Red Mage (Tank) Please!

[Krylo]

They're exactly what they were pre-Heavensward, not counting the pre-expansion lull period when subs are more apt to drop.

Listen, I'm not going to argue over things neither of us can prove, BUT, here's the thing:

There's, what? 5? 10 posts? In this thread saying 'rdm should be caster because there's 2 casters and 3 tanks'. If the ratio isn't going to change anything then THAT doesn't matter either.

Also, even if you think things will completely normalize eventually, most people hate the idea of sam as tank because A: already have a two handed sword tank, B: no sword melee DPS. No one wants Rdm to be tank, and most don't like the idea of it being heals either (which, I agree, is completely different from Rdm's role in the other games, with the possible exception of FFXI? I never played that). Everyone also wants Blu to be DPS because it's just a weird class that never really fit as tank or heals in any of its previous incarnations.

Whenever new classes are released people try them. Lots of people. From every class. And, yes, some people stick with them--yes we did lose some tanks to ninja, and lost some DPS to drk--but even if that wasn't the case, that'd still be between 2 and 6 weeks of absolutely abysmal queue times.

Further: People do, indeed, try new classes outside of their favored role and stick with them. You can, indeed, get DPS players tanking by offering them new tanking experiences until one clicks with them. It's one of the many strategies that multiplayer games use to get people to play the needed roles. Most games shoot for closer to a 40% ratio of classes tank capable to try and get parties to fill (of course most games also allow tanking classes to use DPS builds, which gets people hooked on the class and then people ask them to try tanking, etc. etc. but that's a whole other thing).