Please fix tank accessories already, it's been 3 patches

[SargentToughie]

this is from a recent korean interview:

Q: Tanks require Crafted equipments much more than other roles. Please increase the value of raid equipment!

A: In terms of development standpoint, I don't think tanks should be able to to output DPS much higher than necessary. But I do however think and understand that players want to output more DPS. I understand that this is a problem right now but if we are to immediately address it, it would end up as if the solution being a forced one rather than ideal. We are always tackling on this issue here so it'll take some time before we can address this.

(Translation note: To prevent misunderstanding, it'd be more accurate to say YoshiP thinks tanks should not have been outputting firepower already higher than what is required in any raid situations, possibly or most likely because he thinks it will blur the definition of what a tank is. He IS however fine with players wanting to do more DPS. The problem he acknowledged here isn't regarding on tanks doing more DPS but more on the problem on the value of raid equipments. However, if any Japanese speakers out there would want to pinpoint the mistakes in my translation, please point it out and it will be reflected. Thank you)

"Oh no, the least populated role in the game by a massive margin is mildly overpowered. This is the one thing we didn't want to have happen."

Seriously, at this point I think Yoshida just despises the idea of tank players wanting to deal damage. Between taking away the STR/VIT scaling we got in HW, the hilariously gimped changes they received at the drop of SB (remember when WAR stance dancing chopped their meter in half?), the fact that it took 2 patches of shouting and yelling from the community at the start of SB to get even a paltry level of STR on fending equipment, and now he still refuses to just put a bandage on the pentamelding issue until the next expansion at the earliest?

I ditched tanking for DPS during 4.0 because of this mindset, but I'm still upset on the outside looking in. Maybe 5.0 will bring me back, but I'm not holding my breath. I am sick and tired of feeling as though my role is always in the crosshairs, with every change coming out of the dev team for the last 2+ years being aimed directly at stomping it in the throat.

Any hardcore, dedicated tank mains out there, go level a healer. The difference in how much power you have is night and day. It's disgusting how much stronger they are. Even if you don't pivot entirely, I just feel like it's something that needs to be seen.