Dear Yoshi P Tank Mount will not help....

[Rochetm]

WoW has less tanking problems now but they have 5 very unique tanks. We have 2... one of which is abnormally simple to play. As an added bonus Pld is a really bad tank until around level 40. War has total control from 15+ unless someone in the party is really stupid. Pld has almost no control until 40 and even then it is only if people listen... if not you wont be tanking much.

I also feel that War is far to complicated for the majority of MMO gamers. Pld is simple but there is some people that can't even handle that.

[Laurell]

I'm one of these "tanks near 40" they spoke of and while I cannot speak for everyone else I found people started getting quite nasty around the mid 30's. The list is a mile long but to give an example - I was asked to leave my very first Stone Vigil, before the first pull even, so they could get a tank who had experience. I always read up or watched videos multiple times before fights, was always particular about my gear, am usually quite chipper and cracking light jokes, but due to a general negative feeling I ended up leaving Paladin where it sat. There really are no trinkets SE could give me to pick up the job again, the fault really lies in the fact people can be as nasty as they want to someone when they probably will never see them again. After I left Paladin I became a Scholar and I cannot tell you how many different times I've had tanks thank me for being kind and patient with them when they are new. Often I've found out their experiences mirrored my own, which is quite sad.

[Marxam]

I'm only a tank because I thought a marauder with an axe was a dd but I was wrong (plus WAR looks badass). But I wished there was more specialized tanks i.e magic tanks.

[Kal-El]

Duty roulette CM first thing someone says "Finally a non noob tank. Ty for being geared."

This guy had just over half DL and since I was i90 he believed I was "geared" enough for CM. -_-

Why should the tank be the highest geared? Especially for CM. I'd hate to be a new tank and go into dungeons at base ilevel. The amount of crap you would get would be horrible!!

[Doo]

Often I've found out their experiences mirrored my own, which is quite sad.

That's why most tanks are jerks, it's the only way to survive!

[HakuroDK]

They could make a "counter" which counts how many times you played Tank in a dungeon.
It only count up at high Lv dungeons.

And if you i.e. tanked 300 dungeons you get a bonus item or mount.

This is my favorite suggestion in this entire thread. Tying it to the Achievement system would be perfect!

[Ryios]

A mount is a mount, unless you make a mount thats faster than other mounts, there is no incentive to get said mount. Personally, I still ride my chocobo around, its the same speed as everything else, and I am not really concerned with any other mount.

Now if this game were "Like wow! in the right Areas!!" then there would be normal mounts, and epic mounts. Should an encounter drop an epic mount, (it's faster), I'd want to acquire it.

[jomoru]

-Buff Dungeon EXP a little more, I'm still seeing heaps of Tanks run Fates

You try running something like GG without a tank.

[Sylve]

If they want more tanks they need to bring out a dps role to either Gladiator or Marauder thus actually giving a dps spec the option to with a switch of their soul stone to become a tank for the short queue times without it being an detriment to level another class all the way to 50.

Except if you made a DPS role for the Tank classes ... People would level them up to be DPS and never Tank ... WoW is a classic example of this, 5 Tank classes, 3 of them can be Healers and DPS also, doesn't help their queue times.

This is my favorite suggestion in this entire thread. Tying it to the Achievement system would be perfect!

I'd like to see rewards for doing dungeons in all roles, not limited to Tanking.
I'm actually interested in seeing weekly achievements with bonus rewards, in addition to the Achievements we have now.

[Figgleleaf]

The way I see it "tanks" are boring to use...

Tanking is my favorite role! To me, it is the most interesting part of a fight. So, it's just a matter of taste I suppose. I tend to gravitate toward Tanking on every MMO I play. As a Tank, you're responsible for defending your party and maintaining order on the battlefield!

I don't think a mount incentive would be a great idea though. People should play different roles because they enjoy them and a mount should be an an added bonus to that enjoyment, not payment for playing in a way that you don't like.

Tank4Life!