SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Nalien]

A tank player can gear all 3 tanks at the same time, this gives them the freedom to play whichever tank job they feel like at any given time.

Honestly? I'd rather have the freedom to play different roles than picking my own poison with a single role...

If I gear Dark Knight, that's Fending, that gear is only good for Dark Knight, Paladin, and Warrior. All tanking Jobs. There is some variety there, and certain situations see a different tank shine, but ultimately the game wasn't designed with "You need X tank" in mind, so I really don't care which is technically better... The only place that is ever going to matter is at the bleeding edge of Alexander (Savage), which is a shocking minority of this games playerbase to begin with...

I would honestly much rather have something like Blue Mage as a tank for the exact reason you seem to want all tanks sticking to Fending... I'd rather have a tank that makes use of Casting gear, or healer that uses Ranging/Scouting, so I can gear up and have variety in what role I play, than be locked to a single role because reasons... Having the option of tank or DPS is much stronger than tank or tank IMO...