5 minute average queue time.

[Ilyrian]

The problem with tanking is that its a binary role - you either know how to do it or you don't.
You have a very short period of leveling and unless you've grasped the ropes when you hit max level you are going to have a tough time. You are center stage and people expect you to just be able to get on with it.
It's not surprising people don't stick at it after their initial experiences.

[TaiyoShikasu]

Is Tank not already extraordinarily rewarding with the instant queues, exclusive mounts, daily EXP bonuses on every roulette, etc.?

Apparently not.

Frankly I blame whoever came up with the concept of tankxiety.

[TimeraiderGaranyi]

Actually, I correct my statement to this. Give the tanks more rewards to cater the majority of the players.

Give me roulette-only acquirable, awesome and exclusive tank glamour, dyeable and unisex. Give me cool looking accessories I can show off.
Give me more tank-exclusive mounts, titles, special role emotes and poses.

If the DPS want faster queues, SE might as well dump the whole box of carrots on us instead one carrot at a time.

Tanks already are getting tank-only mounts for doing pve

[Arrius]

Tanks already are getting tank-only mounts for doing pve

Emphasis is on more.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I really don't enjoy playing tank in roulettes, for me its the most boring role and isn't as satisfying as dps or healer, so in most cases I just roll healer.

I blame it on tanking just not being as fun, don't make it easier, its easy enough as it is, making it any easier would make it...is there anything easier than current WAR?

[Speaks]

I really don't enjoy playing tank in roulettes, for me its the most boring role and isn't as satisfying as dps or healer, so in most cases I just roll healer.

I blame it on tanking just not being as fun, don't make it easier, its easy enough as it is, making it any easier would make it...is there anything easier than current WAR?

RDM is arguably easier than anything else in the game, even and especially at 70. I use it when I want to nap through a ridorina run.

Personally I used to run tank roulette but now I cannot be bothered. I can cap my genesis tomes by just doing Expert a couple times a week and focus on what is fun; content at 70.

Matter of fact I don't run anything else because I don't like having my kits gutted. DPS get their toys taken away when synced too, but nothing is worse than queuing as a WAR and getting 60-70 content where I can't even do the most fun part of the job (Mash Fell Cleave). Or getting PLD at a level where all you have is Rage of Halone to spam over and over and over...

Tanks simply do not have enough buttons. They play fine at 70 sure, I love my tanks. But what happens when you take away a WAR's IR? PLD's Goring Blade and Royal Authority or god forbid DRK's Dark Arts?

I just have to hope that next expansion SE reworks classes so they are basically complete by 50 and then use Traits to make them more interesting onward. I can tell you that otherwise after 5.0 drops you won't see me anywhere near sub 80 content.

[RiyahArp]

The only reason I don't tank in roulettes much is aoe pulling. There's no reason why war for example should only have a conal aoe outside of its beast gauge abilities, and I find aoe gathering can be really wonky to judge the effective distance. I do trials fine, when they don't have particularly long or annoying add phases, but dungeons i kind of dislike. I don't think the game works well with big aoe pulls; i mean i do them, but i feel tanks should have better tools to deal with them in terms of gathering them up.

[Voltyblast]

Meh, the only reason I don't tank often, it's because I have nothing else to tank for: after I do my expert roulette I'm practically done with tanking and I rather spend my time either learning Suzaku Ex or using the roulettes as a DPS for leveling them up.

I'd be glad to tank more often if I had more incentives, but I just don't have any! And it's the easiest class in the entire game too so I feel so bored after doing absolutely nothing!

[Bluvirus]

Frankly I blame whoever came up with the concept of tankxiety.

I wouldn't really blame the concept of tankxiety at all. I would blame toxic individuals that cause it but that's just me.

I had it for the longest time and hated tanking cause I got bashed a lot when I was trying to learn. I wanted to learn, I knew the basics but it wasn't enough for some and when you get bashed enough and have terrible self esteem already, you get tankxiety >.< Lately I have been tanking a lot more and have stopped caring what people think. I have been enjoying myself again. I'm secretly waiting for someone to ruin it for me lmao

[RuleofThree]

I wouldn't really blame the concept of tankxiety at all. I would blame toxic individuals that cause it but that's just me.

I had it for the longest time and hated tanking cause I got bashed a lot when I was trying to learn. I wanted to learn, I knew the basics but it wasn't enough for some and when you get bashed enough and have terrible self esteem already, you get tankxiety >.< Lately I have been tanking a lot more and have stopped caring what people think. I have been enjoying myself again. I'm secretly waiting for someone to ruin it for me lmao

Just wait, just when you think you got it down pretty well, and are tanking bosses outside of tank stance, and generally proud of yourself. Someone will come along and say 'wow, you are shit.' And the self-loathing begins anew. It will happen.