A new tank stance to fit Dark Knight better

[Reynhart]

So many people are trying to suggest skills within the "theme" of the Dark Knight. The theme they believe a Dark Knight must fall into is almost always taking more damage in some way to do something. Square has already stated that they were not going to do that, so why people continue to beat that dead horse shows just how idiotic they are.

The only thing that was stated is that they thought of skills that directly sacrifice HP for doing damage. And that was counter-productive for a tank.

From several replies here, it seems like people forget that tank already take a lot of unavoidable damage. A DRK with Dread Spikes will not search for damage, it will benefit from the one he already take.

As for the "theme", what bothers me most is that out tanking stance is exactly the same as PLD. Only three tanks in the game and two of them already share the same basic mechanic for mitigation.
You want a parry or magical tank ?
The problem with parry is reliability. Either you parry everything...and it's basically a renamed Shield Oath that already use your parry proc, which makes it weaker than Shield Oath in real fights, or you don't parry everything and that spot of unreliability will kill you.
Magical tank ? What is a magical tank ? Someone who reduce magic damage ? What good is it when others tanks reduce all types of damage ? Someone who use magic to reduce damage ? By spells ? By losing MP each time it is hit ?