Extreme Tank shortage

yeah but those people aren’t in groups now, they’re on the forums complaining about not being able to find tanks

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Sounds like they have a personal problem.

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There is a real issue with tanking being to easy and there not being any at the starter level. Outside of CoT I don’t think there are tank mechanics beyond hit a cd at X

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I like how all of your comments here are just you justifying toxicity and your only solution is to “grow a pair and deal with it”

You’re part of the problem.

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I think a better solution is to make the dungeons no longer require a tank. Why are we all beholden to this single role? It’s antiquated and dumb.

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From the sound of things, if I were a tank I’d probably be off running delves right now instead of dealing with the kind of abuse this community throws at them.

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Adjust the dungeons based on the group composition is something I’ve wanted for a long time, but how? It will be a balancing nightmare.

There’s something to be said for removing the count percentage or significantly reducing it.

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I see that as well but I also usually see that one of those DPS has a Tank spec. This is a self inflicted wound.

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Hmm it’s like all the abuse to tanks is finally biting everyone in the butt.

Also Tanks are kinda boring atm, so boring to play + the abuse from the community I understand why they are in short supply.

How to fix it in the short term? Well for starters anyone that has a tank spec and complaining there are no tanks can put up or shut up and play their tank spec.

And the community can quit being terrible to tanks for pulling how they are comfortable and not how dps wants them to.

Long Term add more tanks to classes so every playstyle can have one, and then make them more fun to play.

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yeah but that doesn’t mean that that DPS can tank or will tank.

I could be sitting as a DPS but i won’t tank because i’m done being treating like crap as a tank.

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Tanking is just boring. If it’s not boring then odds are said individual is one of those folks who really likes the role itself (Not necessarily the class gameplay). Nothing wrong with that.

What’s wrong is when those folks are partially skilled in the class and get harassed for messing up. That’s on us as a playerbase.

You want more tanks? Get folks to stop being royal jerks to them. Encourage less experienced tanks to play.

Forreal our negativity is way too strong. I was in an LFR yesterday and folks were raging at the other tank and I for failing a mechanic the first time we were both in there. Heaven forbid we even try to be remotely nice to each other.

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On top of the abuse, players don’t want to be the designated leader of the group, that’s half the issue, we need to learn routes, %, boss mechanics and make it all fit within the group we are leading.

For example if I see a hunter of in Narnia running around like a headless chook I have to think about them running into another pack and adjust my route to ensure they don’t pull another pack of enemies every second pull and tank the ones I do pull as far away as possible to give them all the room they need to be Cinderella at the ball.

There is just too much going on for a new tank to be bothered learning, and too much even for some experienced tanks to bother with.

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As a tank, bottom line, I don’t have fun playing with strangers who don’t try as hard as I do. There’s no incentive for me to help you clear your dungeons. You get to run around and slap stuff around, and I have to lead you around, and somehow I end up doing top, or 2nd DPS every run. I also end up having to perform all interrupts, and your standard DPS doesn’t ever try to do that either. They never know the fights, and never care about mechanics. Why would I care about helping you gear?

Stop being bad players, and you’ll see more tanks. It’s that simple. It’s the community who drives tanks away.

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This is the meat and potatoes of it. Why would anyone want to tank when just about all of us have seen how tanks get treated.

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Last time i checked op is a druid, pretty sure druids can tank. You can be the solution to your problem unless you know, you just want to complain and be extremely hypocritical. Oh man theres no tanks! Why wont anyone tank for me! Oh not me though, i dont wanna deal with that toxicity of people towards tanks or learning a route and driving the bus in a plus, no for sure someone else…

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This is painfully true too. The number of groups that expect either the healer or the tank to carry is absurd. Blizzard needs to start designing the game around forced cooperation and stop letting one class be able to handle everything.

I also don’t know about the rest of you, but I find myself in a ton of ESL (Or no English) groups. It’s a royal pain communicating with them. It’s especially bad whenever they have a critique. Understandably there’s a language barrier but the crudeness of their words cut no less deep than that of our elitist pricks.

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lol dude I tank …I dont druid tank. So your solution is I cant heal if the class I play has a tank spec. Why are people attacking me when my post has nowhere me attacking tanks? Im pointing out there is a shortage and by a lot. All the tanks posting here are complaining how rude and everyone attacks them but then attack a dude just making a post bringing up a tank shortage and how im the problem
ironic

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How about tank or play a DPS class that has a tank spec.

Says the character that could spec Tank…

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