not new to tanking, but new to ffxiv.

[Teiren]

Oh. Yeah, certainly. I wouldn't want them to allow blocks/parries from the rear. That would be silly. There should be a penalty for exposing that area both for roleplay and gameplay reasons. Adding the flank also would turn Dark Dance and Raw Intuition into actually useful abilities. They're not totally useless right now, but I think anyone that has used those abilities knows what I'm talking about.