Any other tank mains thinking switching roles out of boredom?

[Rockaholic]

I did try switching to monk as i get massive disrepect from douche bags in pugs. But after teaming with tanks that are also douche bags which is far worst. I switch back to tank role

[Rockaholic]

It gets even more annoying when you provide explicit and straightforward instructions about what they should be doing and they still can't even manage it.

I also like to add some players have no idea about raid or dungon mechanics but pretends/lies he knows everything and blame on others whenever there is wipe

[abzoluut]

Not only is it fun to actually really play and gear other jobs, it will make you a better tank hands down, no question about it! It also gives you a far better understanding of what's going on during a fight. (unless you're not doing any endgame, then just lvl some botanist and herb stuff. xD)

[loldrg]

Yes but not because of boredom. I'm not fond of the new mechanics SE is pushing on us. My coil group was solo tanking Turns 1-5 by the end of 2.0. We could probably still do 2 and 4 but all we still solo tank now is Turn 5. With the changes to Rain of Death, the new primal fights, and the changes to turn 1 pre-split Caduceus SE made it clear they dont want players to come up with a variety of strats when they aren't outgeared by a fight anymore.

Garuda Extreme is the only interesting fight for me to tank (outside of solo tanking Titan). Both MT and OT have unique roles and a swapping mechanic that's not just bland "you need to swap at X stacks or you'll die". Yeah spiny will kill after 3 stacks but you just need someone with provoke since it will only ever do 4 stacks per phase.

Ifrit/Titan stacks are just really lazy design and boring if you aren't solo tanking. If 2.2 fights continue this fashion I will be switching my main.

[Kadas]

And the PLD rotations are probably one of the worst. Its so simple and bland.

That is why, with both jobs roughly equipped the same (read: horribly), I like more WAR for most activities, it feels more dynamic, but that's just me

[Tzain]

All the classes in FFXIV are all rather simplistic. Tactically, the game isn't brimming over with complicated encounters that require much more than the basics.

That being said, This is the reason for the armory system. The fact that, with some understandable restrictions, you can do something different at the drop of a hat and a click of a button and not just in a "slight tweak" sort of way like most mmos do with their "Specs" but rather in very fundamental ways, like switching from a Defensive PLD to a Offensive Black Mage.

There's really no reason not to take advantage, especially if one is so bored that they took to posting on the forums about how bored they are O.o

[Stalkster]

I been tuning myself to other jobs more and more, I personally like to break it down into role vs role. Learning to play all jobs and knowing what to expect from them will even make you a better tank. If you been a tank main the transition is a lot easier imo, since you already know you can handle people/a high impact job.

Tank: Pld. It's just the better tank in most situations and has silence, yes war can be better in certain fights.
Healer: Whm. This is the most challenging job imo. All tho sch is really a better healer for the most part. With no helper pet, a non great mana replenish resource, non inst cast cure etc. You will have to be on your toes as everyone's life is always in your hands.
Melee DPS.Drg. Mnk has higher single target dps and silence. Some will say mnk is harder to play, I really don't see this. Mnk's dps will drop if not moving to flank/rear for attacks but Drg(proc's) will be forced to try again if not on rear/flank. But yes mnk has to watch more debuffs.
Ranged DPS:Smn. Well now, sadly these jobs seem kinda to simple to me far as rotations go. Brd can be more involved silence/songs. Blm eh. Smn if i had to pick 1.


Sadly altho you can lv all jobs, your hit with lockouts Myth/Coil/CT. So gearing all jobs can be a pain. Well you can gear them to a extent, but lockouts will make u focus mostly on 1-2jobs. Sadly people may look down apon you, because of gear and may even put a certain ilv on something leaving you out. Where knowing the job and having a ilv90 weapon/enough HP for the content is what really will make the most impact, on job performance.

[EvanderStoneguard]

I see BRDs that don't apply DoTs, WARs that only spam the BB combo, SCHs that never use their Aetherflow stacks, healers that never go into Cleric Stance when they have nothing to heal and are full on mp, mDPS that stand in one spot, etc. It's almost painful seeing people with no clue how to play who are apparently immune to any attempt to get them to begin to play properly and be completely power

Maybe you should be playing a RPG instead of MMORPG. I think everybody deserve to play like they want to, if they are getting the job done and not failing at the basic stuff like holding agroo, healing, or pew pew.

[Judge_Xero]

Like others I have a healer and DD class levelled to do random parties on. It brings useful insights on how other classes function in order to be a better tank.

[TurboSol]

Maybe you should be playing a RPG instead of MMORPG. I think everybody deserve to play like they want to, if they are getting the job done and not failing at the basic stuff like holding agroo, healing, or pew pew.

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