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

[Brevitic]

Nearly every FF protagonist uses a 1h or 2h sword. Especially the ones you named.

The only classes in FFIV that can use 1h or 2h swords are Gladiator and Marauder- the tanking classes.

And the tanks tend to lead the party given we make the pulls and move the mobs to strategic locations.

You are not the main character in a single player game.

[therpgfanatic]

You are not the main character in a single player game.

Dragoons have Jump, White Mages have Holy, Esuna, Cure, etc Black Mages have all the iconic elemental spells, including flare. Summoners can call classic FF summons as pets. So your argument that we shouldn't have iconic abilities from FF protagonists who also use 1h / 2h swords just because it's an MMO is irrelevant.

[Brevitic]

Dragoons have Jump, White Mages have Holy, Esuna, Cure, etc Black Mages have all the elemental spells, including flare. So your argument that we shouldn't have iconic abilities from FF protagonists who also use 1h / 2h swords just because it's an MMO is irrelevant.

I said you are not the main character in a single player game. You are putting words in my mouth, that I spoke in text. I'm not sure how you can assert these things when you have very little experience with the game at all.

[therpgfanatic]

I said you are not the main character in a single player game. You are putting words in my mouth, that I spoke in text. I'm not sure how you can assert these things when you have very little experience with the game at all.

The only thing I haven't done in the game is Coil. I'm i67. So I don't know how you can assert I have "very little experience". I have more than enough experience to have a valid opinion.

And I don't need to do Coil to comment on the experience of taking a tank from 1 to 50, and then trying to gear it in a world of i80-i90s in all the Duty Finders.

[Brevitic]

The only thing I haven't done in the game is Coil. I'm i67. So I don't know how you can assert I have "very little experience". I have more than enough experience to have a valid opinion.

Because you say that these classes have these things and yet you have no personal experience with this, only information you've obtained second and third hand. You make wild assertions about the nature of how the mechanics of the game interact with each other when you haven't even unlocked the classes, let alone the jobs associated with the half the "iconic" abilities you mention. PLD's lead so others can damage and heal, not do everything themselves.

[ApolloGenX]

Because you say that these classes have these things and yet you have no personal experience with this, only information you've obtained second and third hand. You make wild assertions about the nature of how the mechanics of the game interact with each other when you haven't even unlocked the classes, let alone the jobs associated with the half the "iconic" abilities you mention. PLD's lead so others can damage and heal, not do everything themselves.

Unless, they mess up- then suddenly the group puts all blame on them.

There's no reason to begrudge him for being self-centric in his playing... I think all players do that. He is right, though.. other jobs DO get cooler iconic abilities. Tank abilities are pretty mediocre and the LB is laaaaame.

Tanks are boring and they wear heavy armor to protect against other player insults/whining/e-peening more than against npc mobs.

Edit: Holy is the best spell in the game, imo... graphic and sound > all other abilities. I love it.