Rescue' to pull ME into the next group he gathered. three times! I get some ppl not wanting to waste time, but THAT was just a dickmove

@Zeledon838

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I would have just the healer die

@someclevername8167

3 жыл бұрын

Why does KZread keep deleting my posts....anyway, ya should’ve shirked the healer , especially if you had already asked nicely for him to stop

@JediCore

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thing recently. Level 80 on everything too. If you're THAT bored, that you're pushing new players into the uncomfortable situations, not only you're pushing them away from the role but also from the game. I don't like wall to wall tactic. If I'm doing a dungeon not only I want to learn it as I've never played FF14 before, but also I know it will take a while. If you want to a quick dungeon, don't queue up and then behave like an asshole. I will never understand this behaviour.

@scarecrowhobo

3 жыл бұрын

If your planning to do small pulls as tank your better off just using the trust system since people who hop in shb dungeons with duty finder arent interested in strolling through the dungeon most of the time and even if they dont complain your most likely giving them a headache from how slow your taking the tempo

@gianni.sacciloto

3 жыл бұрын

@@scarecrowhobo That's a shit ass argument. If someone doesn't like the tank's pacing, they are free to leave the duty or tank for themselves, and I speak that as a Healer/DPS main. Moreover, using Rescue THREE times to grab the tank and bring him to the middle of a pack the healer himself pulled? I already think OP was too nice for not quitting the duty on the first time.

Thank you so much for making this content 🙏🏽 truly a godsend

Thank the twelve for your videos dude, my favorite class which i just finally got Gunbreaker as a tank I was super scared to actually dungeon with it but with all your videos ima def start doing duties with this info.

I can’t believe you’re playing the theme for FFXI Jueno - The Grand Dutchy of Jueno.

Thank you so much for posting this vid. It's tremendously appreciated.

@DesperiusFFXIV

3 жыл бұрын

I am glad to hear that 😊

I have always leaned towards ranged dps. The gunbreaker will be my 1st tank class. This is a good beginners guide. Can't wait till I start

@paronleang9590

3 жыл бұрын

start in gilgamesh

@sylvesterharris5282

3 жыл бұрын

@@paronleang9590 yup thats my server. Very active, I like it

@Andrew-zb8fn

3 жыл бұрын

Me too I'm gilgamesh!

Also, keep in mind: paladin has an attack that deals more damage the more HP s/he has while Warrior can do counter attacks with one of it's defensive cooldowns. That said, either job is meant to tank and off-tank just fine.

I love tanking. Until one day, I had a bad day, like really bad day personally. Played to relax. Wasn’t my best tank day and a mentor (of course) lit me up for one error. I feel stupid for letting him get to me because now I have occasional tank anxiety on new content. This video helped me forget that experience. Going to beat shadow bringers with my pally now. Thank you.

I can blame nobody but myself for letting all this fly over my head while watching but I'll make sure to come back when I start playing tanks more often

"you can only start as gladiator or marauder" me: "And who decided that?" *Pulls out wallet*

@AzereusMumko

4 жыл бұрын

walletbringer

@light1421

3 жыл бұрын

these two comments made my day, lmaao i'm deadd

@amandalierly1291

3 жыл бұрын

Well said !! I was a fool started playing on a friend's Ps4 we was roomies, not knowing once they moved, there went my process i was i believe a level 50 to 60. I was a bit heartbroken i said aw no problem love the game. I was 53 yrs old. Lol . I lost. My grown kids play to trying to make it get their level before the next expansion. They talked me in to playing again.. yes I bought my own Ps4 lol. Told me to work to this point I believe it was $25 - $50 they said they show me how to get back to my higher level. I was like really. Omg. I worked like it was my second job. I said I'm at the level you to me I needed to be. Money talked next 5 minutes I was a Drk knight level 70 which that was my goal. I was like 10 yrs old again. Kid in candy store. Not knowing the knowledge and skills or how to use this character. I went into my first dungeon fail big time. Just flat on my face. I Had a DRK KNIGHT deck out with the most beautiful armor, very intimidating looking. By my 3rd dungeon still failing. I just quit the game. It's taken a week to get my account back. Oh I still have a level 70 Drk knight. I've started all over from level 1after 2 yrs. Thank you for mentioning that.

