Shower thought...There is no shortage of tanks.

[MirielleLavandre]

As a paladin tank main, I was just thinking, all through ARR, HW, and now SB, people have talked of the 'shortage' of tanks. The general census for the time I've been playing (since beta) have always shown about a 25%, 25%, 50% (tank/healer/dps) distribution. Even HW didn't change this much, as those that tank tend to keep tanking, while those that were dps but tried tanking often go back to dps. What I think the issue is, isn't a shortage of tanks, but a shortage of tanks willing to tank for DF parties.

I thought of this last night as friends asked me to do leveling and then 50/60 roulette. If they hadn't asked, and I hadn't had them there to accompany me, I never would've done the roulettes regardless of the rewards just b/c I hate dealing with the random nature of PUGs. Sure, some are good (most of them), and some are bad (a few), but the really bad ones tend to stick with people and make the whole experience just ick.

So, when people are talking about there being a shortage of tanks - look at your FC or LS, and you will probably see many with tanks leveled, but who never DF with them while being more than willing to run things with you. Not much for it, however, since no one can change the nature of DF unless everyone (tanks, healers, and dps) make an effort to understand each other and understand that regardless of role, everyone is a person who has different comfort zones and such, but is still a human behind the character you see on your screen ^^