Changes that I would love for Gunbreaker (and maybe general tank changes)

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Originally Posted by Ixon

but I think the job would feel a lot smoother like it used to in ShB.

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It doesn't even sound like we disagree much then, to me the smoothness of EW GNB feels "fine" but I don't have much ShB GNB experience to compare it to. GNB's lack of a simple loop is almost certainly because of the increase to the ammo gauge, the bloodfest change, the 2 cost on DD, and the way the recasts on all-of-the-above interact. This means the hole that DD fills in each of its recasts "looks" slightly different than, say, the state of a PLD each time they cast Confiteor. This is the sense that I mean it's more "flexible", because its forced to fit a wider range of states than, say, Confiteor. This is half of what makes GNB feel compelling to play at the level of execution of rotation, but I'm also happy to concede that the very same mechanics that give GNB that flavor cause the problems you mention in your earlier post.

I can't say if this is an oversight by the devs, but the way the numbers look and the execution feels, my impression is that this is an intentional feature of EW GNB. I do enjoy it, but if they do end up changing it and I enjoy the result more I will, without any sarcasm at all, come back here and say you were right.

All No Mercy needs is an extra few seconds (say 3-5) added to the duration.

They added Hypervelocity into the burst window but didn't increase the burst window so getting the 9 GCD's is tight.

I like the continuation range increase. All these GBRs complaining about not being able to move the boss at all with single weaves (which u can, though not nearly as quickly as w/o weaves). I imagine double weaves would still be impossible to move anything with.

All the rest, sorry mate, hard pass.

I'm still not really feeling the frustration of Double Down requiring two charges, even in dungeons, but at the same time the brief novelty of having to track whether I'd have a 6-cart burst, a full lull, or a Bloodfest lull within the next minute has also faded, so I can't say it's adding much of a thematic component to the job. As such, I wouldn't mind Double Down being reduced to a single charge, such that we need only 2 carts to open into a burst.

I do like the idea of Danger/Blasting Zone being a linear AoE with increased range. Such seems fitting and likely to be capable of some add-grab utility.

Two yalm's worth of added Continuation range seems (more than) plenty. Its added range should go unnoticed outside of the few situations to which it grants QoL.

I see no point in the No Mercy change or Sonic Break's removal.

As for the general changes, I'd prefer job-specific means of mitigation (and the 30%s being diversified), but I do not want less modular control over my mitigation. Provoke need not steal all aggro, only enough to make Shirk unnecessary. Shirk, meanwhile, could afford either to (A) purge far more enmity and to default to the next highest enmity tank, if any (else, just purge enmity), if no ally is targeted or (B) be pruned.

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Originally Posted by NightHour

All No Mercy needs is an extra few seconds (say 3-5) added to the duration.

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All it needs is to be of such a length that one doesn't feel like they're forced into a higher portion of lower potency-per-GCD skills. While that could be achieved with more seconds in this case, it could also be done by shortening the duration slightly. Alternatively, decreasing Double Down's cost can also (A) push out n GCDs of low value skills that we'd rather shift out of the rotation regardless where left with multiple GCDs before being able to get off one more high-value hit or (B) allow for n more GCDs of higher value skills where on the cusp of getting off one more.

I like and agree with all of them, except for No Mercy being stacks. That just homogenizes things further, I'd rather avoid that.

On the day that they turn No Mercy into another mindless charge system that reduces your burst window down to "press these 3 cartridge GCDs for free and then hammer whatever oGCDs you like, in any order" is the day I'm done, because I'll have lost my last shred of faith in their ability to design anything engaging.

having "charges" only feels OK on WAR and I preferred the 5 cleaves before. I hope they remove it on delirium and change the ability entirely. getting rid of rampart is also bad, instead I'd just make it another unique separate ability on the other tanks and leave it as is on PLD. GNB cartridge spam being changed to 1 button in EW felt bad and I haven't picked it back up yet because of it, would revert if possible; blast zone getting a cone aoe sounds pretty good but then it would need a potency reduction, bad trade off imo. gap closers being burst window sh*t is bad, hard agree. sonic break being removed seems pointless.
ideal changes: WAR is the charge gauge tank, DRK is the ogcd master, PLD offers the best support/self sustain, GNB has the best mix of dmg/sustain
dps: DRK/WAR>GNB/PLD
survivability: PLD/WAR>GNB/DRK
support: PLD/GNB>WAR/DRK