@amandalierly1291

3 жыл бұрын

I need help with the Drk knight rotation on a Ps4. I tried the Hub thing omg. It was a disaster 😪. Naturally I didn't take a picture of what I had on there before. Can't help it I'm old as hell 😊

@ryanwinsor1689

3 жыл бұрын

@@amandalierly1291 omg you are a treasure Amanda, this is whole wholesome thank you for this

I just started tanking and it made me quite anxious so this is helpful :D

Thank you! I beat ARR as a Dragoon, but I really wanted to check out tanking before moving on to other content since I really like the look of all the tank classes.

Love the vids and the background music here. Witcher 3: Blood and Wine score. Great choice!

i came here after i died as a drk and closed the whole game cause it was embarrasing ❤

@renno2679

3 жыл бұрын

i closed the game because my healer refused to heal for double pulls. trying to find out who's wrong here lol

@ShadowDiver64

3 жыл бұрын

@@renno2679 Definatly the healer, unless they were both large packs it just means the healer has to focus on healing over doing some DPS its not a big deal. I jsut started and this hasnt been a problem for me. One tank did pull like 4-5 packs and we only won coz I got my MP back for leveling up... I asked if we could pull less and we went to 2 groups at a time and everything was fine.

@ClassicalPan

2 жыл бұрын

@@renno2679 If they flat-out refused to do their job, that's odd, but it sounds like there was just a failure to communicate and it was necessary to make a compromise. You didn't want to play slow, but playing aggressively was uncomfortable for your healer. Whoever refuses to acknowledge the other person's struggles is the one who's in the wrong, I'd say. :)

I always get lost, that's the real reason I won't go tank :(

@KuroiTrickster13

3 жыл бұрын

I just started tanking with DRK and let me tell you, in these early dungeons I havent been in ages, I ALWAYS run the wrong way xD but when I tell everyone that I'm just getting into tanking it's usually fine xD most people will go in the right direction and wait there for me

I'm about at the end of the ARR msq, and so far the majority of my parties have been great. I went acn/sch, and am only now starting to build up my first tanking class now that I have some knowledge of the early maps. But for newer ones I absolutely am going to learn them as healer or dps first. Tanking seems like the most stressful role, because at least with healing in early dungeons, you can usually get away with looking at health bars and just spamming attacks in between reactive heals.

Coming from wow as healer main, I'm going to try tanking in ffixv. Paladin my first character. lets hope i do a good job :}

Whilst I think the overall community for this game is great. I see it way more often than I'd like that some impatient p***k is intent on destroying the confidence of someone learning to tank. I had a similar learning experience with the different tank jobs having found DRK way more comfortable to be than other tanking roles. Thanks for helping others gain the confidence to take on tanking!

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah people are dumb, not realizing that they need tanks for getting into content. There definitely are some idiotic elitists around but like you said, they are in each game

@ysmia_

4 жыл бұрын

I had a player who made fun of me for going as DRK in a frontline roulette for the first time (beginner gear and all). Now I’m at lv.80 and it is one of my favorite classes, so wherever they are they can suck it >:D (This was only one person through the many hundreds I met, everyone else generally is very kind and understanding

@Sneeek

4 жыл бұрын

My first ever tank experience was a healer that bullied me the entire dungeon and then left on the boss because i wasnt good enough. It did not encourage me much.

@OrphansCorpse

3 жыл бұрын

The community in 14 is of a very low skill to be honest.

this is so helpful! thank you! :)

Pro-Tip pulling with provoke generates more emnity from your party because you aren't pulling correctly

Thanks and Music is insanely nice :D

I appreciate the background music of the Grand Duchy of Jeuno

Honestly I just want to level DRK because of the job quests and lore, so I appreciate the guide. Hopefully I don't make people too angry.

Spinning Boss: More important than "Dps will Hate you" is the fact you are costing the group a pile of "Free Damage" that might be necessary to beat the boss.

Hi Desperius, amazing video! I know this is already one year old, but do you recall what is your DRK weapon in this video? Looks super sleek for glamour

I was so confused about the background music, Jeuno , so much memory man, why did you do this !

Even after playing for over a year at this point, I still have tanxiety. A big help for any new tank is... ENCOURAGEMENT! Let the group know you're learning and they should adjust. A tank main WANTS to do well and just needs some friendly words to be better

I got goosebumps when I heard the Jueno music playing nostalgia rush!!!!

Tanking is probably the toughest role in a dungeon. If you don't double or wall-to-wall pull, other party members will likely start trying to do it for you, which you may or may not be able to handle with your equipment. Tanks also have to be very familiar with boss moves and mechanics, because if you miss a few dodges or soak a tankbuster, you're dead and quite possibly the party with you. That said, it's generally not that hard, as trash pulls are trash pulls no matter what dungeon you are in, and most bosses' mechanics are easy to understand or don't require anything special from you. New options from Endwalker enable you dive into dungeons for the first time with an NPC crew, allowing you take your time and learn without judgement or expectations.

