SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[DWolfwood]

Silly arguments because they're against yours.

-"Adding a new and interesting tank that everyone wants to play won't help leveling queues" is a silly argument.
-"Samurai brings no variety to tanks" is a silly argument.

Because the "heavy armor only" isn't silly

I've only brought this up in regards to another silly argument where people have said "most samurai couldn't afford armor." I actually want both Shogun(Tank) and Ronin(DPS) jobs.

... or because the itemization issue would effectively be an issue.

This is an actual serious hurdle they'll have if people want a RDM tank. It can be done, but the reward doesn't outweigh the effort in my honest opinion. Feel free to press this subject and I'll elaborate.

There are plenty of popular jobs that can become tanks

So you think there are plenty jobs, but samurai? I'm confused. Getting into silly argument territory again.

To me, RDM has a way bigger cool factor than SAM, and I'd make it my main if it becomes a tank...

So make a thread. Don't use that as a reason why SAM shouldn't be a tank.

...they'd be too similar already.

Silly argument.

I want Samurai dps so it can have a cool bushido mechanic. I feel like Yoshi's team cuts corners with tanks. Or at least has a hard time with them. DRK for example. Once they have an aggro combo, they pretty much say "good enough". I feel like they try to explore so much more with DPS classes.

I mean fair enough I guess. I still want both tank and DPS samurai jobs.

Elaborate on this issue you have with DRK, because as far as I'm concerned, MNK/DRG/NIN are all about keeping up GL/BotD/Huton and DoTs. NIN alone has the interesting Mudra mechanic. I find WAR and DRK to be far more interesting.