Holy trinity.. Or maybe not.

[JTribal]

Ok first off, I never said to do that. I said to blur the lines and make tanks more teamwork-oriented instead of being totally self serving.

Second, if the game were entirely Conjurers and Lancers with all their AAs, not only would it be a better game, but the only thing you would need to change about any given fight are the numbers involved. That's how badly tanks are designed right now.

Edit: I say conjurer and lancer because that's what we had in beta phase 1. But arcanist and marauder would be way more fun.

Ok, I'm getting really confused, first you say keep tanks, then you say the game would be better with only one DPS class and one Healing class, no tanks at all. Which one is it?

Also, call me crazy but I'm not sure how soaking up all of the damage a boss is dealing so the team doesn't wipe is self serving for a tank.

[Tiggy]

Also, call me crazy but I'm not sure how soaking up all of the damage a boss is dealing so the team doesn't wipe is self serving for a tank.

Quoted for truth.

[DragonFlyy]

Ok, I'm getting really confused, first you say keep tanks, then you say the game would be better with only one DPS class and one Healing class, no tanks at all. Which one is it?

Also, call me crazy but I'm not sure how soaking up all of the damage a boss is dealing so the team doesn't wipe is self serving for a tank.

All I seem to get from his post is to make mobs hit less so DPS can "tank", which then removes tanks. However, it would be kinda boring at that point.

[Immut]

Also, call me crazy but I'm not sure how soaking up all of the damage a boss is dealing so the team doesn't wipe is self serving for a tank.

I'm starting to see why SE feels the need to dumb down tanking so much.

[JTribal]

I'm starting to see why SE feels the need to dumb down tanking so much.

Whatever makes you feel better bro, but I'm still waiting on an answer to my question.

Edit - You know what, just forget it. My statement earlier was a generalized statement about what a tank does, obviously there is much more to it than standing there and taking damage.