Lack of tanks shows that per spec gearing has to stop

[Hamstar-draktharon (Hamstar)]

This issue keeps coming up again, and again, and again and every time I see people trying to point the finger at in game mechanics, gearing, everything except what the real problem is. The community.

I was going to make a similar post. People have been making claims that XYZ is making tanks hard to find since Vanilla.

[Jaggér-dalaran (Jaggér)]

Not to mention that corruption effects that actually made tanking kinda fun are being nerfed.

I did love reading where people said “But no one will take a tank if they don’t have the op corruptions!” Like even horrible tanks have a problem getting in any group they have the ilvl for.

[Nasuuna-emerald-dream]

Gear and content is definitely an issue. I would personally tank if I had the protection traits and gear. But I’m stuck playing holy because there’s just no way I’m going to push keys or raid as an offspec with just my normal gear.

Also, content like visions makes it super hard to find tanks. Tanks need to know where to go after only a few runs, and they need to run the same number an kind of zones as you, and once they get their capped rank their is no incentive for them to keep helping.

Honestly, I don’t know why people defend such a broken system as a mere social problem. Yes, there is some social aspects to it, but it doesn’t need to be as bad as it is.

[Hamstar-draktharon (Hamstar)]

You completely missed what I said. People have made these same complaints since VANILLA. Back when you had to respect and get a full suit of new gear to change roles. Being able to just swap roles with minimal work doing so was like a 1 xpac thing in WoD before Legion brought on artifacts and legendaries.

[Lightscall-eredar]

But damn leave our weapons alone. Legion had it right. My offspec weapons were never too far behind my mainspec weapons.

Damn I thought I was alone. I actually loved the artifact weps. Just take out the grind and let us keep the cool back stories, unlock skins, and we wouldn’t have to worry about it. Hunting artifact wep skins was a blast! Class halls were pretty cool too. Having every class a unique story was awesome minus the stupid timegated quests with the mission table. If they took out that entire cellphone bs mechanic I would love to use our class halls again.

[Byatrix-wyrmrest-accord]

I’ve made a blood DK with whom I plan on learning the generalities of tanking and the specifics to blood DK tanking during the rest of BfA. I plan on avoiding dungeons and just want to become familiar with my abilities, build muscle memory, and use horrific visions to practice managing groups of MOBs and pulls. Once Shadowlands starts, I plan on learning the dungeons along with everyone else. To hell with trying to learn how to tank for a group right now. The PUGs are simply too difficult to deal with.

[Nexxion-zuljin (Nexxion)]

I pulled back from pugging as well. Had a group and the healer kept saying pull more–etc etc. I sound saw I was 3rd in damage going into the last boss. I took my break bio etc. I told them not my job to carry their guildy or they could have asked first i would have said yes. I now make my own groups and most groups on 3 that apply auto-declined. lesson learned.

[Ennoia-dragonblight]

I love being a tank but I don’t do Pug’s or LFR’s as a tank. It isn’t worth it to me to put up with the attitude people give. I recently came back to WoW and have geared myself as tank but my guild has basically fallen apart. So i just don’t run raids or dungeons. I just don’t have it in my to look for a new guild and I am having fun just doing old stuff and goofing off. I honestly believe it is the attitude tanks encounter and less about gearing, essences, etc.

Edit:Posting on my actual character I play