balketh

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Just click

The fucking

button


It's not just the button though. There's the queue, no matter how long - even a few seconds is enough to be a quit time. It's also the notion of setting aside up to a half hour or more, etc, which is as daunting as it is simple to do.

I've even got a macro ready to /say that this is my first DF run tanking, asking for patience, etc, and yet, I still struggle to bring myself to get it rolling.

Egh. Like, I can even tell there's not going to be an issue if I do it, and whatever issues there will be, I can handle, but I think I've just got a really steep Fight/Flight shelf, all logic aside.

I'll figure it out.


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in reply to @balketh's post:

If it helps, I personally developed a fake ego when it came to tanking. I just assert myself and pretend I'm infallible. Everything is according to plan, and when it isn't, I apologize for nothing.

By the time I got to stuff that was actually worth apologizing for, I no longer needed the act, I had grown accustomed to the role and was confident enough as-is.

That's not a bad idea - fake it/make it, etc. I've never questioned a tank that hasn't done something very intentionally not helpful, even if they take it a little slower than most multipullers.

Worth considering. Thanks for the advice.

Appreciated! I've missed my chance today I think - I'm not going to have my first time tanking also during the post-maintenance plugin absence unless I really feel like fucking it up. ^-^;

The thought enough is appreciated; I will get it, it'll just take time, but I'm determined to break the beast named fear by my own hand, because that's how I'll have to do it when no one's around.

But the collective belief and support will be with me, and I will think on it when next I stare down that button.