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[Evangela]

I can't imagine you saying this with a straight face. The shortage of tanks is beyond easy to prove. Queue up Duty Finder as Tank, Healer, and DPS. Which one gets in immediately? Which one has to wait longest? Tanks get their instant queues for a reason; there are many healers and many many DPS looking for parties, but not nearly as many tanks. So as soon as one queues, they're instantly matched with the DPS and healers that are waiting.

Even as a DPS, I can get a DF pop in 5 minutes for latest content. Sure, it's not as fast as tanks and healers but I'm not gonna call it a tank shortage issue if it doesn't take like an hour.

[Shippuu]

Even as a DPS, I can get a DF pop in 5 minutes for latest content. Sure, it's not as fast as tanks and healers but I'm not gonna call it a tank shortage issue if it doesn't take like an hour.

Your anecdotal evidence means little especially when you simply look at the factors. You're on balmung which is one of if not the most populated server, which resides on a data center that includes gilgamesh, another super populated server. Your experience doesn't reflect the game as a whole and only SE has the metrics to backup any kind of claims regarding tanking populations.