What should be the next tank job

[LalafellDown]

Shield Tank, a tank with two shields. Like the 2.0 boss.

[IhzaMhaskova]

Fun as that would be to play, it better start at level 80. :P

Oh, my! I just squealed with joy at someone else saying it would be fun!

I've never gotten that response before!

[DWolfwood]

The name and aesthetic of a tank isnt the same as its mechanics.

I understand that, however, play style mechanics within a job are almost completely irrelevant. Of course we want however the new tank plays to be fun, but the end result will always be: X buttons to press as CDs, some combo rotation, some OGCDs, and perhaps a mechanic that mixes these things up with a gauge.

Fact is, we got two magic based tanks that I think they should keep working on strengthening the magic part of their identities rather than bring a 3rd into it. Like I mentioned before, this could be our last new tank job ever, if not at least for the next 4+ years.

Make it something that truly makes all tanks (and players) want to play it. You may think BLU is this job, but I for one don't, and it would possibly be the first tank job in any FF MMO that I choose not to level.

BLU just seems more of a niche job that some people love.

My signature pretty much says what I want, but it's a similar idea to this Gunlancer people are talking about. I'd rather have a massive cannon though rather than a shooting lance + shield. Would be pretty awesome and fitting in with a Garlean theme too. I think it has the kind of mass appeal too that we should look for in our new tank too.

Of course, feel free to disagree, because I won't change my stance on BLU. It simply seems boring to me. Equally boring as the idea of a RDM tank. I think BLU would be better suited to being a new DPS job.

[Eydis]

Personally I can't stand the thought of blu as a tank much less even in the game. I would much rather see beast master pet tank than blu any day. Given time I could probably come up with better ideas than that.

[Reynhart]

Personally, I'd like a real counter tank. Not a little gimmick like what DRK had, but a counter mechanic as a core.

For me, this tank would have several combos and each could end in a special counter stance for a few seconds. If you get hit by an attack corresponding to your counter stance (magical, physical, heavy attacks, whatever...), you'd massively reduce its damage and deal a powerful counterstrike. It's directly inspired by the Swordmaster of Bravely Default, and, IMO, would have fit nicely for a SAM tank.

[Ilyrian]

I would say rune fencer like in FF11 but that is kind of similar to dark knight so they probably won't do that.

Celes from VI was a Rune Knight so they could possibly do something revolving around magic powered/absorption defense.

[Eyvhokan]

Mystic Knight - sort of a caster/gish tank.

[ADVSS]

You say that as if they did any better balancing healers or dps.

If anything the fact that this expansion messed up levelling roulette so hard they had to hand out tier 6 materia means we're definitely getting a new tank in 5.0.

I'd like to see Dancer as a tank.

For real, itll probably be a highly requested job at that

[GunnarBerwerf]

I would like they rather use resources to fix the tank balancing in general than expend them thinking on a new job for now...

[Falar]

Oh, my! I just squealed with joy at someone else saying it would be fun!

I've never gotten that response before!

Well, that is one of the two posters coming into all of our threads here trying to get us nerfed.

The only class I can think of possibly fitting would be Geomancer.