Of your pet peeves, this one seems quite easy to remedy 
Tanks are always rare gems. So feel free to lvl one as it would help everyone else involved. I forgot how annoying finding a tank was prior to the LFG system. Really sucks wanting a day of Instances to spending most of your gametime spamming chat. #nochanges right?
Many tanks donāt PUG. Thatās the issue, which is actually a non issue.
PUGs out there are very, very hit and miss and sometimes just plain weird. I had someone /w my priest if I was a tank and then asked me to tank deadmines. I mean, I suppose I can tank for about 2 sec if the real tank loses aggro but that doesnāt get us very far
Well said. Can confirm this is what happens with me.
Like you said, thereās a lot of warriors playing. None of them want to tank. Iāll āLFM <dungeon>ā and get a good amount of DPS warriors wanting to join. Also like you said, if Iām forming a PUG Iām not bringing loot competition.
Most of the dungeon runs at this point are guild/friend runs, though.
The primary deterrent for tanking PUG runs though is the risk of running into DPS folks who want to run dungeons like retail or simply ignore their threat. Then I have to boot them and spend time finding someone new who doesnāt act like this is World of Mythic - E-Sports Edition.
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i tanked stuff back in the day and people running off pulling agro and trigger happy mages were painful and from what ive heard its even worse now
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Provided there are actually people on and playing, I usually donāt have any issues finding a group as a druid tank. In fact, I get request all the time to tank whichever dungeon, whether Iām level-appropriate, or not.
Finding a tank or a healer was always an issue. This isnāt new. Itās primarily because theyāre thankless jobs, and they are frequently targeted as the reasons for wipes.
I suspected before that druids and paladins are going to be welcome tanks, even though theyāre not the āmeta.ā It appears that I was very much on the right track.
LOL You mean donāt bother?
Iāve started doing that.
Oh, gotāchaā¦ yeah boring AF is an apt description 
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I rolled warrior because of this. Itās boring AF but why not help out the server a bit.
Tanking is fun o.O but leveling a warrior in the open world is slow
Iād love to tank. I spent past 15 years healing. The problem is I know I need to learn. I always tell people Iām learning so it might be slow or I might make a mistake.
Followed Immediately with a comment by someone āGit Good before you try to tankā followed next by 1 or 2 leaving. This is before we set foot in the dungeon.
I know a few people who say the sameā¦
That is really unfortunate. As a tank that also likes to play alts, I can guarantee you Iād have no problem with taking extra time to let someone familiarize themselves with tanking and pulling. As long as you genuinely are attempting to learn and are at least entertaining constructive feedback from the group, Iām game to stay.
Donāt let it dishearten you too much. The best thing you can do is try and meet friends questing who seem patient as well and transition that into a dungeon run.
The same jerks who left when you tried to learn are the same jerks who will ignore threat and/or pull the dungeon instead of you. Theyāll never change. But if you can get yourself into a position where you can tank amongst a group of friends/guildies, youāll enjoy yourself.
Donāt let the jerks kill it for you. 
I put together a low level Classic Warrior Tanking Guide that may be of interest to you. Iād love any feedback you would like to share.
One of the things about tanking that youāll inevitably notice is that some groups are better than others. As you gain experience with your core tanking abilities, and keybinds, such that holding aggro becomes intuitive, you will be able to spend time to notice what each player is doing.
This can help you anticipate when youāll need to use which skills, in order to prevent a potential wipe, but also to identify which players are doing what things that they could be doing better. In the beginning, it may seem like the common denominator is you, and it may well be, but if you give it time, and keep pushing through, you will get better, and thereās a great deal of satisfaction in leading a group as a tank.
Good luck and have fun!
you actually need 4 people ready go tank for raids for some fights.
but you are right, if raiding is your goal tanking is the hardest role to get.
Tough finding tanks on my server. Most arenāt even tanks just dps with 2handers and arms spec
Tanks are hard to find even in BfA, where threat and AOE is easy.
In Classic WoW, tanking is twice as hard. AoE and threat is hard to keep with people insisting on going all out on dps before you can even get the mobs to stick. Your taunt is melee range only, so mages whine when they pull and you have to chase them since none of them understand to BRING THE MOBS BACK TO THE TANK while other mobs are hitting you, trying not to expose your back.
Yeah, finding tanks in Classic is going to continue to suck unless dps learns to stop acting like children.
Thanks, Iāll read through it. Having played all the healing classes I do have a clue about what tanks do. I just need to learn to execute on the theory.
That and Iām used to coat tailing my tank and have no idea where Iām going in the dungeon!
All the tanks are staying with guilds. Nobody wants to babysit stupid. So glad they broke LFG Classic right guys?
Yup.
Warriors who think they are going to tank will be disappointed.
It is ironic because raiding doesnāt require that much tanks until 4Horsemen.
1MT/OT, maybe 1-2 druids/fury warrs handling adds/mechanic.
The game doesnāt really want tanks if people want to play the highest level of content.
If you want to tank, do 33 Fury and 18 Prot.
Get the +threat skill from Prot, and the +Block for crushing.
Boom, you are 90% effective as the MT.
Now you can farm mobs, be either a DPS/Tank in 5M or 40M.
on a server where your name is remembered you rather not have your name besmirched early because some impatient pug is pissy you wanted them to hold of for aggro and LOS pulls.
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