So... tanks in pvp?

[Sin_Nombre]

Uh... we have to have a tank to PvP... that means that players can only attack the person with the highest emity level, right? ... right? 'Cause if not... uh... what good are tanks in pvp?

Let me rephrase that... what good is a PALADIN going to be in PvP?

[Cynric]

being a beefy dps. Enmity gauge in pvp? those things dont exist my frand. supposedly provoke may work for a few seconds in pvp to make you be targetted.

[jebali]

none,
stupid system anyone who has ever done arenas already knows this but the tanks in this game keep saying its a great idea.
This is just going to make duty finder take for ever.
After all the tanks understand they are the unwanted member of the battle they will stop joining making this system pointless.

[Virtuso]

I dunno much about PVP but being a tank in SWTOR was awesome. We did decent dmg, stayed alive and have abilities that healers would beg us to use and when working together it made for a fearsome team. "Hate" moves would reduce dmg other teammates would suffer if the enemy focused on other players. Done right it would cut the dmg healers suffered down by 80% if the other players focused on them and not the tank. We also got recognition for playing "Tank" like in fights as to boost our rewards at the end of the match. Though there's no telling how it will work in XIV but I did feel tanking pvp was awesome in SWTOR. So it is "possible" that tanks will have a big role to play but we'll have to see if this dev team actually pulls it off.

[Axidrain]

none,
stupid system anyone who has ever done arenas already knows this but the tanks in this game keep saying its a great idea.
This is just going to make duty finder take for ever.
After all the tanks understand they are the unwanted member of the battle they will stop joining making this system pointless.

u have no idea how pvp works do u? lol

[jebali]

u have no idea how pvp works do u? lol

yea no clue I have only pvped every mmo I have played for the last 15 years so no idea how to win in 1vs1 2vs2 4vs4 8vs8, yup nope no clue.
please try again troll

[jebali]

tanks in swtor can go stealth and it was not arena battles. they "were" good till the nerfs hit like a ton of bricks.

[Cynric]

tanks in swtor can go stealth and it was not arena battles. they "were" good till the nerfs hit like a ton of bricks.

the earlier poster is right. Tanks are usually given abilities that make focusing the tank first a priority decision any smart team would make. In some cases tanks even damage as well as other dps classes do. or mitigate insane party wide damage.

[saber_alter]

a gladiator cross classing all of the dps boosting abilities?

a marauder doing the same thing?

paladin...not sure...maybe we can stand there and stab people while being ignored because OMFG CASTERS OP KILL FIRST.

[Axidrain]

yea no clue I have only pvped every mmo I have played for the last 15 years so no idea how to win in 1vs1 2vs2 4vs4 8vs8, yup nope no clue.
please try again troll

if so then you wouldnt be saying all that bs about tanks not being viable in pvp.