Had to look up how to be a great tank on ffxiv ps4 on google and youtube 😅 I’m lvl 41 n I still don’t know what I’m doing wrong after getting crap from group players. Yikes! Now I know. This video helped a lot tysm! I really do enjoy tanking hope nobody’s gets discouraged on continuing to use tank as a main

*"watching to better learn tanking..."* *"**4:02** - ends up focusing on the "Lower Jeuno" theme music from FFXI, missing half of what was said."* (=.=) Note: This post was edited, thanks to Moonlight Greatsword, who pointed out my mistake. Thank you for that!

@moonlightgreatsword3774

3 жыл бұрын

thought that was lower jeuno

@YiPhanTua

3 жыл бұрын

@@moonlightgreatsword3774 Ooop, you're right, that IS the Lower Jeuno theme... I'm mistaken. it's been waaaaaaaaaaaay too many years since I played.

Love you and your vids man. But if this is aimed at beginners (me included) then could you please avoid putting cutscenes from expansions and higher level job quests that we beginners most likely haven't experienced? For example, I now know we can become a Warrior of Darkness or something along those lines even before getting to ShB expansion since you keep mentioning it so much and keep showing related cutscenes.

@darkshinobi3654

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with that!

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

I am sorry, Warrior of Darkness was related to the Dark Knight in this case. The Job Quests are all the first cutscenes you get on these jobs. But I will try to avoid it even more, I am sorry 🥺

@darkshinobi3654

4 жыл бұрын

@@DesperiusFFXIV That's ok :) , your videos are great been watching them since I started playing DRK

@awzu120

4 жыл бұрын

@@DesperiusFFXIV ah then I see I was mistaken. And the job quest cutscenes are totally understandable, just wanted to request you not referencing MSQ if possible. Thank you for your reply and keep up your great content!

@madhatters5393

3 жыл бұрын

I try to avoid spoilers too, Kirtan, but I don’t see any of what Desperius used in this video as spoilers for the job quests, which, while aren’t related to MSQs, are still fun stories that are worth experiencing. As for learning about classes, it’s not a spoiler to mention DRK-you can already see all the jobs listed including DRK on FFXIV’s webpage that lists all the classes. I think the way Desperius used the cutscenes is just nice for the background of his video and doesn’t give away important details. Anyway, thanks for another great video, Desperius!

Minor nitpick: Line of Sight and staying in range are two different things. Losing Line of Sight is when an object prevents your from seeing or interacting with the target or player. You can be light years away and still have LoS.

Thx, I started with FF14 about a month ago and your guides helped a lot to get into the game. Already lvl up Red Mage and Dancer and got into healing. Wanted to try out tanking for a while, but was always too nervous to do so. I think this video does give me the push to start :) so thx :) PS: Auch wenn das wahrscheinlich weniger reichweite hat, so ist es ab und zu doch cool, deutsche Videos von dir zu sehen. ;)

I am curious about tanking. I would not mind trying it some day even though it looks kind of difficult. I play as healer every time & have lots of respect for tanks. From healer point of view it can be little stressful when tanks draw too much aggression and/or run far out of my sight as pointed out in this nice video.

MY MAN! DID YOU ADD JUNEAU MUSIC TO YOUR VIDEO!? SUBSCRIBE BUTTON SMASHED

I just fucking love you dude, seriously thanks!

The BGM is so nostalgic

Blood and Wine background music. Love it.

I'm a tank and currently level 29, im still very new to the game and just want to assure folks here who are thinking about tanking, its ok to get it wrong. I think early dungeons give you a great opportunity to make mistakes and learn, I havent encounteted any nastiness for my faults in the game yet, i've died before and was healed so i could carry on playing, despite the embarassment of dying. Go for it and you'll find encouragement from those in your grouop.

thank you for making this!

@harleyfioretti1484

3 жыл бұрын

one thing i would add if you have time is time stamps though. great video!

I was thrown off when I realized you had the music from Jeuno (FFXI) playing. I enjoyed it a lot. I miss FFXI.

Yo... That FFXI music hit my feels hard. Bout to head to Jeuno.

This is my first MMO and I'm fairly new at this game and I appreciate the helpful tips that you give so I'll keep my eye glued to your channel to learn more about the game

@DesperiusFFXIV

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome !

