Thread: Translation of 3.2 Notes by BG

This makes me so happy ;___; I thinkg that Tank DPS might end up capping at around 950-1000 with current IL, unless they reaaaally want to bring tank numbers down. I don't think it'll go lower than 800, though. Or at least I sure hope so!

Good on them for not nerfing WAR and buffing the others instead.

So we are to assume the following:

- VIT tanks will be the exclusive option, while being a bit weaker than a 3.15 STR tank
- WAR won't change, but PLD and DRK will be buffed both in offensive and defensive means
- Stance swapping will most likely be oGCD and will introduce pros and cons that will require management to achieve tanking goals

Am I missing anything?

Although PLD’s DPS will be increased to be close to DRK and WAR, PLD won’t be able to equal their DPS completely, because they have much better and easier to use defensive skills.

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

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"Much better"? Glad to see that they're still clinging to that ridiculous notion that Pld Defense is somehow superior to the other two tanks, despite the fact that it has been proven several times over that it is not. I wish I could say I was surprised, but they really like those blinders that they have on.

It's comments like these that make me less optimistic about the changes, because they make it sound like they're saying "we're not going to change anything that the community has been asking for because we have our heads in the sand and have failed to notice that Pld is not working as advertised." The only hope I have at the moment is for the supposed changes they are making to Pld's "more difficult to use" CD's. In the last live letter they said that they are making changes to a few job actions. If those changes really do put Pld ahead of the defensive curve, then this comment will make sense. However, if they don't, then this is nothing more than a wet noodle excuse.

The thing that worries me most is that I still have not seen a single comment from SE concerning Pld's abysmal TP consumption. They've mentioned stances, changing a few moves to make them easier to use, and dmg increases (kind of), but they have not said a word about the single most pressing issue to Pld's, which is TP management. Someone, please tell me I've missed this somewhere, and we'll be getting a fix.

Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

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Oh, sure - Like Sheltron, one of the most wasted ability from all tanks to be gained on the 50+ class quests?

uf thats the problem to have 2 threats for the same discusion and i post in general discussion lol.

if wars don't get any change except deliverance modifications this means they skills dont get any change and still scale with srt, with the new vit meta all defensive skills based in str get a number nerf in that case, equilibrium go to lose most of the effect, well nice, but i was hope they change at least raw intuition, that skills is so freaking op for a non parry tank.