Why aren't there more tanks in FFXIV?

[Warlyx]

More interesting feedback on the tank shortage. So I am seeing a "tanking is boring" response a bit more. What makes it boring to tank versus DPS or healing? Is the positioning requirements of DPS that much more exciting? Is watching and managing health and status bars more interesting?.

is easy to see how tank is boring

1- is the rotation

paladin: 1,2,3 , 1,2,3 .....circle for more dmg ....yawn

warrior : 123 for agro 145 for debuff 146 for slashing....and using wrath stacks , more involved

Pld isnt flashy enough, pld need a 3 skill for riot chain >.> , and Warrior is ok....steel cyclone is awesome too bad is rarely used

2- Bosses

50% of the bosses is stand there and look pretty , the other half is go there take adds

Tanks usually arent doing the mechanics , only some bosses treat tanks as another party member (leviathan , ramuh are perfect examples )

Coil :
turn 1-2 stand there , 4 pull adds , 5 is the only 1 u have some "fun" , but is still stand there or get adds
Turn 6 (LOS/Super stand there T7 Stand there or take adds if OT , turn 8 stand there and eat mines. , turn 9 is a bit more fun i guess.

solutions : more bosses like leviathan and ramuh , make tanks involved on the main boss mechanic.


On top of that as Dps u can always do better, more gear = better dmg , easy time farming or clearing dungeons ect

[Kydi]

is easy to see how tank is boring...

This. I play TOR as my other MMOs and tanking in that is generally quite interesting. I'll have some of the dps mechanics to deal with, some tank specific positioning or big hit so use cd at the right time mechanics and an interesting rotation to go with it to maintain buffs on myself and debunks on the boss. Whoever designed the paladin combat system needs to be spoken to. 7 attacks to use on a regular basis is not enough. Especially when 1 is situational (AoE with marginal single target use) and 2 are only every 25 seconds (I'm not counting stun here).