Personally, I loved tanking on ninja in XI (Different game, I know, but that's not the point), it was a fun job that I enjoyed. Tanking in 14 is just plain boring imo and it lacks creativity. I mean, when my school work in the background tab starts to look more appealing than the actual battle, something is terribly wrong. FFXI tanking system allowed more freedom and versatility. Bst could even tank in XI; It was creative and enjoyable, ditto for ninja. I am uncertain if ninja was designed to be a tanking class in XI, but rather, player creativity lead to nin tanks (Same with bst perhaps). SE placed too much emphasis on roles imo, no room for creativity which makes gameplay appear monotonous from my personal experience. I dislike war, but others may love it. However, my war and pld friends constantly tell me how boring tanking is in 14 compared to other MMOs, notably XI.