Forum Top: Tank Roles

It's all I really want. Pros Fast = fun. Takes the best part of old Blood Weapon and gives it to DRK 24/7. Perma-damage buff isn't all that...

Hi y\\'all! Question... I\\'ve played MMOs for years, so I understand what a tank does and, in a generic sense, how it\\'s done. (Face boss away...

What happened to tank damage exactly? Tanks got a massive nerf in terms of damage output compared to earlier expansions. I main Warrior but play all...

Like, tanks that don't really chain pull or speedrun in dungeons. Does anybody actually have a problem with tanks that take it slow or is it just...

Hey, all. So, this is the first expac where I've gotten to the endgame content when it was relevant and I'm thinking of actually doing savage for...

I started leveling drk again since I want all jobs to 80, and it feels... gutted, but what mostly stood out to me was how weak the abyssal drain and...

So, this thought pretty much came to me randomly and I liked it, so I figured I'd share it with the forums and see what you guys think. What if, when...

All the tanks have access to rampart already, they don't need to have another, stronger copypaste skill, especially with all the other cooldowns they...

Good afternoon all! I have been playing FFXIV since near the end of AAR, just before Heavensward. I always played DPS of one sort or another. The...

So, here's the obligatory thread for those who would like balance and functionality among all tanks, but do not believe such requires that they also...

So everyone is discussing how to diversify tanks more, but no one is talking about how we are tanks and why our gauge is used for a damage burst...

Now before anyone says "Dark Knight is fine" or "it doesn't need another rework", etc, listen up. Dark Knight IS fine. But it's the most boring,...

Since it’s implementation DRK has suffered from an identity crisis. It doesn’t know what kind of tank it wants to be. The parry tank? The magic tank?...

Make walking dead status also convert damage you take into healing instead, this way it's easier to get back to 100% without eating all the healers...

Positive: Living Dead in its current state can be very powerful. In a coordinated team with a White Mage, Living Dead allows a tank's HP to be...