Tank Stance Redesign

[whiskeybravo]

But therein lies the rub. If the game makes no effort whatsoever to incentivize Tank Stance, there is simply no reason to use it. The players didn't arbitrarily decide Tank Stance was useless, therefore we won't use it. They determined nothing remotely requires it outside of opening aggro establishment. Just because we don't have silly gear checks doesn't mean tanks couldn't be taking more damage or have less abilities to essentially laugh off hits. It's a problem when you have a fight like God Kefka and his strongest attack will almost never be a factor because you will have immunities for all but one or two instances.

Being able to clear a fight with 1.8k DPS from a tank just means that player isn't very good. This is the perception SE has created. If you rely on Defiance or prefer to heal, you're effectively a bad tank or healer. You cannot fault the playerbase for this assessment when they are simply utilizing the tools at their disposal. A Dark Knight who stays in Grit 75% of the fight in 100% inferior to the Dark Knight who never turns it on in the first place, assuming mechanics are handled properly in both scenarios.

The point of contention was the idea that the game actively discourages tank stance when, actually, it comes from players themselves actively discouraging it's use. Reaching 100% or 75% or even 50% of a jobs potential is not "required" in the strict sense that it's going to prevent you from clearing content itself. It may prevent you from finding a group because players are judging such, but this is different from the content actually requiring it or being designed to require minimal use of tank stance.

It basically boils down to an elitist argument. "I can do it without tank stance so why can't you?". "Just delete tank stance" Does it really matter if someone wants to sit in tank stance the entire encounter? Does it really matter? No, unless it's your tank. But at that point you get to make the decisions you think are best for you/your raid group. Leave the poor turtle tanks alone is all I'm saying, it's not hurting the % of players who can deal without.