Tanks

[Archona]

Archona, it may be because every tank in the game isn't in your situation. That's fantastic that you already have every item you could ever want, and all of your homies are super experience murderdeathkillers who can instaown any fight in the game. Most people however, do not share your situation.

Of course. Most tanks get their full set of Darklight and then they're done. Maybe they work on one or two alt classes, but I imagine most do not get Darklight for classes they're not leveling. Doesn't change the fact that they can make their own group in Party Finder, they're done with Philosophy farming earlier than DPS then have no reason to keep queuing, Philosophy items are worthless, and Myth capping can be achieved by playing an hour a day.

The thread is about a lack of tanks, and I am outlining the many reasons why players perceive this deficit. I am sure that I am not alone either, as most tanks I talk to do NOT run Duty Finder for charity reasons. Without hard data all we're doing is speculating anecdotally, but the factors I pointed out still exist. The few new players practicing their tanking skills does not 'solve' the issue of this perceived tank shortage. If anything, it only further exacerbates it. If you want DPS queues to go down then you want experienced and geared tanks to continually queue up so that dungeon runs may be finished quicker.