Evasion tank concept, branching from Musketeer.

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I swear its like people aren't even considering gray area /partial evasion.

so it would be more just a flavor change, then? instead of a partial block, or parry, you would just partial evade, have different ability names that do the same thing. im not against it but unless it plays differently enough whats the point (besides flavor, as i said)

personally i would like to see a magic based tank somewhere down the line. a 'battle mage' that had to rotate various defensive shields (some for physical, some for magic) to mitigate damage..maybe have an aggro DoT that needs to be maintained, otherwise its hate would drop off dramatically. of course an Engineer class could dod the same thing i guess.

edit: i never played xi, but wasnt ninja tanking completely unintended, and somewhat broken in terms of 'balance'? im all for doing things and using classes in non expected ways, but not to the point of what is essentially exploiting a busted mechanic.

but more the variety the better, imho