Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
You don't merely tickle your opponent with them to keep them distracted.
I about died laughing at this. Thank you. XD

I'll concede your points. That thread was the one I was referring to, as it captured (and still does capture) why tanking has felt so strange to me in FFXIV. To me, the ultimate tank design meta was WoW patch 4.3, where tanks did a good chunk of damage, but also had a lot of reason to be tanky (where "good tanking" meant holding aggro, positioning bosses/mobs well, navigating mechanics, mitigating tankbusters, and gearing for CTC). Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part to hope SE will move closer to that. Mind, that's just my opinion, so if we don't move that way, I may be sad, but I probably won't complain.