Quote Originally Posted by JakzChurchill View Post
I will never understand the need for a tank to have a gun anything, the armoury system on this game means each weapon can be used for one class, so why waste a great DPS weapon on a tank, it doesn't make sense. A gun/ Gunblade is a weapon that a DPS can use to its fullest, gunblades especially can be used to create some interesting mechanics for DPS, but they would have no use for a tank. It's a waste.

I liked MrHappys' idea for a Samurai tank, giving them an ability that slashes an enemy while jumping through them to the other side, a very useful mechanic for tank swaps.
Old Republic experimented with a Tank class using ranged weaponry for a mainhand. It was actually pretty fun. It was convenient for gaining quick threat on distant mobs, but all the bread and butter threat abilities required mid-close range in order to be fully effective. A gunstaff or a bayonet tipped rifle sounds like it would be a lot of fun.