Why do Tanks get a bad Rep?

[Hayward]

1) Too many of them (even one is too many for me) Leeroy their way through more enemies than they, healers, and DPS can handle at once.

2) Lately there have been bandwagon tanks trying to be DPS and neglecting the prime reason for being a tank, not to mention being an MP drain on healers.

3) For reasons I can't explain (Psych was not my major in college), tank jobs just attract idiots.

[Kaedan94]

3) For reasons I can't explain (Psych was not my major in college), tank jobs just attract idiots.

Probably linked to lack of patience. A lot of people switch to tank because they are impatient and want shorter queues. Impatient people tend towards being less intelligent than patient ones.

[nssixn6]

True Fact!
Being the Tank is an automatic license to be an ass.
Whether or not they play the tank card is up to the individual player.

[Cakekizy]

1) Too many of them (even one is too many for me) Leeroy their way through more enemies than they, healers, and DPS can handle at once.

2) Lately there have been bandwagon tanks trying to be DPS and neglecting the prime reason for being a tank, not to mention being an MP drain on healers.

3) For reasons I can't explain (Psych was not my major in college), tank jobs just attract idiots.

Some tanks are on a power trip.

[EdwinLi]

Because when you're the Tank, you are the Main Character of the story that charge in first taking the hits saving the day with your trusty Weapon of Justice!



Jokes aside:

Ya Tank Job tend to attract some unwelcomed personalities for some reason either for...

1) faster queues
2) belief they get priority over everyone because they keep the group alive by being the Meat shield.
3) Because Tank Jobs get the cool looking Knight armors.
4) etc..

best we can do is tolerate them and if they can't accept that people don't treat them like Main Characters of the Story then there is always the Vote Kick option

Now the tank players that are nice in personailty are the one I always like to party with since they take their time explaining thing for new players and know that not everyone can meet certain standards and skill level.

[phiore]

i've noticed a looot of one and two since heavensward launched, i think partially because a lot of people who don't usually tank are trying drk?