Quote Originally Posted by Inuakurei View Post
You're completely correct, and that's part of the issue. "Pure tank" is so easy, that any competent tank can both "pure tank" and dps at the same time. If thats what SE wanted tanks in FFXIV to be (and it seemed like it was) then fine, thats cool. But recent events suggest they want to change that. It seems like they want us to use tank stance and "pure tank" while tanking.

I just want us to come up with ideas that would make both us and SE happy. I fear that if we don't they'll just take away our str, add tenacity, and thats it. We might be forced into the "pure tank" playstyle with no changes to make "pure tank" fun because we were too busy resisting a change that they've already made their mind up on. That's my fear.
I personally think active mitigation and constant damage WoW has would be fun.
http://wow.gamepedia.com/Active_Mitigation
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2565/shield-block
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190456/ignore-pain

The problem is I think that would clash with SE's desire for tanking to be easy for newcomers.

As HoodRat stated, it would need a massive rework of tanking.