Are there more tanks playing now?

[Reynhart]

Yea a WAR I talked to, stop being a WAR because their dps wasn't as high anymore.

It's a clear confession of "I'm just a wannabe DPS". WAR still does the most damage of the three tanks, so, if people only want a tank that do damage, they'd still play WAR.

[Launched]

It's a clear confession of "I'm just a wannabe DPS". WAR still does the most damage of the three tanks, so, if people only want a tank that do damage, they'd still play WAR.

Or, you know, they just want to clear stuff more quickly and tank isn't a good role to contribute towards that on now.

[Reynhart]

Or, you know, they just want to clear stuff more quickly and tank isn't a good role to contribute towards that on now.

Without a tank, the party will die.
Dead people don't clear stuff.

[Claymore65]

Or, you know, they just want to clear stuff more quickly and tank isn't a good role to contribute towards that on now.

Tanks still contribute heavily to the speed of a run. Tanks will still deal much more damage than a poor dps (or poor anything really). Tanks can still adjust and focus their playstyle to make runs faster and deal more damage.

The difference really comes in two places: The total DPS dealt is less, and now many will be using Fending Accessories instead of Slaying. While a DPS nerf is certainly annoying, I'll take being able to roll Need on accessories optimal for my class over some extra DPS.