Quote Originally Posted by Xenosan View Post
Dark Knight: I think I'm the only one with this complaint... Grit & Shadowskin are re-skinned Shield Oath & Rampart, meh. YoshiP's team have had FFXIV for 2 years, the game itself is 5 years old, and DRK is only the 3rd tank in the game. Yea they've got a lot of oGCDs & the Dark Arts mechanic, but it's not the core of their tanking (really only DA>DM is close). That's the carrot strung up to bypass the fault in the foundation.
It would be difficult to have totally new skill for the same role, so Shadowskin is not a really big offender.

BUT, I absolutely agree that Grit is very bland. What I suggested some time ago is for tank to have a Dread Spike stance, where you retaliate 20% of damage (Capped at 20% of the DRK Max HP) taken and leech back what you retaliate.
Of course, it would add a lot of damage so the damage penalty from the stance would be far higher than Shield Oath or Defiance.