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

[Mavrias]

Yeah, that doesn't happen for tanks anymore, and it actually gets worse in raid content with auto-positioning bosses and snore-fest mitigation. I don't really care what happens in dungeons, because the tank always has the option of racing ahead and pulling everything, and then they still get execute the basic elements of positioning, control, and movement. But it's still amusing that some people lack the insight about why tanks get upset when those gameplay elements get taken away, either by game design (raid content) or by other players because tanks aren't actually necessary (dungeon content).

I'm also a believer in giving every post the rhetorical response it deserves. Meet logic with logic, ethics with ethics, and emotion with emotion. A disingenuous response does not warrant a serious reply.

Ramuh: jumps mid to execute a mechanic, occurring twice throughout the whole fight, technically only once, as the tank will have already positioned him center on the initial pull.

Ifrit, Garuda, and Raktapaksa: Raktapaksa positions himself in a static position one time to execute conflag strike. A mechanic that lasts around 15 seconds.

Tanks need to drag Garuda north during first phase when she bisects the arena to optimise melee (including their own) uptime. No auto positioning.

During first strike spark, its actually reccomended for the main tank to drag ifrit towards the safe spot while the rest of the party stacks, again, to maximise uptime. No auto positioning.

When Ifrit and Garuda are out together, the tank with ifrit needs to move him to one predetermined side, while also positioning so that no one gets clipped by his buster when sides are being split. Again, no auto positioning.

Idol: literally the entire add phase is about movement and positioning. The rest of the fight the boss is static.

Shiva: Positioning for biting/ driving frost, positioning for mirrors, positioning for dragon heads, knockbacks, etc. While she does plop back mid relatively frequently, its not all that helpful.

That's just positioning. Haven't touched upon mitigation.

Again, you just arbitrarily deciding that i'm being disingenuous doesn't make it true.