Gunbreaker gameplay hope and expectations

[Phoenicia]

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All I see is WAR envy.

There are many ways for Gunbreakers to shine or have a niche. We don't even know what general changes we are getting in ShB to the existing tanks. Yoshi-P himself said they are looking into ways to balance the four tanks either by pushing 2 into MT and the other 2 into OT or finding some other way like synergy.

To your comment:

For knockback "prevention", DRK has Plunge and PLD has Tempered Will. DRK is a bit on the short edge because Plunge is good DPS while Onslaught is neutral. PLD wins this one because Tempered Will and ranged attacks (Holy Spirit).

Snap Enmity? Need I remind you of DAPS? Yes, when WAR really wants enmity no one is taking it. Still DAPS is not a big DPS loss. DADP is stronger than Equilibrum (280x3 vs 600, refer to heal enmity). DA Plunge is unique to DRK where we can sustain enmity at neutral DPS, unlike WAR or PLD.

Hardest hitting attack? Really?! Check your Bloodspiller tooltip and WAR's Fell Cleave tooltip, account for buffs if you like.

Bust window? DRK is also VERY bursty. I've seen DRKs open up with 9k DPS. It's just not as simple as press IR and spam hardest hitting GCD.

Most powerful AoE? That's a new one. All those people screaming "DRK king of AoE" out there? Granted IR Decimates is, well, decimating. DRK has Salted Earth which is 500 potency oGCD. DP is 140, boostable by DA and oGCD. Quietus is 160/210. AD is 125. All of these are buffed by 20% darkside. If you play it right, you will throw out way more AoEs than WAR. It isn't as simple as press IR and spam 1 button, but you can do more than that.

DAAD is more life steal than Steel Cyclone.

Holmgang isn't most "powerful". It just has the shortest CD. That trophy goes to PLD.

Raid-wide mitigation, Shake it Off barely beats Veil. SiO is party's health, not WAR's. And 8%. Even if buffed. At 12% is ~5k. At 16% it's ~5.5k but why would you feed 2 CDs into Shake it Off? Veil is PLD's HP. In my gear it's ~7,850. Either way, the king of raid-wide mitigation is Passage of Arms. The fact that PLD has 2 CDs to alternate already beats WAR. PLD can do something every minute. WAR every 90s. A good PLD can fit in PoA to mitigate damage without losing a GCD. It lasts ~5 seconds after application too.

Also from the very same study you referred to and linked:


People need to stop taking studies for base value the second numbers don't match and instead should understand the conclusions:


I didn't cut the whole conclusion, the study was already linked and people should REALLY look at it and read the whole thing instead of that one line where it says something and they go: "Oh it said so but FFLogs not reliable, discard". You're only shooting yourself in the foot and continue to feel bad about something you have no control over (and isn't completely accurate).