@Naoki Yoshida-> Make Samurai a Tank class!

[Katana190]

Imagine riding into battle on this thing.

I don't mind this, but I would prefer a tiger!

[Rahdah]

DRK is hard to play, Maybe that can explain what DRK isn't play so much. You must manage mana and posture (which is very expensive to put back when needed). If SAM is easier, maybe more ppl can try and like.

[EdwinLi]

DRK is hard to play, Maybe that can explain what DRK isn't play so much. You must manage mana and posture (which is very expensive to put back when needed). If SAM is easier, maybe more ppl can try and like.

Well as they say the more easier it is the more popular it is.

Who needs effort when you can just cheese everything easily without putting much thought into it.

[StarRosie]

Who needs effort when you can just cheese everything easily without putting much thought into it.

The mantra of PLD? XD

[Chiramu]

I just wish people would let this thread die. I want SAM to be melee dps personally.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Sam Melee DPS
RDM Jack of all trades tank/off tank
Dancer Regen/TP based healer
Should totes be how it goes.

[GMERC]

Sam Melee DPS
RDM Jack of all trades tank/off tank
Dancer Regen/TP based healer
Should totes be how it goes.

I'll take a Samurai as tank before I ever accept either of your other terrible ideas. At least Samurai as tank is a good idea, if not what I want.

[FinalWolf]

I'll take a Samurai as tank before I ever accept either of your other terrible ideas. At least Samurai as tank is a good idea, if not what I want.

We need another brutal style tank to compete with WAR imo.

[GMERC]

We need another brutal style tank to compete with WAR imo.

I can't tell if you're saying we need another "brutal style" in terms of aesthetic, in which case I'd say DRK already qualifies (with SAM being decidedly more disciplined, which I guess you could say is similar to PLD) or if you mean the Bad State WAR is in right now where it's considered "bestest off tank" and a substandard main tank, which is something that definitely needs to change going forward. While there will inevitably be some imbalance in job performance as nothing is ever truly completely balanced, Tanks going forward need to bring their own A-Game on both Main and Off Tank. The idea that a Tank ought to be designed as a designated "main tank" or "off tank" is an inherently bad one.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Snip.

WAR is already a Jack of all trades tank job because except Foresight and RI, not a single one of their tanking cd's is only effective on a specific type of damage. They may not be as inherently powerful, but they do in fact work against all damage types, where DRK is best described as an antimage tank, while PLD is an anti physical tank, having cd's and abilities specifically designed to handle that damage type. A Jack of all trades RDM tank wouldn't specialize in mitigating a particular damage type, and would simply tank them all equally as effectively. Your misunderstanding of the tanking toolsets is showing. A War MT would actually be preferable in pretty much any content when they're paired up with a PLD, but not with a DRK because of how much a DRK loses as OT.