SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Kazrah]

To the people saying we need a Mage tank, we have DRK. It revolves around MP management already, so making another tank revolve around that would be just as redundant as another 2-handed weapon tank. Plus, I'm not sure you've thought out the defense aspect when you say that they could just cast spells. Surely you realize how under-powered this would be as time went on. They'd have to either give lighter clothing the same defense as heavy armor or rework defense entirely.

DRK isn't really a mage, rather an emo tin can with a few magic tricks. MP management could be done defensively rather than offensively such as partial MP shielding (some damage reduction and dealt as MP damage) and have far better MP restoring abilities and traits to offset that, or even have a pet that intercepts a portion of damage taken. The "tank stance" buff could do something like increasing physical defense to match magical defense, which casters can caster gear typically have loads of as baseline.

I think you underestimate how many creative ways they could go about making a Tank class.

[DWolfwood]

Your words.

I'm not saying they couldn't do it. I'm saying using the argument that we need a mage tank because we have a 2-handed sword tank already is a pointless argument since we already have a mage tank as well.

Edit - To elaborate, I was referencing the play-style when I mentioned creativity, something they'd already have to build up from scratch, whereas the mage tank reworks the entire defense system already in place. (This confusion happens when you quote people out of context.)

Yes, they could rework everything, and it would also take quite a bit more effort. Whether you think that's worth it or not is one thing. What I'm pointing out is that there is no good argument out there that goes like, "we have too much _____, so we should make ____ a DPS(or Tank.)" These arguments need to just be taken out of discussion. New jobs = more variety, not less.

My suggestion is STILL, make a SAM Tank AND DPS. Shogun Tank, and Ronin DPS.