Why There Are A Shortage Of Tanks, 2 Fixes

[Vaer]

Quite the opposite for me. I compare it to MRD's interrupt, which is on its' own cooldown; they can interrupt every 2 minutes, I can do it 5 times during that time period. Comes in really handy.

Not sure if you're confused or not, but what he means is that it can't be used reactively as much as he would like unless you sit there and watch the boss because you would have used something else. Being on the GCD doesn't mean it has a long cooldown.

Basically, what they are saying is that it would be better if Shield Bash could be used whenever if they have enough TP, instead of using Rage of Halone and getting caught with your pants down because 0.1 seconds later the boss uses a charge ability and you're sitting there mashing Shield Bash but you still have to wait an extra second or two. It being off the GCD would allow it to be used 0.1 seconds later even if you just used something else.

Sitting there watching the boss and not using anything just so you can Shield Bash wastes precious time you could have used something to keep your hate up.

I wasn't confused - what you write here will never happen - you'll never have an interrupt/stun that isn't either on the GCD or on a long cooldown. It would be insanely powerful if you could do that. I was comparing Shield Bash to MRD's interrupt, which isn't on the GCD and has a long cooldown...

Right now, you have to manage your attack strategy well enough to know the rotation of the mobs, and be able to know when to anticipate a strong attack coming; this takes more skill than having an Easy Mode button that lets you interrupt any time you want. If you are getting 'caught with your pants down,' you SHOULD be, as it means there's actually a modicum of skill needed when tanking, and you can't just go balls-out all the time...

Oh ok, the way you explained it was kind of vague.

Actually if you spammed Shield Bash you would run out of TP pretty fast (it costs a whopping 150TP) so even if it was off GCD it wouldn't really be an easy button, plus there is Diminishing Returns on Stun (Ifrit started resisting around the 3rd time I stunned one of his moves) anyway which further prevents it from being spammed.