The shortage of tanks even for trivial content is really annoying.
Personally I will pick the tank/healer spec to fulfill the demand in the role market, but I do not always play a class that can tank (like how I main my shaman atm) right now.
I start think to that they might need to open the floodgates with 4th specs etc instead of making even more new classes.
Edit: this does not address the fact that so many people especially right now would rather to wait in queue for half an hour than use the tank role
Maybe if DPS did their job, there wouldn’t be so much stress on tanks and healers.
I really don’t like the perception that DPS is a stress-free role. They have the highest carry potential and have to do CC in addition to their dps buttons. Many hybrids like Paladins have a lot of group utility they have to use - meaning they have to pay attention to party frames just like healers, not as often but they must have it set up.
If you aren’t sweating your soul out while DPSing, you’re playing it wrong.
Wouldnt do a thing because only 2 tanks are fun to play which is an issue. Those being prot paladin and VDH, rest are boring design wise or have no design at all like prot warrior. Not to forget how squishy tanks in general are.
Adding the option isn’t going to get people to play them.
I can’t speak for others but I will never like tanking, no matter the class gameplay involved, because the role just comes with extra responsibilities and that’s not something I want in a game.
Especially since a large part of the reason for the shortage is entirrely the community´s fault.
I stopped tanking and healing for “ninjapulling, mechanic failing, and then tank- and healer Flaming know it all randoms” in BFA, and haven´t looked back., I still tank and heal, but exclusively for people I know.
They poisoned the well themselves with their toxic cryhard BS, so there´s no way in hell I´m gonna drink from it again
I think we had the same of that for years. So I assume that Blizzard tightened the noose too tight in TWW. Or it was the bundle of sticks that broke the camel’s back
IMO The “noose” was only having M+ as a way to farm crests for upgrades.
But now that nobody that doesn´t actually enjoy dungeons has any reason to do the thanks to delves, people are choosing to completely forego the toxicity in favor of them.
Especially in lower ranges where delves still provide meaningful gear upgrades and upgrade crests as well as for non meta classes…The general thinking is “why even sign up for m+ when I can get 12 runed crests in less time than it takes to get an invite as PuG on an an off meta class”
The scene is still alive and well for organized groups /guilds /communities, but the pug scene is now getting shown the same middle finger it´s shown these players for years. The PuG community has effectively gatekept and tryharded itself to near extinction
So much this. I queued up for a late night 10 the other night, group didn’t decline but didn’t accept me. It timed out. I went and did another dungeon and came out and that same one was still up.
