Is anyone else hoping that Ninja is a tank?

[Truefaith87]

inb4 they're trying to make SAM a tank again lol

Id be willing to accept that compromise, but not NIN as a tank. SAM always have worn pretty heavy armor after all.

[KrenianKandos]

Well, if they have a blink and they can either sub class into glad or marauder... You "could" dedicate one of your moves to the embity attack and constantly spam that.

Granted you'd have terrible threat and most likely no provoke...

I personally hated NIN tanking in 11 and levelled NIN to 37 for the dual world bonus and that's it.

[Dyvid]

Confirmed DPS, close thread and move on.

[Kyuuen]

Pretty sure it was confirmed today as a dd(or dps, whatever you wanna call it) class today, that was the feel I got from the reveal at least.

Yes. It was confirmed that both are indeed DPS/DD.

[Keres]

and new tank and heal class is coming though, just not at 2.4.

inb4 they're trying to make SAM a tank again lol

Samurai usually wear fairly bulky armor, so, I mean, I could see it. (And I'd enjoy it.)

[Mahri]

No.

To the seventh circle of hell with blink tanking. My most hated memories of FFXI involved stupid players who were either maining NIN, or (more often than not), subbing it with another job, in parties over-relying on Utsusemi thinking that it made themselves invincible to anything in the game, getting themselves killed as a result (which it didn't - there were plenty of enemies in the game who used attacks that ate through shadows wholesale), and then blaming the healer, ala myself (I was WHM), for it.

Hence, it's forever poisoned my attitude towards the Job (like stupid Edward in FFIV did towards BRD). Blink tanking has no place here.

THANK YOU

THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU

Ninja in FFXI was literally the least fun I have ever had playing a video game in my entire life.

It was the purest of manifestation of everything that was wrong with this game, and every time I boot up FFXIV, I light a little candle in my head in thanks to it having developers that are not horrible people.

[Abraxis]

For the love of everything pure and holy in this God forsaken world...NO!

Granted having some kind of semblance of "realism" or "logic" in a fantasy game is taboo, but why in the twelve hells would you want a class based on a profession that epitomizes stealth, sneaking, stillness and quick entry and exits to be the "HAI GUIZE! LOK AT MEH!"... seriously.

As for the Samurai as a tank, just like most here, I would gladly accept that over a Ninja or Thief or Rogue or hell any class that uses any "sneak" related skills as a tank.

[Pixi]

Anyone? Anyone at all?

Some of my most intense and memorable moments playing FFXI were tanking as a ninja. Not to mention this game desperately needs more tanks.

It wouldn't make more tanks magically appear. You'd just have people who were already tanking on warrior/paladin switching to ninja.

[A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider]

Samurai usually wear fairly bulky armor, so, I mean, I could see it. (And I'd enjoy it.)

SAM should have insanely DEF armor, while having lower HP pool to balance that. STR minimal, but parry rate OFF THE CHARTS. Enmity generation should be more through abilities rather than attack power. Think of it like the "tank swap" tank.

[KingOfAbyss]

So happy it's pure DPS!

Hope SAM would be next Tank, and Gunsomething healer, nice!

GBye DRG and MNK ^^