Stop rewarding tanks/healers! We all put in the same effort.

[Granyala]

If that were true, there would be as many tank as there are DPS. Thing is playing a tank is much more stressful than playing a DPS, especially in dungeons (and not so much in raid). Because as a tank it is you who is giving the tempo in a dungeon (group (deciding when to pull and how much, and handling huge packs if the team wants you to make big pulls).

Maybe it's because I am a MMO veteran of 10 years but I have nearly all classes at 60, leveled primarily through dungeons. Tanking is NOT harder than DPSing. Tanking dungeons is braindead easy in this game.

Only Exception are a handful of pre 50 dungeons like Aurum Vale, where you cannot facepull the entire room. All other dungeons are essentially "pull everything up to the next door" if you healer isn't incompetent.
I love healing but I also play tanks. I really dislike playing DPS in FF-XIV because classes are convoluted and not fun to play.

The reason people don't play tanks is the stigma. They THINK that it is hard to do, when in reality I would argue that tanking is the easiest role of the 3. Esp if you are familiar with the dungeon already.

Also, if you feel like there is a need for a' reward 'for you to play then you should ask yourself if you're trully having fun playing the game.

Agreed.
Though sometimes you have the option of all 3 roles while feeling indifferent at the moment and the reward nudges you into a needed role.
THAT is the purpose. Not to convert non tank players into tanks "by force".

I have been playing a Tank for MANY years. You are the party leader regardless of what they want or think, you drive the party forward. Now my time being a tank in XIV personally has been nothing short of great, I can't recall the last time I ran into a verbally abusive player to be honest, It's been well over a year.

If they think you are slow, that is NOT YOUR PROBLEM, you go at the pace you are comfortable with and clear the content.

Respectfully disagree. It is your job as a tank to pull as fluently and speedily as the group allows.
If DPS are crap -> slow down
If the healer can't cope or your gear is underlevel -> slow down
Else -> pull as fast and as hard as mana allows.

I HATE tanks that pulls small packs of trivial mobs and stutter step their way through the dungeon. Esp the stutter stepping, where you always ask "is he pulling now or isn't he?!"

As for abusive players: when I am tanking, players do not have time to write into chats. They are busy mashing buttons.