Tank shortage is going to get worse.

[DanteMog]

I main a Warrior, and I can say that one reason so few want to play tanks is because they are afraid of the responsibility (EDIT: and most likely the pure venemous reactions they can get from messing up). If a dps messes up, its no problem, can be fixed right away. A tank messes up, and chaos ensues. Same with healers, only healers aren't expected to know where to go, what mobs to pull and when, etc etc.

Then as you say this is the issue, things need to change as we are having a serious shortage of them at lower levels.

The mechanics just aren't working at least at lower areas, Tanks usually leave after one or two wipes.

We had 10 wipes in one dungeon due to everybody messing up (mostly DPS) even the tank did once mess up.. after the tank left we were screwed but when i went to the mender after the run it cost me a measly 300 gil so what exactly are people so upset about with a wipe now and then, its not the gil repairs.. no one is perfect.

Never in all my years in MMO's have i met so many quitters/haters in dungeons and most of them are tanks sorry to say, and no i never touched WoW thank god.