Samurai, why Tanks?

[Megido]

Can someone explain why samurai would be tanks?

Samurai - brought a big sword for 1 hit kills, walked around in cool looking armor but was definatly not designed for any long drawn out fights, nor for deflecting many blows, but to kill before killed.

Ninja - known for being hard to catch and evading attacks which makes a lot more sense for a tank. Also one of these guys would actually have the stamina, manouverability, and dexterity to keep fighting for a long time, without relying on blocking like PLD or just manning it up like a WAR.

[Mikedizzy]

Who said that Samurai's would be tanks? I would think Dark Knight or something like that would be the next tank class.

[Viridiana]

Who said that Samurai's would be tanks? I would think Dark Knight or something like that would be the next tank class.

SAM and DRK both keep popping up over and over in both the tank and dps forums. Couldn't tell you why, though.

[VoxInaBox]

Samurai armor is very bulky; perhaps that applies to the tank's mind eye.

We have enough dps classes.

Samurai were considered protectors of their masters, and that correlates with tanking.

[darzok]

It might be down to the armor been quite large and bulky giving them a tank like look and so people think tank.

I don't think DRK will become a tank but SAM is kind of questionable it would not be to hard to see it been a tank or a dps.

[Euphe]

I picture SAMs doing massive one hit damage and DRKs doing damage over time with life drains and such mixed in then possibly having massive damage chained attacks. NINs would be really cool having as tanks imo. Evasion tanking is always nice to have around!

[SirTaint]

SAM and DRK (and later in the game MNK) were the two primary tanks in 11. (Late 2007-2013)

SAM was originally designed as a parry tank. They had high EVA too and then later Seigan etc.

DRK started out as a fragile DD but with the addition of high end PDT, Apoc drain/haste and dread spikes it was the ideal tank in 11.

It's impossible to compare the two games but that is where the references come from.

[TaalAzura]

SAM and DRK (and later in the game MNK) were the two primary tanks in 11. (Late 2007-2013)

SAM was originally designed as a parry tank. They had high EVA too and then later Seigan etc.

DRK started out as a fragile DD but with the addition of high end PDT, Apoc drain/haste and dread spikes it was the ideal tank in 11.

It's impossible to compare the two games but that is where the references come from.

I dont know what version of 11 you played but these were never things.

[PacAttack]

I dont know what version of 11 you played but these were never things.

Taint is actually correct. Did you even play during that time?

[SirTaint]

I dont know what version of 11 you played but these were never things.

Troll attempt?