the need for 3rd tank class

[Ericyu]

If no one wants to tank with a PLD or WAR. What makes you think a 3rd tanking class will fix this? You need to fix the current problem now and make them fun to play before you start adding more tank classes and still yield the same results. Start at the core,add some flashy animations, make them look inticing to play, people like seeing big numbers so make it happen even if you have the rebalance all the dungeons. That's better than having over 75% of your playerbase sitting in rev toll starring at their party finder/duty window hoping a tank pop up for hours.

[Gamemako]

You must be one of those thick skinned people that are not bothered when people yell at you.

With all the abuse Dragoons get, don't you think they'd be unpopular if that were the determining factor? If all you want is big numbers, well, did you notice that WAR bashes out 1k+ crits in unchained+berserk? And why is it that players are so quick to declare that all tanks are fundamentally tank players?

There is no one factor that leads to a shortage of tanks.

If no one wants to tank with a PLD or WAR. What makes you think a 3rd tanking class will fix this?

If no one wants to play the DPS job MNK, what makes you think that they would want to play the DPS job BLM? They do they same thing, after all.

Make it so that in one stance they take little and do next to little damage. in this stance, their enmity dwindles quickly. They switch to attack stance where they get hit hard, and hit really hard, while enmity ticks higher...

Uh, so you can't tank at all, just hit a button to survive AND drop enmity. That makes you a great DPS and a useless tank.

[Giantbane]

If no one wants to tank with a PLD or WAR. What makes you think a 3rd tanking class will fix this? You need to fix the current problem now and make them fun to play before you start adding more tank classes and still yield the same results. Start at the core,add some flashy animations, make them look inticing to play, people like seeing big numbers so make it happen even if you have the rebalance all the dungeons. That's better than having over 75% of your playerbase sitting in rev toll starring at their party finder/duty window hoping a tank pop up for hours.

This is a FF game, people get into the Jobs themselves as much if not more than the role. PLD and WAR are a little bland as far as Jobs go. Something more exotic may draw in more players. For instance SAM as a tank class (Katana based would obviously be most popular) would probably draw in a lot of tanks that may not otherwise do it. Or maybe a Soldier (SLD) Job with Cloud's greatsword as a relic?