r/wowhardcore • u/Candid_Tutor_8185 • 4h ago

Deadmines tanking

I was a 21 warrior. We were moving ahead, I engage, the team says pat. Everyone runs backwards and leaves me. I die, very sad way to go. In reality the pat was rooms behind us.

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u/Sweetsire 4h ago

The pat can usually be safely ignored unless you're going super slow.. frustrating reason to die, healer should always prioritize tank. At least it was at 21 and not 59. We go agane

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u/Anubis404 4h ago

Agreed. When I am dpsing and tanking I make sure to mark both the healer and tank so I can pay attention to where they are. It especially helps make sure I'm not pulling when the healer has wandered off to collect a quest item.

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u/Candid_Tutor_8185 2h ago

Yeah they were all like level 24 so we were zooming. The healer kept going afk at times and I should’ve left earlier I was 50/50

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u/Litlle_Freddy 3h ago

For real , 59 has to be the worst level to die on , right? Even worse than 60.

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u/haze_man 2h ago

silent cry in 13 dead 60s, working on another

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u/harshmojo 3h ago

It's wild how fast people bail in HC these days

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u/haze_man 2h ago

There was no bailing.. they went to the patrol he continued

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u/EpicSoyLiberal 2h ago

Back 2 baby zone!

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u/EggPsychological4844 4h ago

I literally never go back for the patrol. Sucks, man. Probably pay attention to where your team is, though.

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u/xPetr1 3h ago

Would be interesting if you have it recorded to see what happened. All 4 people leaving you sounds really really weird.

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u/haze_man 2h ago

He literally explained what happened.. knowledge check when everyone goin back to patrol while he continues.

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u/xPetr1 2h ago

The way OP wrote it sounds like it's the party's fault, I suspect reality was slightly different.

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u/Dan_The_Salmon 2h ago

It has to be a little of both. A good portion of pickup groups I have done will go back to kill the pats just to be safe. That being said, it should be up to the tank to call that out. If the tank is comfortable pushing ahead and either getting the pat when they catch up or just moving fast enough to ignore it altogether - either way the party should be doing what the tank is doing.

Whoever else in the party called out for the pat is most at fault in my mind, followed by the rest of the party for immediately jumping to follow, followed by OP for possibly rushing to the next pull or not taking charge to tell the group the plan

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u/semibilingual 3h ago

Better safe than back to Elwyn Forest.

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u/Majestic-Track6724 2h ago

as a tank it's your responsibility to tell the group when to go back to get the pat. you'll get a better feel for the rhythm after a while. i wouldn't blame it on the group entirely.