A lot of people dont like to play Tank -

[Kaonis]

I actually enjoy playing tank in other games, but just about every patch in this one has driven me away from tank more and more. For me I think the final straw was the damage stat reversions to STR. It was a complete one step backwards coupled with tenacity being fairly bleh. They seem to want to kill the tank DPS meta by nerfing tank DPS, but they won't give any other alternative ways to play. And that just feels not fun.

[Akor]

5.0 they will remove tank stance too, dont worry guys. Please look forward to it!

[Fannah]

I think I mainly like tanking because it makes me manage the pace of the dungeon. And I don't mind the ally dps to be low, it's ok as long as something's happening, they are playing, while I dislike to see a tank waiting between every fight, at start, or whatever. I love to don't have that stupid 15sec or more countdown for nothing from some tanks... On my side, I use no countdown. If we are all here, full life and full MP/TP, no reason to don't engage in dungeon because someone who has to do something else will at least tell you "brb" or "2sec". It's their role to write if they need time for something I can't guess with my own UI.
On top if that, I enjoy adapting to my allies, if they don't want big pulls, I won't, if they want me to take more that I'm use to, I'll do it and see how it goes, I can even learn from that. And if someone if not synced because he is of the level of the dungeon, I like to do the whole dungeon if he asks me to, like I would like a tank to take a maximum of monsters when I'm coming as Healer or DPS of the dungeon's level to get more exp.
And I also like to know every dungeon to the point of using some tricks on all of them to go quicker, or even to the fun of showing some tricks to people who don't know them.

In short, I think I like to have that role of a benevolent leader, who is able to adapt to everyone, the best as the worse players without any problem... and to go to the pace I like (which can look paradoxal in a way).

(and I especially enjoyed in HW to prove people wrong --> that I could handle aggro, be quick for runs and survive even as Marauder in the whole story mode and beat Nidhogg + did extreme primals like this, even with some players who were with the max ilvl (so higher than mine), but that's another story).

[Llus]

The WAR changes in this patch were waaay beyond what I expected. However, this will make it less punishing when you miss a GCD during your burst and it should make timing your burst much easier. I don't like that berserk and IR were merged, I don't like the 90s CD on IR. I DO like that unchained will now be usable again and I like that if you need to go into tank stance during a recovery it's MUCH less punishing now. I still think WAR will be fun to play and will still give you a good variation in how you use your skills vs the strict FoF, GB, RA, RA, GB, Req, HSx5 PLD or the very simplistic 123 rotation that DRKs got stuck with at the beginning of 4.x These changes won't push me away from WAR much less tanking in general. I find the requirement of knowing the fight 100%, for timing rotations, CDs and boss positioning to still be engaging and fun. In the end, I think WARs will still push top DPS even with YOLO fell cleaves for 80s.

[Millen1]

Given lack of changes to drk, I will play it a little less. Monk and blm got some nice changes and I recently picked up bard. I really like drk, the way it is designed the skills but the SB changes just aren't keeping my attention and they have really done well with dps in SB. So one less tank for roulettes most days. I will do the new Sigmascape as drk though. Sigmascape should be fun as it is more than pull, burn the trash and move on dungeons.

[MahoSenshi]

Lately i prefer healing in dungeons - easier to make run faster and can carry not-so-good groups. For raiding, tanking is fun when you have some trusty bro-tank at your side and both can and want to optimize. Raiding with PUG tanks or bad co-tank is a total cancer. I'm switching to BRD for 4.2 on a main, m.b. still will tank sometimes on alt.

[Aniond]

When tanking became more about DPS then mechanics.. Does that surprise you? More people are crying about the tanks damage getting nerfed then actual tanking itself.

[Rasikko]

So it's an ego thing for you or...?

I actually find tanking to be the least stressful job. I don't play it that often but I find it relaxing to not have to worry about healing or maximizing my deeps all the time. Just pull all the things. Granted I'm just taking about dungeons.

That's a different matter, that is, if you do all the roulettes. Leveling Roulette for example, a good amount of time going through that you're without half of your abilities, so it really is a brain dead pull all the things cycle.

5.0 they will remove tank stance too, dont worry guys. Please look forward to it!

Oh hey go for it. Judging from what I've been reading around here, the majority of folks either don't use them, or use them rarely.

[RopeDrink]

When tanking became more about DPS then mechanics.. Does that surprise you? More people are crying about the tanks damage getting nerfed then actual tanking itself.

Every class is essentially a damage-dealer with specific responsibilities outside of 'get that target dead', be it aggro, health, or specializing entirely in damage dealing. I don't understand this mentality where people point out the fact others are focused on the damage-side of changes as if it's against the norm - damage is part of every role, so yes, of course it is going to get attention when those numbers change. There are presently no 'emnity' problems, so why wouldn't it get our attention? It's not 'more about X than Y', it is looking at the most prevalent changes and asking 'why'?

It should be no surprise that there is a large portion of players who are optimizing their class/role for more than just living up to their role-description (Tank/Healer/DPS). I'm a WHM main, which means I can pump out 20% (or more) team-damage in dungeons. Yes, that isn't my priority, yet if they randomly decided to nerf our damage output, you can bet your face that WHM's are going to want answers. This doesn't mean WHM's are randomly believing it's all about 'da damagez' over our healing capabilities. Why is it to be any different for tanks? In short, if said changes don't bother 'you' then I fail to see how it is worth your comment.

[Aniond]

It is a surprise. If you ever played WOW, Everquest, or any other trinity based game then you understand this.

In WOW I tanked for nearly 8 years or so. Not once was my DPS as a paladin or a druid questioned. Alot of people migrated from other MMOS with that same mentality which is their job above else. If you tank you tank, you heal you heal.

Its really that basic.