Originally Posted by
Mackeyser
So, there's your answer. Keep treating tanks like crap and keep enjoying long queue times.
Problem solved.
QED.
The OP and tanks in general aren't and haven't asked to be thought of as more important. They DO have more responsibility when it comes to raids. There's a reason you hear about both tank and healer burn out among raiders, but never dps burn out. It's because of the strain that comes from shouldering the responsibility for the raid. And learning how to do that happens somewhere, somehow.
You act like the ONLY function for the LFD system is for valor grinding for raiders.
It is not.
It is also the place where NEW tanks go to learn how to tank BEFORE they show up in LFR or in normal modes and have to actually understand how to mitigate, move, damage and CDs. It's where new tanks learn to watch healer mana, patrol mobs and umpteen more things that they probably should have learned much, much earlier, but weren't allowed to because everyone wanted to just get to max level, so learning be damned back then. Now they're at max level, now they're in LFR, how much longer is the learning supposed to be put off?
It is where Off-spec tanks go to get gear and work on their skills before LFR.
It is where current tanks go to work on a new build.
In each of these cases, these folks are trying to be productive, but going fast isn't their prime objective. Sure, it may be a nice by-product, but the new tank may be trying to work on some rotational or priority things. The Off-spec tank may be trying to pull packs, but isn't going crazy pulling because he/she is still optimizing both his/her mitigation and damage rotation/priority set. The new build tank may be able to blaze through the joint or may find the new build stinks on ice and finds he/she really struggles with it or anywhere in between.
Why is it so difficult to play WITH the tanks instead of insisting that unless they are ONLY there for YOUR valor grind super fast dungeon crawl or your super speedy alt transition from 90 to LFR, that there is justification for derision, ridicule and worse.
I've not read tanks wanting to be treated SPECIAL. All I've read are tanks not wanting to be treated like crap. I'm certain there's a difference.