And what situation with tanks on your server?

[Kaloran]

On Hyperion, it seems like every time I do Duty Roulette, my bonus for adventurer in need is always tank. Since all my jobs are fully leveled, this isn't really too bad for me, but my two best equipped jobs are Drg and Brd, and I don't like being forced to play tank all the time, just for farming tomes.

Pretty sure the Adventurer in Need bonus is just gil and seals. You get the tomes for daily completion regardless of class. I'm not at home to check, but I'm 99% certain.

[ApolloGenX]

Want to know what the best part about those groups is? They almost always suck.

..and led by idiot kids that do nothing but spew foul language, thinking it's cool while congratulating themselves on being "uber" in a game where anyone can achieve anything... and likely dying to an AE in the process, because they are too busy insulting people in FC chat or talking about their school friends...

[Grailer]

On Balmung, the tank situation honestly isn't too bad.

The problem is, why would anyone want to play a tank, who's expected to both lead the party and magically know every fight, when you could just faceroll everything as DD? It's as much a flaw in game design as it a flaw in people.

Because 90% of the tanks are really terrible so if you want something done you have to do it yourself right . Of course then Im stuck with terrible DPS , funny enough most healers are quite good .. or at least when Im tanking because Im the best tank in game.

<-- I was kidding about being best tank , for some reason people took me seriously . why so serious

[Methos76]

there is still a shortage of tanks in our world who know what to do. there are many tanks there but many just are bad. many times in 8man parties I've had to mt or teach tank how to mt.

[Zakalwe]

Pretty sure the Adventurer in Need bonus is just gil and seals. You get the tomes for daily completion regardless of class. I'm not at home to check, but I'm 99% certain.

No, it is also +40 myth tomes for high-level.

[IndigoHawk]

I think they should redo the UI, because a lot of people can't tell that there are two bonuses: a daily bonus (tomes or massive xp), and the adventurer in need bonus (small xp, some gil).

You can get the Adventurer in Need bonus every time you do DR (whee, 750 gil for tanks all the time!), but you only get the daily bonus once a day, although each DR has a daily bonus, so you can get 4 large DR bonuses per day.

[Zumi]

Greetings. I play on Sargatanas ans we have here very bad situation with tanks- PF always in need of tanks. And not only that- that few tanks not skilled and we have in common just 2-3 good tanks. And what situation on your server?

I assume your talking about ex primals. Well the thing is this game only lets you need the job you are on. Now then if us people who have tank geared we have to go on other less geared jobs to be able to need the stuff we want from primals. Thus making it take even longer to find tanks. I don't need the tank drops so when I do EX primals I have to go on another job.

There really needs to be a lot/pass system set up for premade groups so then we could say I am lotting X item and I will tank and its my best job.

[LordTiberiusRex]

You can get the Adventurer in Need bonus every time you do DR (whee, 750 gil for tanks all the time!)

Sargatanas (Adamantoise previously) tank here.

I once remember when the Adventurer in Need bonus said "DPS" instead of "Tank" in DR.

Once.

Other than that,

1. PF pretty much always is "LF tank."
2. Sometimes the ilvl gear requirements are too high for new tanks to do the content.
3. Players hit harder than the mobs.
4. Taking a tanking vacation, so we will play DPS/healer for a bit instead.
5. Not much incentive to tank.
6. We may already have the gear we need.
7. Tendency to stick to groups within their LS/FC.
8. People would rather beat an enemy to death rather than an enemy beating them to death.
9. Tank is expected to know how a fight works, especially when it enters the period where 90%+ of groups are becoming "exp only/clear only/ilvl 80+" groups.

[indira]

im a tanking machine pld or war only problem i have im stuck on gear to do higher level stuff thx to the all the limits the game has. PF seems to lv80 or nothing DF your destine to fail more then getting a win.
SE is half the problem when it come to lack of tanks.

lockouts are BS, its a themepark mmo it has a end it does not go forever. people already beat the game on there one job then they log out till next week.

[Unscene]

No, it is also +40 myth tomes for high-level.

That's not being disputed. He's saying that the adventurer in need bonus is separate from the tomes and base gil/seals, and is simply more gil/seals.

Which it is.