Quote Originally Posted by DWolfwood View Post
I really don't want a BLU tank. It just seems too similar to what we already got and we only get tanks every 4 years at best. This next one could be our last tank job until 2023 at this rate. DPS can accommodate fan service jobs much better.

I just want the next tank job to be exceptional and unique. Enough so that it should tempt all tanks to want to switch to it based on its aesthetics alone.
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The name and aesthetic of a tank isnt the same as its mechanics.
Before MMO FFs;
Warriors (Knights with a dash of Berserker) never had Wrath stacks/Beast Gauge to work with.
Paladins (Knights with low tier white magic) never had oaths, and mitigations.
Dark Knights, this doesnt even need explained.

Simply learning a spell, and which spells fit which basic functions in BLU, doesnt actually tell you its playstyle mechanics.
It could have a job Gauge that is literaly Temp HP.
The higher it is, the more mitigation they have (or maybe less) and a portion of HP healed goes to it every heal or something. But they can use the gauge for certain actions, like their DPS stances.

Maybe they have the Damage MP mechanic of FFT, and use MP as temp HP instead, and their "gauge" is something else.

These mechanics can be given to literally ANY possible job, no matter what.
Even a WAR could have Damage MP, because they dont need MP, so they trained a way to waste it into the dmg they take.

While IM a 101% positive the Devs will find a way to mess up a new tank, that doesnt mean it cant exist, nor that it cant eventually be fixed/changed (and then broken again)