Roles for Samurai, Red Mage, Dancer

[aesteval]

That indicates that there probably aren't enough people playing Tanks and Healers, at least in Duty Finder.

In DF is the big qualifier. Holy crap the sheer number of tanks I see roaming the open world. Joining a hunt party comes with a fair chance at the party being 50 - 75% tanks. Sometimes healers are still scarce in the open world, but they also have times in which they show up in large groups.

[ADVSS]

In DF is the big qualifier. Holy crap the sheer number of tanks I see roaming the open world. Joining a hunt party comes with a fair chance at the party being 50 - 75% tanks. Sometimes healers are still scarce in the open world, but they also have times in which they show up in large groups.

yep. only enter trials as tank these days, the role just doesnt feel so rewarding to play like it did in 3.0

[Claymore65]

In DF is the big qualifier. Holy crap the sheer number of tanks I see roaming the open world. Joining a hunt party comes with a fair chance at the party being 50 - 75% tanks. Sometimes healers are still scarce in the open world, but they also have times in which they show up in large groups.

That's a fair point, although Hunt Parties are kind of an exception. Since participation is based off of Aggro generated, a disproportionately large amount of players end up as Tanks, since they can more easily get credit.

However, class distribution is arguably most important in Duty Finder. That's where roles matter most, as queue times affect the vast majority of players. Being a "Tank" doesn't really matter much in the open world, however once you enter DF it allows players to complete dungeons. PotD was literally designed so it could be ran without a tank, to reduce queue times. Perhaps the issue is that "Tanks" aren't entering Duty Finder, where they are most needed.

According to the 2015 official census (http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e8ff1bcf34c5ae), approximately 19% of players are Tanks, with 19% being Healers and 62% playing DPS. That's not too bad, although an ideal percentage would be 25% Tank, 25% Healer, and 50% DPS. I'd love to see some statistics for Duty Finder in particular. It would be interesting to see.