Four Ways to Die - why the Tank Meta feels "off".

[karateorangutang]

Have they though? You're saying you notice more tanks. I myself haven't noticed any difference in the number of people playing tanks, none of the people I know, have switched, and in fact some people I know who do play tanks have stopped. My wait time as a melee dps in 2.0 was never long aside from when ninja's were first released and it's not really any different now so I don't notice this big influx of more tanks you seem to be talking about.

That being said I do think tanks should contribute to DPS, maybe a little less than they are now but not much. That is really up to SE who have the numbers to decide on where they want it to be though.

I honestly hope while they're adjusting numbers for tanks in 3.2 they remove the damage reduction from tank stances. Tanks should be at their best while tanking, and for me dropping my tank stance while tanking a boss just feels wrong. I do it, but I don't like it.

Just look at DPS queue times.

When i queued DPS in 2.x it was 15 minutes +. Could be server dependent, but in 2.0 it was downright awful. I waited for queues at level 50 for 20-30 minutes. Now that eased with time, but that time also brought increases to tank DPS and the reformation of WAR's toolkit. Could be coincidence though. Even by reading the forums though, there seems to be a large influx of new tanks, but im incapable of getting hard data on this as it's not my database.

In 3.0 I have only waited more than 10 minutes once. Queues are generally under 5 minutes leveling and at cap. Its the shortest I've ever experienced. Again could possibly be data center specific.

Bribing people to play tanks by letting them psuedo dps results in "tanks" that can't hold aggro for crap because they only think their damage counts.

I'm a wall tank. My job is holding stuff and pissing it off so it punches me and not the guy stabbing him in the arse. I should want to make that easier.

I *hate* the dps meta they shove on both tanks and healers.

And people complaining about queues going up because of tank shortage after... You're playing dps. You should expect it. It's the most attractive role. There's more of them.

Ok, so its my way or the highway. Got it.

The idea is to make tank a more "attractive role". That way more people play it. DPS players are paying subscribers too, they should not be treated as lesser because they don't wanna play a tank. If you play tank cause that is fun for you then great, maybe you should hit a checkbox and wait in line behind the people that play it out of duty. Thats essentially the connection you are making.

I've never understood the whole "I'm a tank so you gotta listen to my attitude." It's ridiculous.