Best Tank for a New Tank?

[WalxAtNite]

Paladin.

It's a job where everything is very intuitive and packed into its own little cycle. Rather than its kit interplaying with every other part of it, you have very distinguished segments that lead naturally into one another, and while it doesn't have "Free" use of its whole kit at once, it also has some of the most flexible options available to tanks that allow you to salvage what other tanks can't.

So some things are dependent on other things, in other words?

I must admit this lost me a little. The only job I've done in 14 is Bard and I love it.

Gunbreaker plays similar to a DPS, so it maybe the best way to ease yourself into the role if your experience has mainly been playing as a DPS.

That sounds really fun, too. Gunbreaker is just a cool job anyway. It looks like fun.

[Jandor]

So some things are dependent on other things, in other words?

I must admit this lost me a little. The only job I've done in 14 is Bard and I love it.

It has a very set rotation, divided into a physical segment of hitting things with your sword, and a magical segment of firing off spells at things.

The physical segment ends with an attack that buffs your magic damage, hence how one leads naturally into the other.

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While PLD has a reputation as the simple tank I'd say that idea's a bit outdated.

In my opinion DRK has less going on than PLD does these days, and while I don't really play WAR I get the impression from others that that's also a very straightforward job at the moment.