Ffxiv Tank Targeting, If the tank falls, the rest of the group can be in serious trouble. com/ffxiv/threads/90021-Guide-Paladin-Tanking-Compendium-2. The /psort line will make sure your party list is in the right order for your tank to be position 2, and then the /assist line will cause you to target whoever/whatever the player in position 2 Get used to Hard targeting your tank, and then using soft targeting to heal other party members. This is so that you can do stuff like hard target an enemy to cast attack spells at, soft target a party member, cast a heal, and then immediately Some healers like focus targetting the tank on dungeons to keep better track of their hp. 1 Table of Contents Overview The Role of a Tank How to Control Your Enemies How to Survive On DPS F2-3 for tank, 4 for co-heal, 5-8 for DPS in 8-man/alliance raid content (you'll have to have moseover enabled or click on the alliance widow to heal/res members of other alliances, and only most single I always use the party list, but the focus is mainly on the tank. This post sucks, wheeeeeeee Targeting is hard Theory: Most things considered The only tank macro that I use is the Shirk macro, so I don't have to target the other tank during tank swaps (replace the dots with /ac "Shirk" <2>): /ac "Shirk" <2> I'm getting close to unlocking my first raid, Crystal Tower, and I'm wondering if marking enemies as a tank is still a priority to do during these raids or even end-game dungeons? There just seems to be The Basics of Tanking in Final Fantasy XIV February 12, 2022 | Tags: FFXIV | Author Timo Reinecke Hitting L3 while targeting the tank will target whatever they are targeting which can be useful to get your target back to the boss or a mob to use to cast aoes off of during a pull. To Even if the tank gains aggro before the castbar finishes, the original target will still be hit with the attack. " Patch You can edit your party list to always have the tanks up top. Doing this will make sure you're always ready to heal the tank after healing others. My personal setup is to have 2 different macro bars for marking.