Why more people should try tanking!

[Zfz]

I changed my main from a tank to a DPS because the obsession with tank dps in this game has made end-game tanking just a DPS role with low numbers. Might as well play real DPS jobs.

IMO there's probably many "old school" tanks who have stopped tanking in FFXIV for a similar reason. Not that I'm demanding a change. That's just how tanking is designed in this game, so people who don't like it go, and people who like it pick it up. If it was the other way round, there would still be a lack of tanks.

[Zojha]

That's just how tanking is designed in this game, so people who don't like it go, and people who like it pick it up.

Which goes for every piece of gameplay, content-class-whatever.

Hence why it's always a good idea to give it a try! That includes tanking. And truth be told, I feel that really says everything that needs to be said on the topic: Give it a try, you might end up liking it.

And if not - no harm done! You can try something else. For me personally, I only really "liked" DRK for tanking and the way they took the design in SB doesn't appeal anymore, so I dropped tanking entirely. On the flipside, the removal of cast times made BRD (and briefly MCH before they pushed overheat) new favorites! Summoner fell off the map, tho'. You just gotta try around and see what you enjoy.
And if that leads to a role imbalance, frankly, I think that's for SE to address and fix, not the players.