Hi all,
I keep seeing more and more posts about how people hope DRK will help out on dps queues, or on how tanks are abused or made to feel terrible, or how people are actually afraid and anxious when trying to tank. This has made me think, and post in some of those threads, about the state of tanks in this game. My theory is this, and I may well be wrong, but based on people I know and have been in FC with across many servers both NA and JPN, it seems that there is no real shortage of tanks... just a shortage of tanks willing to put up with Duty Finder.

Many, many people I know have at least 1 tank classes leveled to 50 and at at least i100 with the UAT 110 weapon -- plenty enough for everything save maybe some SCoB or FCoB - definitely enough for experts and everything else. The thing is - -all of these people, myself included, don't set foot in DF and only use our tanks to help our friends and FC or LS mates who may need tanks. Even people who main tank jobs often only do so for their FC.

So, for new players and others who worry that there are not enough tanks...I would really encourage you all to find a nice FC or LS as it seems, at least to me, that is where many of the tanks are who you will never see as they never go into DF and thus perpetuate the idea that there just aren't enough ^^ Thoughts?