Want to tank, but I have concerns

[AskaRay]

I use a controller on my PC as well... I find keyboard hard to play with so I immediately picked up a controller for this game as soon as I knew I was going to stick with it. There are sixteen buttons immediately available but with the "extended crossbar" option you can have up to eight-sixteen more by easy button combos (with the shoulder triggers). You can also change which crossbar is showing by hitting the shoulder button (not too sure which PS button it is; I use an XBOX controller, I assume the setup is similar though). At first it was hard to switch on the fly but I've gotten very used to it.

Tanking I don't do much but I can guarantee a lack of knowledge won't hinder you. The first few dungeons/group content aren't too hard and you'll get a feel for the tanking. For harder things, you -can- read up on the encounters but personally I never did, though I do all new content as bard.

I say personally try out all the tanks if you are determined to, and see which one you like the best. Like others have said before you can't get DRK right away, but once it's available you can try it. Myself, I have PLD leveled since I like to tank for fun (and only with friends... random people not so much), and even then you'll want to level up Gladiator (the class Paladin is from) for the cross-class abilities.

And of course you can level any and all jobs, so if you find bard too boring or end up not like tanking you can just switch at the drop of a hat.

Have fun