Quote Originally Posted by ShinMetsu View Post
I still think the idea i mentioned of a Runefencer / Red Mage type of tank to be way more efficient for this purpose. I know it might sound weird when i bring up Red Mage for this,
but at least in my opinion the concept of a magical tank that works with putting up barriers to mitigate damage, in a similar fashion as to the Scholar's Adloquium shields sounds really interesting...


The reason i think this path to be way more efficient is because it would bring something entirely new to the tanking lineup, something that would also be interesting for people interested in caster-type gameplay...



Adding such a tank that relies on magic for defense and offense would contribute more to adding more career tanks in the long run in my opinion.
The idea of a RDM/RUN tank just doesn't sound entirely new to be honest. Those classes use swords and magic, yeah, but so do PLD and DRK. If we look at the big picture and assume that SE doesn't intend leave them where they're at, we can assume that they'll continue to get refinement into their FF-stereotypes.

I think a dual-katana wielding SAM brings much more variety to tanking classes.