How to make tanking more rewarding?

[mosaicex]

Gives higher reward for adventurer in need bonus, up to ridiculous amount of 30k in proportion to how in demand the tanks are. This way you can make it more appealing without inflating the economy 'too much'.

That, or make it more flashy.

Edit : And of course, regarding undesirable attitudes from other player, it would be beneficial to all the newbie tanks out there to develop 'thicker skin' regarding criticism and/or insult. Remember that you're important part of the group, keep in mind that other players ARE expendable (maybe not the healer). This doesn't meant you can or should act like pompous ass, however. And when people offer advice, be sure to take it to heart.

[Rufalus]

Gives higher reward for adventurer in need bonus, up to ridiculous amount of 30k in proportion to how in demand the tanks are. This way you can make it more appealing without inflating the economy 'too much'.

That, or make it more flashy.

That sounds awesome. If I was getting a 30k gil adventurer in need bonus for every dungeon run, I would keep tanking (or whatever is in need) all the time, since I am always short on gil and would rather fight for it than play the market game.

[Zantitrach]

That sounds awesome. If I was getting a 30k gil adventurer in need bonus for every dungeon run, I would keep tanking (or whatever is in need) all the time, since I am always short on gil and would rather fight for it than play the market game.

This x1000. Cannot like enough

[warren-ragnarok]

And of course, regarding undesirable attitudes from other player, it would be beneficial to all the newbie tanks out there to develop 'thicker skin' regarding criticism and/or insult. Remember that you're important part of the group, keep in mind that other players ARE expendable (maybe not the healer). This doesn't meant you can or should act like pompous ass, however. And when people offer advice, be sure to take it to heart.

same should be said about lazy good for nothing dps, i play all roles, and mnk is by far my favorite and drg close behind that. i tried to give a dps advice when i was in a dungeon on his drg, and after the next fight, vote kick initiated. luckily, immediately after that dps was vote kicked instead, but point is, cant expect tanks to follow this idea if dps dont do it either

[mosaicex]

same should be said about lazy good for nothing dps, i play all roles, and mnk is by far my favorite and drg close behind that. i tried to give a dps advice when i was in a dungeon on his drg, and after the next fight, vote kick initiated. luckily, immediately after that dps was vote kicked instead, but point is, cant expect tanks to follow this idea if dps dont do it either

Yes, the same could be said for every bad players, but like I said earlier, DPS players are expendable. Tanks (and to certain extent, healers) are not, most of the time anyway. If bad DPS players are giving you too much trouble you can just votekick them and get another one replaced in like 1 minute max.