Quote Originally Posted by GMERC View Post
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.)
This is one of the prime reasons it'd be a bit of a tragedy if they made SAM a dps, since there's so few that could fit. Though arguably Beastmaster could function as a tank as well in my opinion but their track record for pet jobs is pretty crap and the system is overall bad for it on top of the fact the pet's role would have to be extremely diminished to actually function. Templar and Soldier are other possibilities along with Judge(master), but those are about it when it comes to armored assaulters. So if not those then SE has to figure out if they want tanks that don't wear Fending stuff, or change job identities to make them wear fending stuff.

But still, Viking has a lot of visual overlap with this game's Warrior, so to me it just seems like a less likely option compared to others that would have a more distinct look to their AF stuff etc. Combined with it's overall lack of representation in past FF games and tbh a less populated fanbase for it I just don't see it as a particularly strong option, certainly not one worth replacing Samurai with.