Quote Originally Posted by SingularBanana View Post
No, I wasn't asking for the inability to deactivate it, I'm saying it doesn't make sense that it deactivates by itself since there isn't a single instance of group-required content in the game that is of a level below where tanks receive their stances. I'm fine with having Grit or Iron Will able to be toggled, but when I sync down, it shouldn't turn off because, so far as I'm aware, the reason abilities are disabled when you downsync is that they require a level higher than what you are sync'd to.

In the case of tank stances and the duty/party finders, there isn't a single instance of group content - nowadays, that is - that is below the level at which you receive your tank stance. Ergo, I believe it's unnecessary for it to automatically disable when you are sync'd down in level since there is no point where it would be unavailable to a group.

The sense I get off of it is that when they made the decision to give all tank roles their tank stances at 10 - because they weren't all available at 10 at first - they simply didn't consider/forgot that it wouldn't need to be deactivated. I've seen it as an oversight and not intentional. I could be wrong, I probably am, but that's just how it comes across to me.

Keeping it as an activated ability is fine for cases where you DO want or need a MT/OT, but for regular light party roulettes, it's unnecessary for it to be disabled.

That's my point.
The "sync" mechanism, from a programming standpoint _isn't only used in group content_. It's used for FATES and Solo instances as well, both of which have several that are under lvl 10. So, the sync mechanism, whenever it is activated, goes through and removes all buffs that are not attained at Level 1 (i.e. the lowest level that you would sync to). That's it. They didn't create a new sync mechanism specifically for each place that you could possibly sync, they made one that does everything that it needs to do; removes all of your buffs that aren't level 1 buffs, syncs your item levels, syncs your level.

What you're asking them to do is write a new sync mechanism that is only used in DF content.