Why do people want SAM to be a tank!?

[Shippuu]

haven't seen it, but it doesn't look like tank - drg looks more like tank, in multiple gear-sets.

Haven't seen it? Then maybe don't make blanket statements? How it looks doesn't change the fact in the series and it's fictional MMO, the job is a tank.

Plenty of MMO's have tanks that don't look like tanks (WoW's Demon Hunters, Monks. SWTOR's Sith Assassin/Jedi Shadow, Rift's...everything basically, rogue and mage tanks etc.) FFXIV's future tanks don't have to look like tanks if SE doesn't want them to, even then, Samurai still makes perfect sense to wear Fending armor still.

Even tanks in this game don't always look like tanks. DRG's lore set looks more like a tank than the actual Tank Lore set.

[Sigmar_Heldenhammer]

Samurai should be a DoH job that spends all its time writing Bushido Scrolls you can use for defensive/offensive party buffs.
Something to compete with using potions.
Also, tons of sarcasm.

[BlackenedTiamat]

whats going to be even more funny is when all the DPS class players start to complain that SAM and WAR dps is too high and makes them look bad xD

Please look forward to it

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Sam Iaijutsu dps job, please, K thanks!

[Yellow]

Because this next expansion will be incredibly disappointing if there's 2 new jobs that are DPS. Healers and tanks need some love. The assumption right now is that the next job will be Samurai, so people are hoping it's a tank so players who main other roles will have a chance at playing something new.

Not sure about healers right now. As a healer main, I'm close to be pretty disappointed if there's not going to be anything new for us to level this coming expansion.

[Chiramu]

Plenty of MMO's have tanks that don't look like tanks (WoW's Demon Hunters, Monks. SWTOR's Sith Assassin/Jedi Shadow, Rift's...everything basically, rogue and mage tanks etc.) FFXIV's future tanks don't have to look like tanks if SE doesn't want them to, even then, Samurai still makes perfect sense to wear Fending armor still.

They have to ditch the tank, DPS, heal set idea for tanks to retain their unique look for this though. Demon Hunter gear in WoW still looks like Demon Hunter, and the Vengeance gets the same benefit from the Havoc DPS gearset.
This would be a good idea for SE to look into, it would be nice to retain your class image. I don't want my PLD/WAR/ whatever to look exactly like each other.

[NorthernLadMSP]

I personally don't see why people want Samurai at all.

[Chiramu]

I personally don't see why people want Samurai at all.

Samurai are awesome. Best DPS in single player FF.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

I personally don't see why people want Samurai at all.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...sarejustbetter

[jomoru]

I honestly don't care what Samurai come out as on a general theoretical fashion. However I do care if Stormblood drops 2-3 dps classes and nothing else. So if it comes out in 5.0? Make it a dps, whatever. But if its coming out in 4.0? It better be a tank.