People don’t want to tank.
Making it easier to do something that people don’t want to do is not going to make them want to do it.
Sure, some people might choose to tank a dungeon so they don’t have to spend time looking for a tank - but it’s not what they want to do, and they aren’t going to have fun doing it. Making it free doesn’t make it amazing.
“So what ends up happening is you have people interested in tanking who have to put up with far more trash from the community than other roles and they either quit tanking because its far too stressful or find a dedicated group to run with that are not complete jerks and play EXCLUSIVELY with people they know.”
And then we are back to whining about the tank shortage.
But … the lack of tanks is not really the problem you are trying to solve. You just don’t want to have to do the gold farming part of the game to be able to enjoy both the pvp / raid scene.
That’s fine, just say it. Stop masquerading it off as a “benefit” for the whole game and community.
You know which version of the game has what you want 