Been playing dragoon and just got to the point to play DK so here I am

I still get tanxiety and will probably never main tank but I some of my best social interactions in the game were when I was playing as a tank. I still remember fighting Nabriales as a tank for the first time. One of our healer DC'ed and the other tank had to teach me some of the basics of tanking like tank swap. Tie this in with having a lot of sprout DPS and yeah we wiped 3 times but everyone was a trooper and when we finally cleared it, it really felt like a team win with a bunch of randos. Props to that tank for having so much patience in teaching me since I'm a slow learner.

@JohnSmith-zb3zl

3 жыл бұрын

No

@JohnSmith-zb3zl

3 жыл бұрын

No

@JohnSmith-zb3zl

3 жыл бұрын

No

@JohnSmith-zb3zl

3 жыл бұрын

No

@JohnSmith-zb3zl

3 жыл бұрын

No

Tanking is a lot easier then it was back in stormblood, I remember marking priority targets in part to remove troublesome adds or to focus the dps on the target i'm hitting , anyway you kinda forgot to talk about the enemy list, all enemy show up on that list, even the untargetable ones, you can see their ability cast bar but most importantly, you can see their enmity status, green = very low enmity, yellow = high enmity, orange = near top enmity, red = active enemy target, while it has somewhat uses in tracking mobs, in boss fights you can use it to track your enmity as an off tank, given party list can also do that but the enmity bar there is harder to see compared to the colored icons in the enemy list, plus as an off tank if you get a certain lead over the rest of the group, you can effectively turn your tank buff off and should the mt croak, you'll immediately become the active target and once they get resed they can simply provoke it back without risking enmity ping pong.

Missed pun opportunity at the end of the video: Tank Care

As someone who started as a gladiator and stuck with it all the way to 80. Don't fear tanking most groups in most content will be chill. Something that helped me was to just ask questions in content new to me, if there was someone experienced in the group 9 times out of 10 they would explain it to me. Seriously relax most people wont explode if you mess up.

Ahh first time ever playing an MMO I went as a tank, gladiator / paladin, I had to learn the hard way about certain things from people always bitching at me 😂 but I can say I’m a good tank now and don’t cause anymore headaches

@sabrina1646

3 жыл бұрын

me too haha, ffxiv is my first mmo! I still feel like I’m an amateur despite being at lvl 45 (currently) but I think this video helped me to try some new strategies lol

I have been playing by a month now, and I have been playing as a DPS Dragoon, now I'am in lvl 60 and want to give a try to Gunbreaker, and playing the first GNB quest to protect the bunny Girl in Gridania and I can't pass the Quest so I think if I cant even pass this Quest I will be a Terribly Tank so I need a lot of tips or something, anyway your video it helped me to understand a liitle more

I dont know if its the right time to ask this buuuuut... Which DRK Weapon are you using in this video it looks so awesome!!!

Dark knight vs Sin eater cutscenes I wonder which scene in story did i miss some ?

10:05 Back when I was healing, I got so much blame for not healing people (almost always DPS) who broke line of sight. Keep you healer close and your enemy closer.

Thank you for your videos!! I got into FF14 about 4 months ago and I've always mained healers. My WHM is 70, my AST is 65, and my SCH is 78. I have a bit of an interest in tanking but idk how to make the transition to that role so this vid is very helpful

When I pick the monk job I usually wish there was the possibility of killing the tank. Extra tip for non tanks: if you get aggro don't run like headless chickens; you still won't get away from the attacks, but you get the boss away from your fellow melee DPS.

@Runeknight101

4 жыл бұрын

absolutely, if the tank dies in a dungeon I will always play the role best I can as a dps but it helps I'm already a tank main anyway and am not afraid of taking damage.

Got criticized in a dungeon so here I am trying to learn more on tanking...

What is the gunblade you are using at 2:00?

I don’t understand why the job does not start on enmity stance. Every time I start duty roulettes I lose agro lol

@someclevername8167

3 жыл бұрын

That happens whenever you sync down to a dungeon level. Not sure exactly why it turns it off, but that is what causes it

just started tanking n first time playing an mmo properly, so do damage reduction abilities stack or have i just been blasting them all on at the same time for no reason lmao

Just started 2 weeks ago and just met the Gunbreaker NPC. I wanna learn how to tank now but god daaaamn seeing all the skills there on my hotbars at level 60..I feel so lost lol

@KuroiTrickster13

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to start gunbreaker too, but yeah waaaay to many skills. So i started Dark Knight instead, to get used to the general tank mechanics

@QaDri93

3 жыл бұрын

@@KuroiTrickster13 I started DRK a few days too! Seems so much simpler plus I just had to get over my tanking anxiety and it’s all good!

