What kind of tank do you want in 4.0?

[MiniPrinny]

Don't know if they'll implement hammers. Goldsmith's and Miners use them and I don't know how they factor in their armory system. The same thing with Scythes being tied to Botanists. Since a few DRK's would vouch for DRK's having scythes.

The war scythe is sort of a joke weapon, while it has been used historically, it was essentially a make-shift spear, poleaxe, or fauchard made from a more traditional farmer's scythe. It is honestly not a weapon a self-respecting knight would be caught using, even if they have been stripped of their title for doing their job.

Hammers meanwhile are a much less strange weapon, with numerous cases of well made weapons designed over history. What started as a modified hammer with a wider head and a spike on the reverse for piercing armor or softer materials, quickly became the mauls and maces we know as well. A Job that utilized either a hammer and shield or double-handed hammer like Nero does wouldn't be unthinkable. The question is what title would this Job hold? Geomancer, (Magitek) Engineer, and Viking are all suitable picks, or Yoshida's team could take a third option like they did with Time Mage and Gambler and create a new Job that borrows themes from multiple Jobs for a more complete kit.

[ADVSS]

war hammers and maces though sort of like the difference between a greatsword and one handed sword is a posibility. Would probably combine viking with mediator(war cries/banners and intimidation skills, party buffs debuffs) the other side of a barbarian archetype that warrior doesnt embody.maybe.

[MiniPrinny]

I personally still want Geomancer as a tank. Tanks control the battlefield, so having a tank that literally controls battlefield is a fun concept.

[ADVSS]

I personally still want Geomancer as a tank. Tanks control the battlefield, so having a tank that literally controls battlefield is a fun concept.

Yeah if they use geo from tactics that could work, geos were pretty strong given the right weapon/gear

[Anienai]

A tank that absorbs dmg and redirects it at the boss or party mates. It will focus on support and distributes a % to mobs/friendly targets.

[Shurrikhan]

Don't know if they'll implement hammers. Goldsmith's and Miners use them and I don't know how they factor in their armory system. The same thing with Scythes being tied to Botanists.

Miner (sludge)hammers and botanist scythes are both technically considered off-hand weapons at the moment though. Unless a future job is supposed to wield a pick, the only true overlap already occurred with Botanist axes, and it hasn't been a problem. And clearly the Armorer/Blacksmith/Goldsmith hammer is far from unique.

[waffs]

for tank, maybe a Strike/Blunt type attack Tank that uses Mace or Hammer and shield (Crusaders or Vikings i guess...); or a Piercing/Thrust type attack Tank that uses Spear and shield (Spartan/Templar).
for melee dps, maybe additional Strike/Blunt type attack dps (Berserker?) and the most requested Slash type attack dps (Samurai)
for caster dps, maybe a single-target-only mage (Red/Blue Mage/Elementalist?).. burst damage on a single enemy, in contrast to black mage - massive aoe dmage...

[Mattelot]

I personally still want Geomancer as a tank. Tanks control the battlefield, so having a tank that literally controls battlefield is a fun concept.

I like that idea. I would rather SE tries a fresh concept like this for a tank than take the obvious choice, such as Samurai. I would rather see Samurai implemented as a melee DPS. Then for the healer, either Red Mage or Blue Mage.

[Kindread]

See: Necromancer from DAoC

This could be any summoner type class that is acceptable by FF lore, but the difference would be that the summoner goes into an ethereal state while her pet is out, all skills used directly through the pet, which would mitigate damage via life taps and generate enmity through disease cloud attacks.

Once the pet dies the necromancer is reduced to 5% health and has her movement reduced by 75%.

[Ashur]

I would like a new job like that, uses a huge club or hammer. Call it Enforcer, give it some lore about being a bounty hunter/ law enforcement type. Give it a club and chain skills, so it can pull an enemy, use a chain to redirect aggro to itself for 10 seconds (like a temporary provoke). Maybe if its aggro came from DoTs, lets call it Bruising. but also snap aggro for tank swaps and pulls. maybe instead of war's10% slashing debuff it brings a constant 1 or 2% vuln on the boss. Not OP but it helps dps too, and with a damage reduction it means we have PLD/ DRk MTs and WAR/ Enforcer OTs.

other chain skills can include a DoT/ HoT, where it drains 20% of the enforcer's HP from the target over 20secs, but on a fairly long cooldown. with the club i alsi think an AoE stun would be cool, on a 2 min cooldown so you can put down DoTs on multiple enemies and then stun em to stop em running away while that takes place. also its 5 seconds reprieve, and the CDs can start after. A club seems like it would stun you if you get smacked in the head