Are there more tanks playing now?

[Synestra]

I've stopped tanking pretty much. I liked being a meatshield that could hit back, now I'm just a meatshield. What attracted me to tanking in this game is now gone, so I've stopped tanking for the most part.

No need to giveup so easily as when you are nearing ilvl240 numbers will be back to same and even more than it was before patch, even with small upgrades and seph weapons C&S is already critting 4k FC is 6.8k+ RA 3.8k so by the end of gearing cycle you will see good ol 9k+ FC's again.

PS: WAR can reach 49k HP in PvP zone if you pop both Thrills+Food and VIT pot while in Defiance, it just looks so damn badass!

[Aomine1992]

IMO I enjoy tanking now...before I wasn't wearing enough STR accs or I was wearing to many STR accs...I wasn't doing enough dmg...my dmg was lower then the DRG...I started tanking cause I wanted something different from dps and that has finally happened lol and I tank a lot more now, I haven't ran into any enmity issues on my DRK yet so I guess I'm the minority in this case

[Sarcatica]

IMO I enjoy tanking now...before I wasn't wearing enough STR accs or I was wearing to many STR accs...I wasn't doing enough dmg...my dmg was lower then the DRG...I started tanking cause I wanted something different from dps and that has finally happened lol and I tank a lot more now, I haven't ran into any enmity issues on my DRK yet so I guess I'm the minority in this case

You as a tank will never outparse any good DPS.

Believe it or not, tanking is fairly easy to get into. BUT once you step into the world of raiding, 200dps more can mean a lot to clearing or wiping. Either you do 400dps or you do 800dps is by any means the player's choice. If you have 1 case of having to choose a tank for static spot, would you take someone that can just do 400dps OR you want to get the other one that can do 800dps? Choice is quite clear here.

[SummonerSenah]

I can say that in my FC we have a lot of people taking up tanking now that they don't have to worry about vit vs. strength and can keep it really streamlined. I have to keep my dps geared in case I'm not tanking now which hasn't happened in a while.

[Adire]

No need to giveup so easily as when you are nearing ilvl240 numbers will be back to same and even more than it was before patch, even with small upgrades and seph weapons C&S is already critting 4k FC is 6.8k+ RA 3.8k so by the end of gearing cycle you will see good ol 9k+ FC's again.

PS: WAR can reach 49k HP in PvP zone if you pop both Thrills+Food and VIT pot while in Defiance, it just looks so damn badass!

And then when new content comes, we're back to square one again. By the time we're back up to our 3.1 numbers, those numbers will be weak compared to numbers we would have had without this change. They already are to comparably geared DPS now.

This change wasn't meant to be a temporary change, it has permanently crippled tank damage contribution. We will always be far behind DPS in comparable gear now.

Excessive HP doesn't tickle my fancy since it's essentially just more that healers have to heal. Good damage and self heals are what appeal to me, and both are things of the past now. Both are far more helpful than excessive health.

I'm not sure why people are saying it's all okay because we can just get up to our former ilvl 200 damage when we're at like ilvl 220. The nerf is still there. Our damage progression is pathetic now and compared to content and dps scaling, will never be anywhere near where it once was.

[Kosmos992k]

I only truly feel like a tank whenever I run lvl 40 dungeons unsynced at 60. Otherwise it's use defensive skill so I don't die from Tankbuster move and let healer patch up all my missing health.

That's not being a tank, it's being a 1 man army.

[shao32]

I'm not sure why people are saying it's all okay because we can just get up to our former ilvl 200 damage when we're at like ilvl 220. The nerf is still there. Our damage progression is pathetic now and compared to content and dps scaling, will never be anywhere near where it once was.

is the same when i ask myself why ppl want a class how have the double of defense, high HP and high damage at the same time, is a teamwork game, you can't be able to have 7 tank parties in any new or sync content.

[MagiusNecros]

That's not being a tank, it's being a 1 man army.

Being a one man army is a much greater feeling then hitting big numbers on a tank class will ever feel.

[Kosmos992k]

Being a one man army is a much greater feeling then hitting big numbers on a tank class will ever feel.

Then you don't want to be a tank? Best go LOLDRG then, they wear better armor and do big numbers.

[MagiusNecros]

Then you don't want to be a tank? Best go LOLDRG then, they wear better armor and do big numbers.

I want to be a tank that can survive more then 1 tankbuster without the aid of a healer. If I want numbers I can go straight back to BLM. And I've seen the numbers of DRG and have no interest in "Monk for Dummies".