Most notably, contending with people that attempt to maintain the carefully cultivated egotism of the dedicated raid tank. As a rule, Prot warriors, paladins and bear druids, have absolute confidence in their own ability. This has to be true or they wouldn't be willing to stick their neck out there night after night, suffer insane repair bills, and take the blame on bad pulls/positioning/reaction time/Misc.
Dealing with a raider that has seen the level of responsibility and (sometimes) acclaim, and wants a piece of that action, blows my mind. Most of the tanks I know that reach top tier have a similar mindset. They see a position that they can be good at, and the person currently in that spot is less than optimal, sometimes even horrible. So they re-roll, or re-spec, and put themselves at the bottom of the list. They learn everything they can from the people they already want to replace, and they move up.
I seem to be rambling. *smack* where was I?
Oh yes, an analysis of the tank ego:
- Charectarized by absolute confidence, unless challenged in anything resembling a patient tone.
- Willing to go to any length to help the raid, unless asked to do anything but tank(more on this at a later time)
- Obsessive with gear, and attendance (which leads to more gear)
- Cooperation is their watch word, unless youre after my gear, then it becomes a fight to the death on why I need it more. On this last note, thank Gods for loot systems.
did I leave anything out?
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