Why is everyone anxious about a PLD Rework?

[ForteNightshade]

As for why players lock out jobs - it's based on emotion, not logic

This is a pretty absurd argument. You're essentially saying every single speed killer and parser reacts emotionally not logically when that's the literal antithesis on how to engage either activity. Speed killers especially rely on the most optimal jobs to achieve their kill times.

So when I look at Hegemone and see a tank spread of: DRK: 51%, GNB: 40%, WAR: 6%, PLD: 3%. You can't dismiss this as an emotional decision. It wouldn't make any sense. They want the strongest tank based entirely on its damage output. In every single fight, Dark Knight is overwhelmingly dominate. So much, in fact, several groups have been bringing two. Now if you want to dispute the metrics FFlogs uses by all means. However, that is an entirely different argument. Based on what we have now, there's no real position to stand on when claiming the tanks are balanced. They simply aren't.

Meanwhile, if we look at the Melee. We have a spread of: DRG 27%, 27.0% SAM: 24%, NIN: 23%, MNK: 20%, RPR: 6%. There's only a single outliner here in an otherwise very even ratio. In general, Melee is the only role not suffering from exclusion with the exception of Reaper. Unlike the others, it's reasonable balance.