DEVOUR: Blue Mages Are What You Eat........


As little as I think a next pet class would have a future - MMORPGs remove their pet classes or neuter them as they age, not the other way around, and they all do this - I would love a pet tank job where the pet is the actual tank and the player character is the controller/handler/commander.
So say I got this Magitek Tank - literally. It has a ton of HP. I don't. I'm like a phys ranged, that's important later. It also inherits my stats, so I can equip gear to improve it. But, on its own, it just attacks a target causing extra emnity.
Abilities that I have that command the pet to do something:
* Stance switches. 3 main tank stances. One attacks a single target and can be used to force a specific target, using a main gun. One replaces the normal single target AA with a cleaving one that deals lower damage, for groups, maybe a circular flamethrower or so. The third one automatically goes after and AoE attacks targets not attacking the pet, ideally some mortar or rocket barrage launcher.
* Go here command.
* Disenagege command.
* Various abilities that the pet then executes, naturally due to the indirectness with a delay. These include most defensive CDs, provoke, some attacks, and maybe a self-repair or two that self-stun the pet while they work.
* I myself have most direct attacks (ranged!) and also CC moves. I guess I'm using a rifle or so while mostly being a mechanic?
* Some utility moves like knockback immunity are separate and exist twice for me and the pet.
* The pet is not targetted by a boss for abilities, except for attacks aiming at the current target (i.e.: tankbusters). I am the 8th party member, not my pet.
Oooh, Tank Mechanic would be the job. I work on the tank, in between I attack with a rifle or a huge spanner, the tank does the autoattacks and absorbs the damage!
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