@Naoki Yoshida-> Make Samurai a DPS class!!!

[Paladinleeds]

I actually think SAM makes more sense as a DPS. Since I believe it can bring something unique to the table vs being a tank. I won't main it either way though (now dancer on the other hand, that has my attention if it comes in Stormblood, but it better not be a DPS), so I'm not really biased here.

[Madepossible]

I actually think SAM makes more sense as a DPS. Since I believe it can bring something unique to the table vs being a tank. I won't main it either way though (now dancer on the other hand, that has my attention if it comes in Stormblood, but it better not be a DPS), so I'm not really biased here.

Oh my God are you serious? Red mage already a DPS, yet you want ANOTHER DPS? Seems so unbiased, no really. The problem is that we need a viable tank role and Samurai as a Tank is the best option: heavy armor, good for parry etc. And is appealing for the MAJORITY (I said majority, so no not all tanks but a good some who actually main tank) want something nice. How many more DPS jobs do u want? Fk Tanking if yoshida isn't going to give love to tanks, might aswell go to DPS and yolo.

[Radacci]

Oh my God are you serious? Red mage already a DPS, yet you want ANOTHER DPS? Seems so unbiased, no really. The problem is that we need a viable tank role and Samurai as a Tank is the best option: heavy armor, good for parry etc. And is appealing for the MAJORITY (I said majority, so no not all tanks but a good some who actually main tank) want something nice. How many more DPS jobs do u want? Fk Tanking if yoshida isn't going to give love to tanks, might aswell go to DPS and yolo.

majority of ppl are dps, so since the majority of ppl like sam and dps, it would annoy the majority of players if they made SAM into tank, because only a minority of players enjoy tanking.

Shouldn't be, because it wouldn't be balanced.

Nobody is gonna tank up old jobs to level others because everyone is gonna be playing new jobs.

no they won't many ppl will cap their mains first.
there won't be a single SAM/RDM in stormblood areas for the majority of first day, while many ppl will do the MSQ with their lv 60 mains; it will take a few days before the new jobs start invading the new areas, en masse.
Since we're getting cross-server PF, you can very easily find a PT for whatever SB dungeon, with any job.

[ReplicaX]

Oh my God are you serious?

Interesting considering many of your opinions about what should be done to Tanks.

You want PLD and DRK to have their DPS increased.
You want WAR DPS decreased.
Yet... You want SAM as a Tank heavily DPS focused with a "Dodge" mechanic.

You basically want to strip away some of the differences that make each current Tank job different. Remember there are no hybrid jobs in this game by design. If an OT WAR is doing more DPS than an actual DPS Role, that is a player issue and not the system.

It is no where defined that SE needs to follow adding one of each Role in every expansion. HW is a poor example:

- SE learned their lesson adding a new job in between 2 versions, but...
- Did you forget that Ninja was added in 2.4, yet HW still introduced another DPS.

Why do I say all this? Historically in the genre, tanks makeup the smallest percentage of players. Coming down to play styles in the Role.

There is a good possibility that 4.0 could bring in more than 3 jobs, 2 of which could be DPS. Especially with SE no longer wanting to do new jobs between major versions and classes not in the picture anymore.