SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Khalithar]

So then what's the point of having the ability at all? Does having magic "on" do more damage? Then why would you want that tank for that content if they underperform compared to other tanks? Why would you want the other tanks if that take overperforms for every other content cause "magic on" does more damage comparitively? Will having a BRD make that tank stronger than the others? Once again this broaches numerable new balancing issues thus making the job that much harder to implement.

I answered these on the previous page already but I'll do it again here.

They can always adjust the bosses later on you know, it's not like the abilities are set in stone. If they added a magic damage tank they'd just have to adjust the boss to take magic damage again or for the coil boss not to reflect spells. It's really that simple. As far as the brd goes, in a 4man party if a rdm with a brd does as much damage as a pld or drk with a nin applying the slashing debuff, it's really not that big a deal.

If anything why aren't people complaining about drk technically being able to benefit from the slashing debuff and the brd debuff?

It's all just numbers, devs can tweak and change things however they want to make it work.

[Kazrah]

If they added a magic damage tank they'd just have to adjust the boss to take magic damage again or for the coil boss not to reflect spells.

IIRC, they've already done this on fights like Leviathan and I think Irminsul so that tanks don't experience reflect or damage immunity components on fights that use them (although that could be just physical damage, but it wouldn't be too hard to expand that).

Kinda wish Ninja got the same benefit so I don't have to switch targets on those fights just to use Suiton or any Ninjutsu other than Fuma Shuriken.

[MagiusNecros]

If anything why aren't people complaining about drk technically being able to benefit from the slashing debuff and the brd debuff?

Often overlooked since majority of DRK damage is slashing. Ouside of the few spells it has and Scourge it doesn't benefit from Foe's as much. And the Salted Earth DoT deals physical damage.

[Shippuu]

I answered these on the previous page already but I'll do it again here.

They can always adjust the bosses later on you know, it's not like the abilities are set in stone.

It's all just numbers, devs can tweak and change things however they want to make it work.

It's also more work on the developers to do these things. Which again comes into consideration when they're deciding what they're ultimately going to go with. Do they implement a job that creates no conflicts with existing fights/gear etc. Or do they spend more time developing a job trying to reinvent the wheel and then also have to go back and change multiple encounters in the game? Or at the very least mean they can no longer use certain mechanics in future fights either? These same issues arise with those who want a melee healer as well.

So of course it's possible. Every problem has a solution but it's a matter of what's the most feasible when you take into consideration development time, budget, etc. etc.