According to the survey, an equal number of people play the tank and healer roles

[Daralii]

You've missed the point. My posts acknowledges exactly this, my post is asking WHY tanks aren't queing in the DF. It's already a given they aren't

Because they know most people in DF are awful and don't want to put up with them.

[HolyGlassofWater]

Because they know most people in DF are awful and don't want to put up with them.

I can say the same thing for any other job I'm playing. The discussion question is why it's tanks moreso than other roles. There's a huge amount of pressure on the healer as well.

[LazyC]

i give pretty much the same answer most already have, i just plainly refuse to run anything in this game with randoms, its just not worth it since there are so many bads in this game, and i dont feel like wasting my time

I can say the same thing for any other job I'm playing. The discussion question is why it's tanks moreso than other roles. There's a huge amount of pressure on the healer as well.

as for this, its probably because of the fact tanks are the center of attention for all content, everything runs based on how they are playing any particular duty, and thus get far more flak from the masses than any other classes do by far.

[Kaurie]

I can say the same thing for any other job I'm playing. The discussion question is why it's tanks moreso than other roles. There's a huge amount of pressure on the healer as well.

For me, doesn't matter about the pressure. Honestly, never felt pressure with any of my jobs.

However, dealing with awful players is by far the worst for tank, if only because it slows the party down. If I go as DPS, I can ensure we are killing stuff at least an OK pace.

Fastest Neverreap with my SMN -> 14 minutes
Fastest Neverreap with my PLD -> closer to 35 minutes

[Xanikk999]

Because they know most people in DF are awful and don't want to put up with them.

I have had nothing but smooth runs with the DF. I don't know where people are getting this experience.

[Daralii]

I have had nothing but smooth runs with the DF. I don't know where people are getting this experience.

I mean I don't either, but I'm hesitant to say bad runs are a minority since I'm only one person.

The worst runs I've had are 35-45 ones where some DPS don't have soul crystals.

[RyuRoots]

I have had nothing but smooth runs with the DF. I don't know where people are getting this experience.

Then congratulations, you are extraordinarily lucky. I'm fortunate if I can go two runs without some astonishingly brain-dead team incapable of doing even the simplest of mechanics, such as "don't let the healer die to Sable Price, the thing with a big 1 over it".