Quote Originally Posted by bundythenoob View Post
what's wrong with asking square enix to use some of the money we pay into the game to hire a dedicated tank dev? this would allow necessary changes to come faster, plus it would allow the currently overworked DPS devs to focus more on fleshing their preferred roles out as opposed to balancing something they don't like. it's a win win for everyone isn't it?

If you leave everything to us, then we are gonna end up in a state where some people ask questions that pertain to the present, while others post stuff that might be relevant for the future. that's why I asked all of those other questions, just in case any of the other changes get implemented. better safe than sorry
I mean no disrespect by the following, buuuuuuuuuut...
We're not entitled to having a "tank dedicated dev." Firstly for the aspect of we don't control SE's hiring policies, secondly for the false idea that just by having a developer or two "focused on tank issues" wouldn't still have to share their feedbacks and inputs with everyone else on the development team, thirdly because if we got a "tank dedicated dev" then we'd be opening the floodgates for healers demanding their own "healer dedicated dev," and lastly because people will play what they enjoy, and it'd be foolish to expect someone to only play one job. Extra to that: we pay a monthly fee to access the servers, and the developers take player feedback because it's monetarily sound to do so but they're ultimately not at all obligated to listen to the players. Good will doesn't pay bills.

It's good to worry about what might be, and I'm not faulting you for it, but obfuscating current issues with so many potential variables in the future just makes the current, more pressing matter, get lost in the noise.