A new tank stance to fit Dark Knight better

[PotatoWafflez]

Any tank who say "I have to maximize DPS above all" is already a bad tank.

And yet we have tanks who will switch to STR accessories as soon as they are able and people will say they are good tanks for doing so, there is a strong trend for everyone to maximise DPS this is not a bad thing, and I only take issue to this because people who are "bad" look at people who know what they are doing and emulate without thinking.

Ok, I don't understand. Why do everyone keep saying "No, it's a bad idea because people will be bad at it" ?

Personally I take issue mainly with the bad habits it would possibly bring to the table and it would probably be a huge headache to balance.

Do you want to remove Sword Oath because some bad PLD can say "I have to maximize DPS, I don't care it I take too much damage and can't keep aggro on the Uber-DPS" ?
Or Cleric Stance, because some bad healers might want to keep it 24/7 ?

We are talking about adding something not removing something however, and as I said my issue was with the fact its creates a situation where to "do better" you are taking more damage and in a game where most people DF content that isn't a nice situation for healers who aren't confident or have poor mp management.

Also this isn't something you would be switching in and out of for the average player you will be sitting in your tank stance 24/7 so comparing it to cleric isn't really a fair comparison as you are literally just reflecting damage at 20% every time you get hit with being hit being the only draw back.

In terms of sword oath you are comparing the same kind of person in my opinion the same person who is going to switch to sword for personal reasons not taking in account the group is the same person who would take everything to the face to increase DPS as a DK.

Lorewise, the first thing you learn on your first quest is that "pain gives you power, you have to manage your pain so that you doesn't end up killing yourself in your thirst for power" It'd become the basic tutorial of managing Dread Spikes

Wasn't aware of that, I still see grit as being the more damage you take the more you resolve to keep fighting, fighting through the pain kinda deal. So in terms of naming convention, personally its not super unfitting as it is but it is a bit "meh" and underwhelming.