Pugilist role in groups... a Tank or a Damage Dealer?

[Murugan]

by asking this question, i don't mean it in the current time since all classes are nearly full of flaws i am just wondering whether it is planned to be a Tank or a DD class or even both!
i would like to hear your ideas on how would Devs fix the class currently and make it work for both

As for me, since there is no Def or Off stances...i would say they should make the "usable on evade only" abilities produce more Enmity than other abilities (more like Phalanx) and remove that condition from Simian Thrash and increase the damage of Concussive Blow, beside that removing MP from Pummel and Light Strike and reducing Flurry Recast (30 second is reasonable) and redesigning Pummel to make it an ability to increase generated TP instead of what it is right now...

of course you can drop all this and find other solutions if we had toggle Stances

What do you think?

Pugilist can both Tank and DD all mobs/instances currently in the game just fine. Of course to do it well you need to have certain abilities from other classes. I believe a well played Pugilist is just as capable as a GLA tanking (having a slight edge on some fights, and handicap on others), or a LNC/MRD in terms of DD capability.

You may not do the same damage as an ARC or a mage, but you can still be of use to your party by assisting with incapacitation, Battle Regimen (we gain TP very fast), and hate transfer through accomplice chains, and Collusion. I think we do these things better than an ARC or mage personally.