Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
This is basically how I think a caster tank would work here. Of course, we do have the issue of gear being too split up as is. You have fending, striking, maiming, scouting, healing and casting; it's not an easy division like Rift and WoW have (plate, mail, leather, cloth).
The only way Arbiter can even tank decently is if it takes a very specific subset of souls and if it doesn't it is by far one of the worst tanks in rift. To make it even a mage melee tank you first have to take both arbiter and Harbinger which means you are mixing a melee magic dps with a ranged magic tank. Not too mention the only way arbiter can tank is through spamming a shit ton of shields but also by using a ton of self healing abilities to help it survive through some of the crazy burst in that game.

If you want a tank like something similar to what the arbiter is when its at its best then we already have it and thats a warrior.