Shortage of tanks a myth - thoughts?

[Elladie]

I levelled WAR to 50 and it's geared high enough for most - if not all - of SCOB. I also think playing it is great fun. But I never ever play it except with friends. For all the reasons outlined by the OP. I would rather - *thinks of something so horrible and loathsome, it makes me want to throw up* - eat TWENTY plates of brussel sprouts than do roulettes as a tank. I do run them as a healer, however, and I am also SICK UNTO DEATH of tanks who think a speed-run is mandatory. Even if a) they're not really geared for it b) they can't hold hate on that many mobs c) they can't get out of AOEs for TOFFEE (or cookies) d) they don't seem to realise they can make my job a bit easier by popping a cooldown here and there, and e) the BRD is wearing a lvl 1 ring and only uses Straight Shot and Heavy Shot ( yeah, okay, that last one only happened once).

If a tank asks me if I'm okay with a speedrun, that's an automatic commendation. Not because speedruns are my thing - I'm happy to go slow - but because it demonstrates that there's a player behind all that heavy armour who's actually stopped to think things through.

I know that a lot - if not most - of these tanks are only attempting to do a speedrun because they think that's what's expected of them. But please don't. Just ask. Please. I'd really much rather deal with smaller groups of mobs and fling out some deeps of my own than give myself RSI spamming Physick because your HP plummets in the direction of zero faster than the speed of light!