The problem that is being overlooked by some is that NO, not all tanks will be able to be MT and OT. The meta will determine what that is, regardless, because of optimal comps. If you are WAR, you get to be MT, if you are DRK, you get to be MT if there is no WAR. If you are PLD, you are SOL, fam.

That's how it is. PLD has such poor pulling ability that the other tanks pull, and then you just sit there, hoping that the fight has something for you to do. Even add pick up is a tragedy. This "WAR is MT" mindset is SO firmly ingrained because of unchained and the ridiculousness that it allows for pulling, that even in Guardian, 07s, WARs would REFUSE to swap with the PLD to take a 50 potency loss to pick up the Dadaluma and Ultros adds, and the PLD was forced to do so, in shield oath if there was no NIN available.

WAR's swap with PLDs just to have PLD use an invuln, and then boom, WAR is back to MTing, or the DRK does it.

This is outrageous and should not happen. Tanking should be a DYNAMIC process where both tanks swap in and out to utilize defensives in a cooperative, meaningful, strategic way. Or, fights should be designed as such to provide each tank opportunities to be useful to the team and be ACTIVE instead of being a "Blue dps".

I'm terrified that all that's going to happen is that if you are OT, you're SoL, get in that corner and do your combo, because you're not tanking this fight... even though you're a tank.

Fights should be designed around any of the four tanks being able to be MT no problem, and force teamwork and swaps into play. This would require four balanced, relatively equal tanks to be able to accomplish this.

THAT is why when I hear "2 MT 2 OT" I get terrified because that automatically means that you're the bottom female dog if you're one of the OT tanks. The community has worked SO HARD to remove the MT OT status and has worked to establish that fact that there IS NOT MT OR OT, just the guy who's currently eating the autos and positioning, and the guy that will do it eventually.

I almost don't even want another tank at this rate.