Quote Originally Posted by ADVSS View Post
As long as you make it synergize more with pld/drk and can substitute/rival warrior whilst having enough abilitiess to do black and white magic with said support id be cool with seeing that write up

I still think, like healers, tanks have a set list of must haves that cut their options short when it comes to the amount of abilities available for things like identity, but it doesnt mean its impossible.
Highlighted for importance. But I do want to comment on the part where people say it needs to compete with WAR.
SE did say they planned to change the current tanks to have more support like WAR, and current healers to have the support of SCH.
(Honestly, by support, people just want more DPS.)

It wouldnt be hard to make a tank just simply have more OT DPS like WAR to compete with it.

But WAR isnt the only class a new tank could compete with, and nor does it have to be PLD or DRK either.
If we went with the hypothetical RDM tank, we could make it like BRD/MCH and AST, in being the only tank they can give MP/TP to the party, which can free up a DPS slot depending on party make up.
While it wouldnt do the dmg of a WAR in the OT position, its buffs would allow for more direct dmg from the DPS spot filled, along with raising over all party performance.

Not that SE is going to do this, as they will most likely do what they did with HW, and just copy the base formula, and then slap on a small mechanic on top.