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

[Marxam]

First of all tanking takes a special breed of people to be able to consider it "fun". For me I like high hp and high defense. High attack is a bonus which is why I main a War. All I can say is that there is not enough of a difference between the two current tanks. I think SE missed an opportunity for both pld and war jobs. The pld needs to have access to to raise (in battle) and cure II. The war needs more drain skills or at least more offensive cd's to get the dps interested in running a tank.

As for low dps of tanks, well... no shit they have low dps. They're TANKS! People who say that tanks lack dps and aren't fun because of it are wasting their breath. The real gripe with why people think tanks are no fun is because of the added pressure and responsibility of keeping yourself/party safe. There is a thread on this in the Tank Section and I would say the consensus is clear.

[Pr0c3ss0r]

The real gripe with why people think tanks are no fun is because of the added pressure and responsibility of keeping yourself/party safe.

But yet, holding hate and mitigate some dmg is they only ability. They are often first blamed for everything, like h3ll0 said:

IT IS THE TANKS' JOB TO BUILD THREAT, IT IS THE PARTY'S JOB TO KEEP BELOW THE TANKS THREAT.

They have no healing power, so that part is unquestionable. It build stress quick when you can't help it and still get blamed for other mistake. Is really main reason no one want play Tank job.

like you said:

The pld needs to have access to to raise (in battle) and cure II. The war needs more drain skills or at least more offensive cd's to get the dps interested in running a tank.

And i agree there, too bad, many in this thread seem butthurted about this idea, in that case Tank job will remain the top unwanted job forever. Don't get me wrong, i still love enough my PLD and WAR to play it with friend, but not with pug... No thanks, done with that part.

[XNihili]

They have no healing power, so that part is unquestionable. It build stress quick when you can't help it and still get blamed for other mistake. Is really main reason no one want play Tank job.

When soloing, Warrior do have healing power, they are almost unkillable by a bunch of wild trash mob while DPS don't have much choice but to flee for their life when their HP is low. And a good Stoneskin is like 10% HP heal.
If Tank did have enough healing power to not need a healer, why would anyone invite healer ?