How to make tanks more fun to play (devs please read)

[Xandim]

How many hours of gameplay time does someone need to invest into a tank in order to finally be able to use their limit break? It's hundreds of hours of game time you're talking about.

The problem with getting more people to play tanks is tanks are not fun at all until end-game, and even then they got some issues. To get more tanks, pre 50 leveling must be more fun.

As a tank i'd rather never use my LB, because it usually means that shit has hit the fan (and even then a healer should LB) or the fight actually needs a tank's LB, and if we miss that it has high chances of wiping. Besides, what's fun to some might not be to others. I had lots of fun leveling a tank, just because I felt usefull playing as one.

This is less the fault of PLD and more the fault of the devs

Couldn't agree with you more, its totally doable with a MNK / DRG / 2 WARs but then again, when people start doing Ifrit they are probably: using every single skill on their CD or isn't paying attention at all to the boss to actually stun it. So they prefer to have a PLD as stun ho just to be on the safe side. Ifrit IMO is the first fight you really need to pay attention to or you can wipe easily.