I wish Gunbreaker would be a DPS class.

[Melichoir]

Thats kind of my point. The weapon is irrelevant ultimately as long as the class with its skills functions as a 'tank' type job (job that mitigates damage, typically holds threat in the holy trinity setup, and relies on some level of damage/utility). It doesnt matter what the weapon is at that point. You could make Machinest a tank if you got creative about it. You could easily make Dragoon a tank, or Ninja, or Monk. You could have a Caster like Summoner or BlackMage be tanks depending on how you handle skill and the like. It ultimately doesnt matter what the weapon is, but the kit.

Granted people associate certain weapons with tanks (typically sword and board as the go-to), but beyond that, anything goes.

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Oh christ crispies, what are you taking about? My criticism lied with how you tried to equate the tank to actual real life tanks and how it makes sense (talking about firepower and etc), where Im pointing out that youre analogy doesnt make sense in that line of thinking and even more so that that facet is irrelevant. The only real distinguishing thing from both real life and from a gameplay perspective is its an armored unit that usually works with other units and may or may not be the 'biggest' firepower on the field. It was a bad analogy you were making, and you shouldve relied more on the facet if the classes kit rather than what weapon theyre bringing cause that is more logically consistent even within your analogy and more relevant. It really shouldve been a simple "It doesnt matter what weapon is being brought, only what the kit is like."