Add DPS roles to Warrior ?

[Esmoire]

i think all tanks should have this option, lose some hp to games some dps, call it Reckless Stance.

We kind of had this in Stormblood. You had a tank stance with enmity, bulk and a damage penalty, as well as a separate DPS stance. Most of the DPS gain wasn't in the DPS stance itself, but rather the absence of the tank stance.

This doesn't really work, because how much damage is superior in every facet of FFXIV. Even if you are not a hardcore raider, if you can kill stuff faster, you generally have a higher chance of success and get to play more of the game in a shorter time, especially with how generous healing is. If we brought back some kind of DPS stance for tanks, unless they give us like a 75% HP penalty or something we are just going to be using it most of the time outside of dungeon trash pulls.

[Deceptus]

We kind of had this in Stormblood. You had a tank stance with enmity, bulk and a damage penalty, as well as a separate DPS stance. Most of the DPS gain wasn't in the DPS stance itself, but rather the absence of the tank stance.

This doesn't really work, because how much damage is superior in every facet of FFXIV. Even if you are not a hardcore raider, if you can kill stuff faster, you generally have a higher chance of success and get to play more of the game in a shorter time, especially with how generous healing is. If we brought back some kind of DPS stance for tanks, unless they give us like a 75% HP penalty or something we are just going to be using it most of the time outside of dungeon trash pulls.

Yep, we had the option and then due to the DPS meta mindset you were actively frowned upon if you used tank stance as a tank.

[basketofseals]

Yep, we had the option and then due to the DPS meta mindset you were actively frowned upon if you used tank stance as a tank.

I mean there was literally no benefit to it. Using a tank cooldown gave you more than enough wiggle room to eat every single tank buster in a fight, and auto damage was generally low enough you could just Eos+Regen it for the most part.

Meanwhile every single fight has a hard enrage that's always a threat.

It wasn't even useful as a progression tool because you want your healers to know the ebb and flow of damage so they can properly allocate their cooldowns.

So it provided no additional safety unless you were falling asleep at the keyboard, and it nerfed your damage by an absolutely absurd amount. Why would you ever turn it on?

[Videra]

We kind of had this in Stormblood. You had a tank stance with enmity, bulk and a damage penalty, as well as a separate DPS stance. Most of the DPS gain wasn't in the DPS stance itself, but rather the absence of the tank stance.

This doesn't really work, because how much damage is superior in every facet of FFXIV. Even if you are not a hardcore raider, if you can kill stuff faster, you generally have a higher chance of success and get to play more of the game in a shorter time, especially with how generous healing is. If we brought back some kind of DPS stance for tanks, unless they give us like a 75% HP penalty or something we are just going to be using it most of the time outside of dungeon trash pulls.

If you used tank stance in Stormblood for more than the necessary grabbing of aggro, you were bad. Which is what you, yourself, stated. Also, people - namely WAR and DRK players - dumped tank stance during trash because they had unique AOE interactions. Dark Knights could essentially become beyblades, and Warriors? Well, decimate, in a word.