Increase DF speeds by setting weekly lockouts per role

[Delorean]

Mwuah, I disagree on the notion that the same applies to DPS classes.

In DF? Probably not.

Personality of the player can determine enjoyment from tanking as much or more then mechics/playstyle, hell even dps.

Sure. But clearly, a large majority of the playerbase strongly prefers healing or damage dealing over tanking.

If a dd and tank played exactly the same, did the same damage had the same resposibiltys in a fight the only difference being that one got punched in the face while the other didn't. The latter will still be more popular.

I'll put it this way - a tank has no responsibility that any decent player does not have.

It is not exclusive to the role of tanking to have good knowledge of enemy pathing and kiting or to use a strong defensive cooldown when taking heavy damage.

The only difference between a melee DPS and a Tank is that one has more health than the other and is outfitted with defensive and high threat abilities. If you can play a melee dps very well, then you can undoubtedly play a tank pretty well - the transition is pretty seamless.

But I think that when people look at tanks, all that they see is this non-contributing class. Like, it doesn't bring anything to a group (i'm mostly talking about light party content here), how could it be fun to play?

and it's like, you know what crosses my mind right before I click Join? That I'm 95% sure that I am a better DPS than the players I am going to get grouped with. That, I could get a fast queue as a tank but what is even the point if the dungeon takes twice as long to clear? I could queue as a tank, and have spent most of my time in FFXIV clearing content as a tank, but I just chose to queue as a DPS. Why?

I just don't feel like I can make enough difference as a tank unless the tank is moving slower than a tortoise with a sprain. That, tanking is easy enough that I will make the most effective contribution to a group by playing a DPS.

[chitokai]

a weekly lockout per job would be amazing, would be a lot of work to program for the Tomes though so i don't think it'll happen anytime soon

[Alukah]

a weekly lockout per job would be amazing, would be a lot of work to program for the Tomes though so i don't think it'll happen anytime soon

Any change to the currency system wont happen until the expansion

Even if it's a system different to what OP proposes, I do hope by the time the expansion hits they review gear acquisition through tomes and the armory system. Dark Knight being a magic tank will use a completely different set of gear and the gunner job could follow the same path, making it even harder.