Should they really be thinking about making another Tank job?

[Thunderz]

We don't need any more tanks

[Duelle]

We don't need any more tanks

For the sake of variety, I think we do.

DPS:Tanks:Heals ratio is 4:2:2 right now. At some point new classes and jobs will be added and those pools will have to get bigger. We obviusly have Rogue/Scout on the way due to Yoshida mentioning it in the past, as well as lingering things like Musketeer. So thinking we'll get more tanks further down the road is perfectly reasonable.

[Thunderz]

For the sake of variety, I think we do.

DPS:Tanks:Heals ratio is 4:2:2 right now. At some point new classes and jobs will be added and those pools will have to get bigger. We obviusly have Rogue/Scout on the way due to Yoshida mentioning it in the past, as well as lingering things like Musketeer. So thinking we'll get more tanks further down the road is perfectly reasonable.

they will probably add more tanks down the road

but we def don't need some soon-ish.

[Exstal]

they will probably add more tanks down the road

but we def don't need some soon-ish.

Why not? We don't need more DPS in the new future at all since current DPS don't even get into DF or Coil teams.

[Warrlordd]

How is an absorbtion tank all that much different from the proposed 20% reduction on IB? It's just a kind of absorb that scales with content which is necessary for all tanks

[Leiron]

How is an absorbtion tank all that much different from the proposed 20% reduction on IB? It's just a kind of absorb that scales with content which is necessary for all tanks

It is reactionary and functions AFTER damage and not BEFORE.
So let us say you have 3000 HP left.
Mountain buster comes in and rocks you for 3k HP.

Your absorb occurs AFTER the hit, it doesn't come before it. So you die.
If it was 20% mitigation, you'd be left with 400hp.

[Warrlordd]

Your absorb occurs AFTER the hit, it doesn't come before it or after the hit. So you die.
If it was 20% mitigation, you'd be left with 400hp.

such is why you hit IB before mountain buster to top off and reduce it by 20%. That much i didnt think had to be said. Same would go for absorb, to absorb that mountain buster not take it all

[Leiron]

such is why you hit IB before mountain buster to top off and reduce it by 20%. That much i didnt think had to be said. Same would go for absorb, to absorb that mountain buster not take it all

I do not believe you understood what I was saying.
Read my post again.

Edit: Just read my post over again, and make sure to read the post you made before my reply.

[Steeled]

There's mitigation, self healing, absorbs, crippling, evasion (can't believe I forgot evasion), displaced damage, and even pet tanking.

In all honesty, I've never seen a game try to implement serious pet tanking, but it doesn't mean it's impossible.

That said, no, game doesn't need more tanks. People are misunderstanding the problem when they said "more tanks would make queues faster". It wouldn't, really. People that will tank will tank, and people that won't, won't. Other than simplicity, very few are waiting for "the right job" to get them to tank. They dislike the responsibility that comes with tanking.

I would enjoy a dark knight tank, for instance, but I still don't think the game needs one.

[Warrlordd]

I do not believe you understood what I was saying.
Read my post again.

Edit: Just read my post over again, and make sure to read the post you made before my reply.

I think i get it now. Thankyou :P

I would love to see a Samurai tank but I don't think it's going to happen... Samurai dps would be cool stuff too but I like tanking most