Forum Top: Tank Roles

I think SE mixed up the armor Why is the DRG armor looking so beefy? Tank armor looks kinda slim.. wait a second... And what that?! ...

I recently was told the new patch was making vitality the only main stat tanks will use as it will benefit damage and health pools. However looking...

For anyone who's played Aion, this name will sound familiar. For those of you who haven't I'll break down the details for you. Inescapable...

Darks will be left in the dark after this. Not only did PLD get a huge buff mnk got one they didn't really need. So will someone tell me why a sword...

This is meant to give Paladin close balance with other tanks in every area, and much nearer to balance when not dealing with physical enemies (blocks...

Sauce: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/dc92bd9a97f91e1c95dc817a9c1e7412d9f4f549 Tank changes are as follows: Fast Blade/...

I'm fairly new to this game but I have played other MMOs so I know the basics of tanking (how to position, use line of sight, etc.) I rolled a...

Class/Job Action/Status Adjustment All Classes | Sprint | TP cost has been removed in PvP areas. Duration has been set to 10 seconds in PvP areas....

It's the job that espouses the "brick wall" design. Rampart, Sentinel, Sheltron, and Bulwark - abilities that spell UNPRECEDENTED MITIGATION. I...

1)Living Dead: Grants the DRK a shield equal to the maximum HP. If the shield is consumed, the player gains (2) 2)Walking Dead:Cannot go below 1 HP...

and make BRD/MCH waste half the duration of their prepull buffs, or NINs lose their Suiton. Nobody expects pull macros in DF, but for the love of...

Hey, shouldn't pacification have kicked in by now? :3

https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/127562-Yoshida-on-Patch-3.2-Content-Famitsu-Translation Didn't see a thread about this but it discusses the tank...

I don't get it. In 3.x, outside of shields (which are an oddity to themselves), Parry is literally the only pure mitigation stat that we can stack. I...

Fellow warriors of light, I'd like to bring back some discussion on a type of materia most unused - the yellow materia (elemental materias have...

Maybe I'm missing a critical cross class ability here, but anyone else thinking that we should address what cross class skills I can take from...

Exactly what the title says. What drives you to play these jobs over healing or damage dealing? Me, I tank because damned if I'm gonna watch...