Tank shortage is going to get worse.

[HitoKirin]

love my tank,

only tank for FC. someone always looking for a tank. dont even have to bother with the duty finder noobs. and if i do it's insta -Q PEACE

[Dartanum]

I know others in my LS who don't want to tank anymore or are beginning to feel that way. Not even to mention the people who flip out and such. Like when we fought the female judge and it was directly stated "if she targets you, and you get the message, the adds will have some pre-hate on you and be difficult to peel off, dont panick". Healer then proceeds to bitch out our add tank about not grabbing mobs off her. I've seen it happen more than once in castrum runs from healers or dps.

This for me is probably the most annoying. Many people cannot seem to grasp the fact that at certain points during some boss fights enmity cannot be controlled by the tank.

[jdnyc]

OP's description just helped me make up my mind that I want to tank in this game.

[Avalon_Albrook]

This for me is probably the most annoying. Many people cannot seem to grasp the fact that at certain points during some boss fights enmity cannot be controlled by the tank.

It's why, for the dungeons I'm used to now, the Temple Guardian for example, I say right off the bat before we start the fight, "Watch for AoE attacks. I can pull all the aggro in the world from him and he'll still do random AoE attacks around the room. Be very careful." No one's had an issue during any of those runs, and if one of us dies, it's an immediate "damn it sorry about that" from whichever one of us bit it. No hate, no yelling. But, I imagine this'll get worse as I get closer to endgame runs.

[Furious]

the GCD sucks for tanking

the buffs for agro are at later lvls (30 for War , 40 for PLD)

lack of aoe at low lvls (war has overpower spam i guess) , but pala needs circle of scorn at 35 (30 for shield oath)

flash as OCD will be an amazing change

Yes, it would be amazing... amazingly overpowered.

Circle of scorn is horrible threat, it's just good for getting on the threat table and pulling a little bit of aoe damage.

[Legion]

Maybe it depends on the server, but on Famfrit, you will come across a GLD every five seconds. There are a bunch of 40+ PLD too.

[Cubester]

The fact that a lot of people get abuse as a tank when something goes wrong (even though it's not always their fault) doesn't help the popularity of tanking classes either.
I myself am enjoying tanking so far, even though I'm only lvl 22. But in all honesty, I'm deathly afraid of the duty finder due to some of the jerks in there. (And it's not just in this game)

If people would be nicer and more forgiving, I think half of the problem would already be solved, really.

[Syfin]

The fact that a lot of people get abuse as a tank when something goes wrong (even though it's not always their fault) doesn't help the popularity of tanking classes either.
I myself am enjoying tanking so far, even though I'm only lvl 22. But in all honesty, I'm deathly afraid of the duty finder due to some of the jerks in there. (And it's not just in this game)

If people would be nicer and more forgiving, I think half of the problem would already be solved, really.

Im gonna be honest. Almost all dungeons pre 50 are extremelu easy to tank. You need to do them so when yiu get to 50 at least youll know the basics. DPS and healers have to deal with a lot of different things too. Its definately not just the tank at end game.

[TheWitcher]

I quit being a tank because of other bigot tanks and their friends while fighting Ifrit HM. When someone starts the fight off with "eww, your black?" you know you know its gonna be a stressful fight. I would try to tank but his mage friend would cast as i was starting the fight making it very hard to hold aggro. Of course you fully knew it was him since the mage died first but THEN they would blame it on me. So my tank PLD will sit on the side lines for now.

Its not those people that make me not want to tank, those people actually make me laugh and i get alot of pleasure at wasting their time, the ego guys are just waste of time trolls anyways, its the clueless noobs that expect you to do everything for them that erks me the wrong way, why even queue for dungeons if you are just going to act like a braindead log

[Zoeila]

as a 44 pld my main issue with the job is how damn gimp cure is. with a scholar healer its not a problem but with a whm healer it can be. i have a little over 1000 mp and like nothing to spend it on since it only takes 4-5 flashes to get solid aggro on adds. also the tool tips are all messed up because it seems like i generate aggro way faster with sword oath than with shield.