Thread: Idea for 4.0 Tank Class

I think RDM could be pretty interesting with BLM-like and WHM-like stuff and adding a sword. Maybe two? Maybe some other kind of weapon all together since swords are kinda covered in PLD/DRK/NIN/SAM.

From BLM you draw your main combat stuff like Umbral Ice and Astral Fire as En-spell type stuff, which could be defensive and offensive stances, some lightning elemental damage stuff. Then WHM offers some self-heal kind of things and damage mitigation.
Where DRK cribs the Paladin with Shadown Skin/wall (Rampart/Sentinel) - cooldown-based big mitigation, the RDM would crib WAR with maybe one push button Vengeance equivalent and then something that works from charges built up like Inner Beast. A type of stoneskin thing would be similar to Thrill of Battle.
That's just the basics, so that it behaves within the current game. After that you've got some mana usage in DPS and maybe some kind of cyclical stance thing.

As a weird thing though,you'd probably not get to cross class WHM or BLM, they don't really give much useful anyway.