(04-18-2015, 05:15 PM)Steel Wolf Wrote: The first time this game challenged me as a tank was Brayflox's Longstop.  From before then, the dungeons were pretty much chill experiences, with almost no real mechanics to deal with.  Suddenly, there were bosses that required me to peel off of attacking things or maneuver them around...and back then at launch, the lag point was terribad, so I was being smashed with breath attacks frequently along with not getting the big dragon out of the pools of goo.

From that point forward, I had to ramp up my game and suddenly I had to pay attention.  It was like someone slapped me awake from a nap or something.  Sadly, that lag point would follow me around for the rest of the latter game...especially with HM Titan.

Oh GODS that HM TItan at launch...

Mercifully things now have been expected and engaging, with the difficulty level creasing in such a way that I feel that I can keep up.  Though that said, I have also stayed away from content that I feel would be beyond my ability, like the EX Primals and all of the Coils.  Frankly, Odin pressed me the hardest in this game recently to the point that I felt I was letting the other seven people down, and when I feel that my performance is to that point, I know that quitting is just the better option.