Quote Originally Posted by Dualgunner View Post
3 of the 3 tanks have slashing weapons. 2 of the 3 tanks use swords. It'd be nice to have a tank that didn't have a slashing weapon/sword lol
And there's nothing wrong with all of them having slashing weapons forever. The proposed jobs people are asking to be tanks all traditionally use swords of some form or another, red mage, samurai, blue mage, all sword wielders. Other tank-like jobs in Final fantasy games also wield swords.

Making tanks share a common damage type (slashing) offers plenty of benefits such as allowing them to comfortably fit in any party composition. Introducing a tank job with a contrasting damage type offers none of the compatibility or benefits.