Quote Originally Posted by Alacran View Post
Tank retention alone should warrant serious consideration when looking to Samurai being DPS over Tank. You need Tanks to clear content, to level new jobs, play the game... Not incentivising this (admittedly small) player base would only serve to highlight a problem MMORPG's have had since inception, every body wants the next big thing... Having the players leave DRK, PLD, and WAR to level DPS SAM would have four Samurai in Palace of the dead tripping over landmines or roaming in fate armies to level...
While we do need to keep tank jobs coming and the role interesting, I'm not sure what about Samurai would actually make it any more interesting than the current tank jobs. Red Mage or Dancer as a tank would be really weird to see, but could bring something different to the role.