Shortage of Tank .......

[Doctor-]

First it was a shortage of Healers -
Now there is a healer everywhere but all the tanks have disappeared duty finder taking longer and longer everyday to find players :/

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Anyone else notice there aren't many tanks?

[Garnatian]

Same as any MMO.

[Evangela]

been rarest since day 1.

[Teleniel]

all I can say to threads like this... is have you considered rolling a tank? (previously it was healer)
Just because you want to be a DPS / Healer / Tank doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't potentially want to do it to. If you want to go quickly level what the community needs, if you want to do what you want... don't complain when other ppl do the same thing.

[Wobi]

"UR a terrible tank" "LERN to hold threat" "Kill urself" (insert derogatory comment of your choice here). These are just a few of the things I've either seen people say to others or read about. I did not change the spelling for effect, but this is what people end up facing. This starts around level 15 when you have to start grouping, it's no wonder many don't continue on the path. As a tank you have to learn how to take a beating from the mobs AND your fellow players sometimes. This may help explain in part why the tank shortage is as bad as it is.

[Terius]

Because people treat other people so badly, and tanks are the prime target. If they struggle, everyone knows instantly. (e.g. a mob goes for someone else and kills)

As Wobi said, the constant attitude of, "ur bad" "l2p" "kill urself" spewed by mostly bad players isnt helping people who wish to delve into tanking. I want to try it sometime later on, I've already got a full Hoplite set and DL wep from WP.

[Rhas]

have you considered rolling a tank?

Actually, I did... and it pretty much sucked *mostly* because of summoners keeping out their "tanking" pets instead of DPS pets. You can't keep hate vs pets at the lower levels because you just don't have the skills to keep hate from them without having capped stats from synced down. It doesn't not help you climb up the chain of levels when you don't have the best gear and limited rotation.

Arcanist are *not* group tanks or off tanks. They are DPS and need to stick to their roles. Tanking on arcanist/smn is perfectly fine for solo, not dungeons. (Unless your group is dying to trash mobs)

[Amyas]

Arcanist are *not* group tanks or off tanks. They are DPS and need to stick to their roles. Tanking on arcanist/smn is perfectly fine for solo, not dungeons. (Unless your group is dying to trash mobs)

In EA I tanked all the story dungeons up to Tam Tara with yella carby, without a 'real' tank <3 Was a bit hard convincing people I pulled from shout I could be the main heal/dps/tank at the same time though

[Luvbunny]

At lower levels, you should be able to "experiment" a bit and have fun, you could even co-tanking with arcanist and their pet, enjoy the diversity and work together with your group. SMN is quite versatile, Titan ego can actually be used as tank on some dungeons (aka WP) but will need some adjustment in play style from everyone in your party. This is a game, learn how to experiment and work together, you may be surprised on some results when you are thinking out of the box. Endgame tanking is different story lol....

[Teleniel]

@Rhas, that is a problem with players at lower levels... trying to level it and deciding not to doesn't help the problem that you don't have any early/mid/end game tanks as people give up for various reasons (bad party members often).

My feeling is you can't complain about the lack of a class at your level if you don't have it there and are willing to use it *shrug* it's harsh but really there are a lot of ppl that don't want to heal/tank and there's nothing we can really DO about it until they decide to give it a try.