Quote Originally Posted by SkyHighDN View Post
I like the IDEA of a Lancer tank.... but it would thoroughly require the entire armory system to be modified....
There are 3 tiers of tank gear...
Incorrect. LNC already have access to tank armor in the form of complete sets of scale armors. Iron scale set (ilvl23) steel scale set (ilvl32), horn scale set (ilvl38), tortoiseshell set (ilvl46). These likely exist to in part to bridge the gap between class (LNC) and tank job, since endgame LNC as a DPS cannot equip tank armor. It is likely that the job would simply gain access to additional heavy armors that the class does not, just as SCH has access to endgame healing equipment and books which ACN cannot equip. Additonally, LNC design is terribly similar to MRD already and could easily be adapted to tanking.

I don't even think it's a question of if we'll see a LNC tank but what and when. Most common suggestion is Templar (primarily from Ivalice setting, also in BD), being that it already has a good justification due to the Ishgardian theocracy. Would be odd to me, however, because DRG is already associated with Ishgard.