"Huge lack of tanks and healers in the game"

[Galaktica]

Theres no tank shortage.

There IS a shortage of tanks willing to put up with PuGs in the DF though.

After getting into tanking full time (lvl'd a WAR thru fates pre-HW, but lvl'ing DRK now in DF), I understand why.

[Galaktica]

I hover my hand over the abandon button if I don't get a single response to my hello when I get in a dungeon. If you can't spare the time to respond to even a simple hello... then I'm assuming that you don't care at all.

I'm not talking a conversation.... just a hello.

Does a /bow and/or /welcome count? I play with a controller and although I have a keyboard hooked up to my PS4, it's always just been easier for me to hit one button since you can just add emotes to the bar. I always assumed people understood that I was essentially saying "Hi," but now I'm worried people think I was being rude by not saying anything haha

[Bodicca]

I'm on the NA data center and main a tank and I rarely see these groups everyone talks about. Every once and a while I get a doucher but for the most part everyone is chill and just does there thing. There is still a shortage of tanks and healers however. The new has worn off on the expansion classes and a lot of the flavor of the month people didn't make the cut and are going back to dps or whatever they played before.

Same here. I've rarely run into horrible groups.

[karateorangutang]

Does a /bow and/or /welcome count? I play with a controller and although I have a keyboard hooked up to my PS4, it's always just been easier for me to hit one button since you can just add emotes to the bar. I always assumed people understood that I was essentially saying "Hi," but now I'm worried people think I was being rude by not saying anything haha

Sure, some kinda of response. I also play on a PS4, save up for a USB keyboard. It'll make your life a million times better.

Same here. I've rarely run into horrible groups.

You guys must be pretty lucky. I get a bad group pretty regularly.

[myahele]

Does a /bow and/or /welcome count? I play with a controller and although I have a keyboard hooked up to my PS4, it's always just been easier for me to hit one button since you can just add emotes to the bar. I always assumed people understood that I was essentially saying "Hi," but now I'm worried people think I was being rude by not saying anything haha

I play on the controller too, you can easily macro /p "Hello" and set it in your crossbar. I wish I've done this sooner, much more convenient

[SQBoard]

Even the devs commented on how in a dungeon that you should consider your fellow adventurers like NPCs (maybe one of you guys can find the quote and link it). Therefore, if these NPCs start "speaking", they must be some sort of horrible artificial intelligence emerging and means the robot apocalypse is upon us. Best to (Run Away!).

That's the wrong take-away from that dev quote you're thinking about.

――Can you comment on the Content Finder（※30） system that FFXIV has used to let players form parties more easily?

Yoshida：In the past, I’ve said something like：“If you use the Content Finder, you can just treat most of the people you’re matched up with as though they were NPCs.” (Laughter) That’s not meant to encourage players to act out and be jerks, but rather to reinforce the notion that it’s OK to just form a party with people whom you’ve just met and to go out and have fun.

[Dererk]

Try reading it as if I was laughing, it wasn't supposed to come off as entitled. I'm guilty of doing the same things and I main the Tank job.

See this is the problem with this whole thread. You think because tanks aren't quing up in duty finder its our fault the qus are longer. Don't lump us in with you if you feel guilty that's your problem not the whole tank community. That is why wer ripping on your post and calling this whole thread pointless and stupid.

Its not our duty to spam duty finder every day I hate duty finder I only really use it for expert once a day at most. As a tank.

And switch you forum character to your main if you want people to take you more seriously.

[LaylaTsarra]

And switch you forum character to your main if you want people to take you more seriously.

I'd personally love to be change mine. Where exactly do you do that because I haven't been able to find it.

Edit: Nevermind found it!

[Celef]

Theres no tank shortage.

There IS a shortage of tanks willing to put up with PuGs in the DF though.

Exactly
I'm leveling a tank right know but, considering the attitude of a lot (not all but a lot) of players i'm terrified when I think of tanking with PU cause I know that, as a "trainee" tank i will probably get a lot of insults for being....well a "trainee tank that can do mistakes time to time".
The worst part being that, 90% of the time, i get insulted by people who do not even play a tank so, most of the time, the comments will not help me to do my job correctly, it will just be a free clash oO

[RosaBlanche]

tanking is the biggest responsability in DF, if you dont have the best gears people will criticize you, if you're not the best tank out there they will criticize you, if you dont pull big enough the dps blame you, if you pull too big the healer blame you, i dont blame tanks for not joining DF, you have to be pretty confident in your tanking abilities to join a DF because you'll get the blame for the tiniest mistake. that's why you see so many tanks but none queuing, tanking is fun but DF makes it a nightmare. maybe if we all start understanding the responsabilities of tanking and be less hard on them and more forgiving more people would try tanking in DF.

on the other hand, there's nothing more annoying than an overconfident tank, who think he's a "god" for tanking and everyone should play HIS way or else he quits, no matter how good a tank you are, without a healer and dps, you are nothing. thank you for tanking and all but you're not special, we can replace you anytime.