What do you guys think is the cause of severe lack of Tank users?

[Lyth]

You're right. These numbers are completely fabricated. Surely there are more than enough tanks, and Square Enix has nothing to worry about. Let's cater more to dps, because that's where the sub money is. They will fund us with their pretty cash shop glamours.

[Kabooa]

You're right. These numbers are completely fabricated. Surely there are more than enough tanks, and Square Enix has nothing to worry about. Let's cater more to dps, because that's where the sub money is. They will fund us with their pretty cash shop glamours.

In perfect distribution, you'd have less tanks than DPS, and only slightly more than healers.

So the answer to "Why are there not as many tanks" is muddled, especially because no source for the numbers are provided.

But hey, continue to make it an 'us vs them' argument. Whatever does it for you.

The sad thing is that for each of those aesthetics / archetypes / fantasies, I can think of an MMO that allows for them as a tank. Kung Fu Master, Kineticist, Sapper, what have you -- in a more diverse vision class design as a whole, there's just so much more that can be done with the tank line-up.

I don't think that's the lead reason are tanks are few here, but damn... a little diversity beyond sword, big axe, big sword, and gunny-sword might be nice.

Sounds like it's time for a #ParadigmShift

[MistakeNot]

You're right. These numbers are completely fabricated. Surely there are more than enough tanks, and Square Enix has nothing to worry about. Let's cater more to dps, because that's where the sub money is. They will fund us with their pretty cash shop glamours.

There are plenty of tanks, but lots of them do not want to tank in PUGs. Other players are the main reason for that.