Is anyone switching mains from dps to tank because of gunbreaker?

[Burningskull]

If we were going solely based on what each job's role SHOULD be then the only tank in the game would be Paladin and the only healer would be White Mage lol

Yes. Paladin is the only one that feels like a tank to me.

So lets look at the 3 tank classes you listed there...

DRK. Main character of FF4 started as a dark knight. Effectively the tank of the group. In other games Dark Knight has had defensive stats and armor selections comparable to tanks and sometimes had self destructive skills that provided high burst damage at their own expense. A majority of DRK deaths in FFXI were a result of players using low defense gear for a few extra points in offensive stats and then making poor decisions on when to use their damage boosting skills.

WAR. Previous games this was basically the meat and potatoes general heavy melee. meant to stand there and get hit while hitting back. You could relate this back as far as fighter in FF1.

Gunbreaker? Well since it appears the job at the moment is based on gunblade users from FF8 who basically served as guardians for someone else standing at the front as a shield and working as a protector. Yet you say it should be a squishy dps?

Warriors feel like they should be berserkers, cutting enemies in half with one cleave. Warriors in old Final Fantasy games, if I remember right, mostly used swords and shields making them more like tanks. Unless they were dual wielding. Later they also became breakers. They had abilities like Armor Break, Weapon Break etc. So while they didn't do the highest damage they had more utility.

Dark Knights have never been able to take to much of a hit regardless of how much armor they had. They normally had a lower innate defense stat to account for their higher damage. Their main mechanic was also sacrificing HP to do high damage. Cecil may have started as a Dark Knight but I don't remember him being able to take much of a hit while he was one. Even as a Paladin later in the game he was still one of you highest damage dealers. Tho since that game is a single player game you don't have much of a need for a traditional tank.

Squall was not a protector. He was a mercenary sent out to dispatch enemies of who ever had hired him. He could also be considered a soldier in the exam he takes. The gunblade it's self is designed not to protect but to kill enemies as efficiently as possible if the wielder is skilled enough due to the trigger mechanism. The gun fires blanks which cause the blade to vibrate at a high frequency making it cut sharper. Squall would have pledge to protect Rinoa no matter what weapon he used because of his out of no where love for her. Seifer may have been made the Sorceress' Knight but he didn't do much protecting. He gets beat rather easily every fight, and is mostly just used to... actually I never did know what he was used for since he failed at everything.

So yes. I do think Gunbreaker should have been a DPS and another job should have been introduced as a Tank. I do take solace in that at least it's not a limited job lol. (Sorry people that wanted to main Blue Mage)