One of the background music portions was from ffxi

I was tanking once and told the group it was my first time and I didn’t mitigate the tank buster. I immediately got called out from my healer for not using my cooldowns. I responded by saying again that I was new to the content and that the attack isn’t called “tank buster”. I kinda wish they were though.

@WoodwindsRock26

3 жыл бұрын

There's very specific lingo in the FFXIV (probably from the broader MMO community) that are meaningless in of themselves and won't make any sense to those of us who are brand new to it all. I will never forget the first time I tried to tank I was told to turn my tank "stance" on. I was completely confused. The only thing I saw in the game that was labeled "stance" was sheathing or unsheathing the weapon. I'm not really sure the right way to tell someone new to turn that buff on, though (it's called something different for each tank job, which just adds to the confusion)... I just wish we had more beginner friendly ways of saying it, and I wish that the game itself helped us understand these concepts better.

Is there one of these for healers? Want to compare how I heal with your view and see what I can improve. Also a refresher since I've been out for a bit.

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

There will be one soon

@zidaryn

4 жыл бұрын

@@DesperiusFFXIV Yay!!

Other thing is peoples attitudes.I plan on playing this in the next few weeks--I am an ex WOW tank and I actually chose tank years ago because of the que times.If you are DPS and want to rush thru everything roll a tank--in addition to subpar healers--nothing is worse then some impatient DPS that wants to rush thru things--even pulling mobs.Good guide--I plan on going with a pally--I hope the pvp in this game is more balanced and that tanks are balanced in it.One last thing about tanking--My mains before tanking were hunter and warlock--melee is a lot harder to play then a range--many things from bad camera angles--to you always being in where all the explosions occur--etc can cause unforced errors--to even occasional bad server ping.Hopefully the player base and developer base are moore mature here.

Advanced tip - StOp sPiNnInG! !!

Thanks for the tips, I've been binge watching KZread vids while playing so far. Hopefully i won't have to embaress myself to badly once i start doing group activities lol.

What were those cutscenes from, where your character was fighting? Never seen mine fight in a cutscene :O

@DesperiusFFXIV

3 жыл бұрын

It is from the Shadowbringers Benchmark

i find that i either struggle to keep the aggro of all the mobs. or trying to pull one enemie over when i am already fighting a boss.

I just started playing as the job that requires the most responsability ... This is my first MMO, and honestly it's the first time in any game I've ever picked tank, but you know, Cecil is a Paladin so am I then! Thanks for all the information, it seems that for the most part I'm doing well, but there were some things that I defenitely need to polish and practice now that I have this information, thank you again!

@xiphosmaniac

3 жыл бұрын

i think healer has the most responsibility. As a WHM, if im good enough, i can keep even the most braindead tank alive, and by extension, my dps lol.

@sawyer3244

3 жыл бұрын

@@xiphosmaniac I thought about it too, but after some extreme trials, if we die, the healers die almost instantly, I'd say tanks and healers are equally valuable

@poligrant5152

3 жыл бұрын

@@sawyer3244 It's tanks=healrs>dps for sure. you can fight longer battles if dps is shit with good healer and good tank but if tank and healr are bad you cant really carry them as a dps, if they die it's gg.

@sawyer3244

3 жыл бұрын

@@poligrant5152 I just finished Stormblood... You're right, if I die, the healers die, if the healers die, I die...

@poligrant5152

3 жыл бұрын

@@sawyer3244 Yup, there's always a need for tank and healer in a team, assuming you're doing content for your lvl and not below. But don't underastimate DPS either, if every dps is good you'll plow instances super fast, maybe unpopular opinion but most important thing a team can have is similiar mindset and strategy imo combined with people around the same level of knowledge, gamesene of the game makes a great team. I ain't some pro expert about this game i played about 370 hours now, but yeah i played lots of mmos.

I convinced my best friend to start playing. She’s starting as WHM, so it’s allowing me to finally level WAR or any other tank I’ve been afraid to 😌

@DesperiusFFXIV

4 жыл бұрын

Very good, Have fun with it !

Idk I seem to be doing all these things except mitigation/cooldowns idk I call em buffs, but they still stay hatin 😂 like I’m trying to learn