Originally Posted by
Guinzil
How would you fix tanking?
There's no real way to stand out like a damage dealer or healer could, and afaik this has always been the case. A horrible tank could wipe a raid just like a horrible DPS/healer could. The difference between an average tank and an amazing tank is a lot smaller: you could make progress with either. I feel that having great DPS/healers has a far greater impact on your progress than having a great tank, as opposed to just mediocre dps/healers/tanks.
These days I get most of my tanking kicks by combining it with raid leading and trying to improve my raids and my tanking wherever I can: predicting damage income and using AM accordingly and using the right type of AM (Sblock, Sbar) to make life easier for my healers, making interaction with other tanks (taunt swaps) and interaction with bosses (kiting, positioning, etc) as smooth as possible, explaining tactics, setting up raid positions and configuring groups, etc.
I feel that tanks have the ideal playstyle for a raid leader: you're ought to know when shit is about to hit the fan, which a raid leader should know as well. You don't have the whack-a-mole style gameplay a healer has - with their raid frames requiring constant attention - and your rotation tends to be less complicated than DPS rotations.
TL;DR: if you find tanking boring, look for extra challenge by taking on a (raid) leadership role.