How to make tanks more fun to play (devs please read)

[Orophin]

Tanking's just not for everyone, and this spreads over all MMOs that have the Holy Trinity. Some people don't want the responsibility while others prefer to heal or do damage. I tanked in MMOs for 10 years before ARR relaunched and I just wanted to do something different. That's why I DPS now over tanking.

Apart from making them completely overpowered, there's really not much SE can do to attract people towards playing a tanking class. Regardless what abilities they give them, at the end of the day they're going to be a class designed to soak up damage, and to a certain extent, lead the charge into battle. This play style and responsibility just doesn't work for everyone.

[therpgfanatic]

Tanking's just not for everyone, and this spreads over all MMOs that have the Holy Trinity. Some people don't want the responsibility while others prefer to heal or do damage. I tanked in MMOs for 10 years before ARR relaunched and I just wanted to do something different. That's why I DPS now over tanking.

Apart from making them completely overpowered, there's really not much SE can do to attract people towards playing a tanking class. Regardless what abilities they give them, at the end of the day they're going to be a class designed to soak up damage, and to a certain extent, lead the charge into battle. This play style and responsibility just doesn't work for everyone.

...except that I am the kind of player who typically plays a tank in MMORPGs and enjoys tanking. And I think the tanks could be better, because there are parts that are more frustrating than they ought to be as compared to playing a tank in other MMORPGs.