Tank Gear: Plz No Moar Tin Cans (Suggestion Thread)

Hi.

My name is (Blue Icon) and I have a tin-can problem.

I realize I take about 5-6 more boss hits (without a healer) than my Monk brethren, but it's only a couple hits compared to everyone else.

Glamour options are incredibly limited when it comes to tanking. Unless it's gear available to every job, it's going to look like a tin can. Sure the can is either on my shoulders, my back, my chest, or my stomach, but it's still a tin can.

This suggestion thread is for other thoughts and ideas (or just a glamour appearance) thread showing that we'd like to have more options than tin can.

Thanks. <3

I mean, I find myself getting some good choices of glamour with the High Steel Scale Mail of Fending, the Republican Hoplomachus's Lorica, and the Alliance Coat of Fending. The latter I guess has slight tincan-isms going on with the pads, but otherwise, it's all pretty toned down.

The only armors that have felt like tin cans to me have been ones like the Heavy Iron Armor that combine the head and chest. There's a pretty good selection just among tank gear like Kaurhz mentioned, although I suppose one thing I would like to see would be more leathers and fur like the Woad Skywarrior or the Warg Jacket of Fending.

I don't think the ala mhigan fending set had much metal either.

The Omicron gear from Alphascape isn't can-like at all.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Etij7yfXIAAcxuw.jpg

Sky Pirate's coat of fending is rather nice.
Pair it with a Shisui Kohakama of Fending and suitable boots and you get an awesome tanking-in-underpants look.

My fending glamours have far more variety than my glamours for any other role, so OP I cannot empathize with your issue.

The tank glamours are only tin cans pre-50 and move into all sorts of other designs after that. Ironworks for a start.

Some recent ones (level 80) are Warg Jacket of Fending, Facet Mail of Fending, YoRHa Type-51 Jacket of Fending, Neo-Ishgardian Top of Fending, Heirloom Jacket of Fending, YoRHa Type-53 Coat of Fending, Crystarium Tabard of Fending, Bozjan Coat of Fending and Edenmete Coat of Fending.

On these you will find hardly a piece of metal, if any. Look at how most of them are described as a "jacket", "tabard" or a "coat".

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Originally Posted by Veritas-Ancora

Hi.

My name is (Blue Icon) and I have a tin-can problem.

I realize I take about 5-6 more boss hits (without a healer) than my Monk brethren, but it's only a couple hits compared to everyone else.

Glamour options are incredibly limited when it comes to tanking. Unless it's gear available to every job, it's going to look like a tin can. Sure the can is either on my shoulders, my back, my chest, or my stomach, but it's still a tin can.

This suggestion thread is for other thoughts and ideas (or just a glamour appearance) thread showing that we'd like to have more options than tin can.

Thanks. <3

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Wut? What's wrong with tanking in leather? This is the starter gear, sounds likes you want to be a Gunbreaker.

https://i.imgur.com/SSY1wBR.jpg

There's a fair amount of variation, though more often than not the result is the same. Full metal armor resembling some sort of knight. That clashes with GNB something fierce. Thankfully there are other options available, but I wish there was more consideration for every job in the tanking role. I wouldn't say glamour options are incredibly limited, but I do feel that they could (and should) expand their armor designs more.

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Originally Posted by Shibi

Sky Pirate's coat of fending is rather nice.
Pair it with a Shisui Kohakama of Fending and suitable boots and you get an awesome tanking-in-underpants look.

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Sky Pirate's is a good set. If you want to tank looking like a British Officer, go for it.

https://i.imgur.com/ZfpYBIk.png

The Fending Gear starts looking much better once you're past ARR... I hate the ACTUAL Tin Cans that take up 2 slots per piece.

Unfortunately GNBs are probably gonna be stuck looking awkward with all the knight armor cause "heavy unit" armor traditions or something idk

RDM has the same problem with all the wizard robes

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Originally Posted by hobostew

Unfortunately GNBs are probably gonna be stuck looking awkward with all the knight armor cause "heavy unit" armor traditions or something idk

RDM has the same problem with all the wizard robes

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THIS.
Even so, I feel like most of the fending gears are made for PLD and some for DRK in mind. Even for WAR sometimes it feels off.

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Originally Posted by Malzian

The Fending Gear starts looking much better once you're past ARR... I hate the ACTUAL Tin Cans that take up 2 slots per piece.

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I love those though!
They're not even articulate so when wearing them you just stumble along unable to move your neck or knees.
It's hilarious. I look like a little windup toy.

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Originally Posted by ItMe

...you just stumble along unable to move your neck or knees.
It's hilarious. I look like a little windup toy.

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/pet
Lalafell don't have knees!!

(it's so cute! XD)

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Originally Posted by hobostew

Unfortunately GNBs are probably gonna be stuck looking awkward with all the knight armor cause "heavy unit" armor traditions or something idk

RDM has the same problem with all the wizard robes

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Even as a healer main i must say, im kind of tired always getting these long robes. So i would gladly take more tin can stuff. ;)

I like the bulky armour aesthetic and I think we've a decent variety outside of that available already. There's the 'lighter' sets along the lines of the coliseum gear and I recall one of the Ala Mhigan sets showing off bits of muscle, too.

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Originally Posted by ItMe

I love those though!
They're not even articulate so when wearing them you just stumble along unable to move your neck or knees.
It's hilarious. I look like a little windup toy.

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The tin can armor has the side effect of making many cutscenes unexpectedly hilarious as you cannot perform the customary stoic head nod and just stand there completely motionless instead.

The game also cannot forcibly remove it from you like it does other head pieces during moments where they really want you to be able see your character's expressions which makes it even better then the costume heads at completely killing the mood of a scene.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

The tin can armor has the side effect of making many cutscenes unexpectedly hilarious as you cannot perform the customary stoic head nod and just stand there completely motionless instead.

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If it helps me killing goblins... xD

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

The tin can armor has the side effect of making many cutscenes unexpectedly hilarious as you cannot perform the customary stoic head nod and just stand there completely motionless instead.

The game also cannot forcibly remove it from you like it does other head pieces during moments where they really want you to be able see your character's expressions which makes it even better then the costume heads at completely killing the mood of a scene.

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The ghost costume is amazing for this same reason - I ruin every cutscene I'm in. :D

When I feel like a less silly glamour for a tank though, I go with the Craftsman's Apron because it always makes me think of a barista... A barista that kinda just snapped after dealing with one too many rude customers, taken up a beat-stick and just wails on monsters with it.

No, I've never actually had a barista job, I just find the idea hilarious. :P

I've never been a barista, but I have worked retail, so I can still very much relate to that urge.

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Originally Posted by Edax

Sky Pirate's is a good set. If you want to tank looking like a British Officer, go for it.

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That's a nice one, but the "of fending" one is...

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/imag...-Male-Hyur.png

You can use the Replica versions with any job.

huh? all my tank glamours are some sort of leather or fur set. I usually only have chainmail on my legs. right now I'm bouncing between bozja pieces and grand cosmos pieces on my tanks.

think there is only one tin can armor in this game lol

Are you really low level? Because most of the tanking gear from this expansion has been shirts and things as far as I could see. Some leather armor too.