Next Tank Job?

Personally, I'd like SAM as a DD class.
Instead, I'd like Ninja as an evasion tank~

I would like to see a caster tank. I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think Blue Mage would be an excellent candidate for a tank job.

I sincerely hope that when Sam is released it is not a tank.

I've been wanting to level a melee dps and have not touched mnk/drg except for what was needed to unlock jobs because I'm saving that fun for Sam.

I want DNC tank!

I'd rather the next sword wielding class isn't a tank class to be honest. I only levelled up Paladin instead of Warrior because I liked swords.

The whole ninja tank thing really just needs to be buried. It needed to be buried from the very start in XI but SE neglected to do so.

There definitely needs to be a variety of tanks for the longevity of this game. As of now players think tanking ia boring and with only 2 to choose from.... vs dps.

I can see a dark Knight happening. Using hp to cause more dmg and aggro.

A caster tank will be truly unique

Samurais also makes sense as a tank due to using 2 handed swords + heavy armor.

I can also maybe playing as a garlean gunner as a tank using explosions, lasers and aoe machine gun

I really wish we weren't so strictly forced into this triangle paradigm and had room for more creative gameplay choices. As it is, it will be very hard to differentiate more than a few of the same role and leaves anything trying to be a hybrid or do something different left in the dust.

I think it could work out like this:

Tanks:
Samurai (masterless samurai were often hired as bodyguards, the "yojimbo", so they would fit a protective role)
Rune Fencer
Beastmaster (the tank equivalent of summoner)

DPS:
Ninja
Dark Knight
Corsair

Healers:
Chemist
Time Mage
...that's all I got. Honestly healing is a pretty straightforward job and has almost always just been relegated to WHM in FF games, so I'm not sure how they plan to expand this unless Healer is just going to include every type of support as well.

A lot of people say a new job won't bring any new players to the Tank role, but I'm only a Tank because I thought the Warrior was the coolest looking job in the game. If any other job comes that I really like the looks of, I'll switch to that no problem even if it's a different role. I'm surely not the only player who thinks like this because I'm primarily a FF fan and NOT an MMO fan.

But I really don't want DPS getting to hog ALL the cool jobs like they're trying to. They're already going to have Dragoon, Corsair, Dark Knight, and most likely Ninja. Let the Tanks at LEAST have Samurai.

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Originally Posted by Sotek

This. Not entirely sure how it'd work though, given Lancer is set up with directional combos.

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Is "Templar" really FF?
Other than being an enemy exclusive in FFT I don't remember seeing this job show up on any of the Main FF Titles...

My wish is to put the Dancer to a Tank role.
PLD -> Damage mitigation via skills
WAR -> Damage absorption via sheer HP + more potent damage dealer to end the fight faster
DNC -> Damage recuperation via self-heal (a job branch of PUG since unfortunately daggers belong to GLD)

On a side note, I really wish Dual Wield to be implemented NOT AS A NIN Exclusive but available to any single hand weapon jobs.
However with the current Armoury system and lack of class "trait" sharing it's more likely for a new category of weapons called something like "Dual Blade" to be created :(

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Originally Posted by UNSF

Is "Templar" really FF?
Other than being an enemy exclusive in FFT I don't remember seeing this job show up on any of the Main FF Titles...

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FFTA and TA2, bangaa-only job, spear-wielder and has a variety of anti-mage abilities as well as requiring tanky jobs to unlock.
Not even that arcane of a job, i'd say.

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Originally Posted by Yukiba

I,ve been hearing from several friends and even random people I run into who believe that Samurai is going to be the next tank. Was just wondering if anyone has any info that would suggest this? Ive looked all over and have come up with nothing.

Also, how would a SAM tank even work? Would he be like a parry master with high defense or evasion? Similar to how nin in XI had high evasion and shadows would SAM have high evasion and high parry rate counter moves similar to third eye? If not, what are some ways you would implement a SAM tank? Or is sam being a tank in any sense just completely off base? lol

After thinking about it, adding SAM as a tank would probably boost tank population. Who doesnt like Katanas? :D

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Statement: The next class being added to the game is going to be musketeers. This will either be in 2.2 or 2.3

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Originally Posted by Sotek

This. Not entirely sure how it'd work though, given Lancer is set up with directional combos.

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Most likely their combos will be adjusted when you equip a Templar Soul Stone to be more Tank Role focused.

Enmity effects can be added to their basic combos while their position skills are changed to work when they are infront of the enemy if LNC equips a Templar SoulStone.

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Originally Posted by mythicrose

I want to believe that, but outside of those that want to level one for the "experience" I doubt another tank class would boost the overall tank population in the long term. No doubt the "new car smell" would increase the population in the short term, but really...outside of a few people, only those that truely enjoy the tank role will continue. Tank player base has been small in just about every MMORPG regardless of the number of tank classes involved. The only fluke from my experience was SWTOR.

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I personally think that more people would tank if they put out bigger numbers for damage. Using wow as an example, tanks still hit HARD in dungeons, and had alot of aoe to make it feel like you were still doing damage despite being a tank. Tanks feel super limited in their abilites. On average you are cycling through the same three moves over and over again until u have to hit a cooldown. PLD is especially boring...

I'd like to see samurai as a dps tank o;

I didnt say Samurai as a tank role would entirely get rid of the low tank population. I said it would help. Only having two tanks while there are way more dps options does play a factor. If SE would make an interesting and cool looking tank im sure thousands of players would level it up and want to play it. I know I and several of my friends would play a sam tank. Adding another tank class with a different mechanic for tanking is a good thing. Making it so there are 3 tanks instead of 2 WILL help the tank population. Even if it isnt samurai.

I have seen alot of good tank examples in this thread. Templar looks very interesting to play