@Naoki Yoshida-> Make Samurai a Tank class!

[Shippuu]

I don't disagree, but i firmly believe that if we're only getting 2 new jobs in Stormblood (which is still possible pending confirmation to the contrary) that they should be DPS. Yes we could use more tanks in the future for the same reason more DPS can't hurt, but Tanks and Healers are in a pretty good spot right now. And if we are to insist on adding new Tank and Healer in Stormblood, we'd be in the same spot two years later when I'd be even more justified in saying "we probably don't need a new tank or healer again" for 5.0

I simply cannot fathom the flawed logic of saying that "Tanks are in a good spot right now, so extra DPS is the way to go." How exactly are DPS not in a good spot either? If tanks don't need new jobs then neither do DPS. And to say that only adding DPS "can't hurt" is ignoring the evidence that it absolutely will. We've seen what happened when NIN came out, and while it normalized after a time, it's initial month release was ridiculous and hardly something you want for your newly released expansion. NIN's release was bad enough when it was all old content, releasing only DPS jobs during a new expansion filled with new dungeons and content is a terrible idea. If they're only adding 2 new jobs (doubtful at this point) then it absolutely should not be two DPS of all things. At least one of the 2 jobs must be a Healer or a Tank.

There's a reason something like WoW has never released a new job that couldn't be a tank afterall, and SE definitely looks at Blizzard when it comes to things regarding FFXIV.

1:1:2 would be ideal, but I kind of doubt not having to develop a new playable race has actually freed up their resources so much that they could release a whole four jobs this time around.

If they're going with 1:1:2, then that still means 3 jobs this expansion, one for each role. We have 3 tanks, 3 healers, and 7 DPS. So if the overall ratio is to be exactly what you say, that means we need 1 tank, 1 healer, and 1 DPS to round it out. 4:4:8 (i.e. 1:1:2)