We had a fun run; prior to 3.0, it was a small niche group of us. Started with a slaying ring to go with the fending ring, then a crit/det earring here, a pentamelded bracelet there. Finally saying "eff it, let's dance!" and using a Hymn to drop all those allocated points into strength. Honestly, 3.0 killed it for us, became so mainstream and commercialized. All the hipsters started buying up the pentamelds, flogging non str tanks with lines such as, "do you even Slay, bruh?". When I saw the Pepsi ad with a Str-decked Warrior I knew then the dream was over.

Fellow Pioneers! I salute you; we took the game and flipped it upside down. We were the rebels, defying Loot roll reqs and gearing through Greed, making Healer's sweat a little before commencing, showing the world, "We are the few! The Proud! the Right side Parry-less!" and though what we accomplished will fade into history, we will never forget the way we told the institution to go eff itself: We are FFXIV Tanks, and we don't need your HP padding!