Shortage of tanks a myth - thoughts?

[Kitria]

I am SO SO sorry to the tanks this is happening to.

I've leveled both Warrior and Paladin to 50 and run Coil/Experts as a tank (mainly Warrior) and have never received the kind of straight up abuse you guys are talking about. The only time anyone has even slightly talked about my tanking (excluding positive stuff) was someone telling me when I first started tanking I must have used to play WoW because of my particular style. Or if I've run Coil and screwed up a mechanic I'll say straight away I messed up and we all laugh about it. That is entirely it.

Is it anything to do with understanding the class? Have I just been incredibly lucky or something? Are you guys just a vocal minority?

I don't know. But even if you're still learning the class you shouldn't be getting treated like this and I'm so sorry you are. Maybe try practicing with some friends before going into DF if you think that will help? And make sure to read over all your abilities and take note of what you would use in what situation before going in.

It really pains me to hear this is happening because even though I've heard of it, I didn't realize it was this prevalent.