How to make tanks more fun to play (devs please read)

[Crushbone-Hammerfist]

I stopped skimming when you said you don't have paladin unlocked yet. Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about.

Tanks are short in every holy trinity mmo. It's never going to change. I tank on a paladin in this game and I love it. It's not a role for everyone, and no change is going to make that different.

[therpgfanatic]

I stopped skimming when you said you don't have paladin unlocked yet. Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about.

Tanks are short in every holy trinity mmo. It's never going to change. I tank on a paladin in this game and I love it. It's not a role for everyone, and no change is going to make that different.

I said I was looking forward to Crystal Tower...

I am posting as a lv 50 Paladin who has done up to Garuda Hard. You clearly misunderstood what I wrote.

[ZephyrK]

I stopped skimming when you said you don't have paladin unlocked yet. Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about.

Tanks are short in every holy trinity mmo. It's never going to change. I tank on a paladin in this game and I love it. It's not a role for everyone, and no change is going to make that different.

Tanks aren't really in short supply in the world's most popular MMO. What did they do to accomplish this? They made them deal more DPS than a DPS dealer, made them nearly indestructible, removed all concern for threat management, and removed the bulk of responsibility for raid scripts.

While I don't think FFXIV has to take such lengths, I do feel tanks in this game are singularly responsible for creating or preventing wipes and that needs dealt with.

[Versiroth]

Tanks aren't really in short supply in the world's most popular MMO. What did they do to accomplish this? They made them deal more DPS than a DPS dealer, made them nearly indestructible, removed all concern for threat management, and removed the bulk of responsibility for raid scripts.

While I don't think FFXIV has to take such lengths, I do feel tanks in this game are singularly responsible for creating or preventing wipes and that needs dealt with.

My only real problem with tanks are the moves that can one shot us if we don't throw up CDs. IMO, Mit CDs should be used as emergency abilities. If my HP drops low, I throw up a CD so the healer has time to heal me back up. As is, a double wicked wheel can one shot a Warrior with over 8K HP if he doesn't have Vengeance/Thrill of battle up and also perfectly time an inner beast. That's just silly.