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.

[Tiggy]

been rarest since day 1.

This. Yoshi-p was saying this from the very beginning.

[Keyblade]

been rarest since day 1.

This is the whole reason i went tank. Ppl QQ over being in a que as DPS for an hour . Well what do you expect. Everyone roles DPS cause its super easy to play.
All you do is click and shoot. Tanks and Healers have to pay more attention and are the reason you defeat bosses and instances cause its there job to keep the DPS alive and going

[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.

[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

[Rhas]

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

I'm talking about DF where your job is supposed to be DPS, not tanking because you already get a "tank" character in the party ;P Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should You are there pre 30 in a DPS role.

[Zer0]

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

You're part of the reason I've stopped tanking, idiot dps that think they're better then me. The Archers that pull for me because they're impatient to wait for me to get my TP back, the summoners who have it in their head that they don't need another person. The Thaumas that don't know the meaning of the word threat.

The game has flawed tanking mechanics. Granted I did it on a half tank half dps class, the marauder. Which lacks nearly every single mechanic needed to tank known to man, I'm sorry but health alone doesn't cut it.