The future of Thief and Ninja (minor 2.2 spoilers)

[Reynhart]

Damage Taken -30% is a LOOOOOT, considering PLD "only" has 20%

For the THF tank, there is one problem, and it's called level sync.
Suppose you get your THF and you register for a low-level dungeon where you won't have your lvl30 Stance. How will you tank in your DPS-oriented class ?

As for THF in FFXI, they indeed had hate control, but not as tank. The same could be done in FFXIV, but threat is far less an issue than in FFXI.

And the way I see it, Evasion tank is a problem. Too little evasion and it's totally unreliable, too much evasion and it's overpowered. FFXI did not manage the balance, I'm afraid FFXIV won't.

I haven't forgotten Zidane, he's not a powerhouse as a THF but as a Genome