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

[Buckles]

I can see where the linked thread is coming from with playing on our attachments between older, iconic FF characters and our own characters (/abilities) in this game -- but not for a single millisecond do I believe simply renaming abilities will make the tank class(es) fun to play.

I played PLD first and retired it in short order. The class isn't fun (for me) to play because the class isn't fun (for me). Period. It is slow, clunky and not flashy at all (except the ability called flash, which is flashy by name, not nature).

My (personal) boredom with PLD had nothing to do with the ability names. Rage of Halone could be called "Furry Wet Noodle Poo" for all I care. My (personal) boredom with PLD came from the 1, 2, 3 rotation, occasional flash, ridiculously useless interrupt that breaks your skill chain and utter lack of aoe threat outside of flash 1-49 and flash / CoS at 50.

In short; fun comes from interesting moves with interesting animations, and fluidity of play. Dragoons jump and look awesome. Monks roll around and have fast GCD. Black mages are black mages. BOOM. Tanks -- for me -- are just way too slow and dull.

[therpgfanatic]

I can see where the linked thread is coming from with playing on our attachments between older, iconic FF characters and our own characters (/abilities) in this game -- but not for a single millisecond do I believe simply renaming abilities will make the tank class(es) fun to play.

Renaming things was only part of the suggestion, there were gameplay tweaks I recommended as well to make the class less frustrating. I'm actually happy with the animations for Gladiator / Paladin, I just wish they did more damage and GCD wasn't turning my chara into an auto-attacking stunbot in certain encounters requiring lots of stunning.