@Naoki Yoshida-> Make Samurai a Tank class!

[EdwinLi]

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Really in the end it more of the question if SAM as a Tank is enough to actually get people to play a Tank job Role in Group content.

We have plenty of people playing Tank Jobs now but it is for non-group content because they only want to play the Tank Job for Vanity sake.

One can argue in the short run of maybe 2 or 4 months there is a increase in Tank Queue time for Group content and a decrease in DPS time for Group content but it comes down to where that decrease/increase is affecting the game.


If it is endgame stuff then introducing SAM as a Tank Job was a success but if that effect is only for leveling content then it has not actually affected Tank Job Role as planned since leveling content often ends with the player dropping that Tank Job for max level group content thus the queue has not changed for the Max level content which is what most people wishing for SAM Tank would fix by increasing the Max level content population for Tank Jobs. Better queues for leveling contents is fine but the true aim for introducing new Tank Job will certainly focus more towards how the endgame is affected.

Either way SE certainly have their work cutout for them no matter which Job becomes a Tank in 4.0 since they have to start looking beyond Sword user Jobs for future Expansion Tank Jobs if they don't want their development team to be questioned with their "creative ability" when it comes to developing new Jobs.