@Naoki Yoshida-> Make Samurai a Tank class!

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Except it's entire visual style pretty much. Not to mention Viking has appeared in a whopping 2 Final Fantasy games, one of which it had no unique identity except being tanky, and the other it was a spellcaster. Viking is one of the weirdest choices people seem to throw out for future tanks. It's a rare Final Fantasy job with no real unique qualities and doesn't come anywhere close to the appeal or popularity of so many other choices.

And yet you'd be hard pressed to name another viable Tank that isn't Samurai (overwhelmingly likely to be using Katana or Great Katana), Viking (probably using Hammer, Great Hammer, or maybe Hand Axes), or Mystic Knight (using... Swords. Though I suppose you could delegate specifically curved Sabers to them if you wanted. A little tricky considering Paladin themselves have quite a few such weapons already, though I suppose problems like this are bound to happen going forward.)

I don't know if I'd say Viking has no unique qualities, either. What were Dark Knight's unique qualities? Their main first appearance, Cecil, was just a guy who wore heavy armor and mashed the Attack Command along with the ability to trade HP for a fullscreen attack. A large amount of DRK's identity in 14 is entirely created for this game, barring some visual callbacks here and there. A Hammer and a firm Lightning theming is more than enough for them to expand into something interesting here.