I say no to homogenization!

[aleph_null]

This new role skill sharing system actually gives more real options for us compared to the current cross class system. Right now you pretty much have like 4-5 mandatory cross class skills for every job (maybe except pld), so that's just an illusion of having freedom to choose.

For example if you're a war right now you only have one option for cross class skills: provoke, convalescence, awareness, second wind, internal release. Everything else is either completely or nearly useless.

With the new role skill system you can take provoke, rampart, shirk (if it's some sort of aggro control), which are generally useful everywhere. For the remaining slots you can take reprisal, convalescence, stun or silence, depending on whether the dungeon/trial/raid you're doing needs them. There's also anticipation which we don't know anything about yet.

I honestly can't see where the aoe provoke could be (more) useful than the other skills though, unless the devs design new encounters which make it absolutely necessary (adds spawning with huge aggro on random non tank party members).

I think those role skills are meant to differentiate main tank and off tank playstyle. like the off tank can choose low blow instead of rampart, and majn tank would take provoke and aoe provoke together. If that's so we could find two same jobs with different tools, in the case of 2 pld in the same df party they can just switch role skills inside of duty decide from the start who perform mt role. not optimal, but atleast better than current df.

Full time MT/OT separation is a bad mentality, both tanks should actively split the tanking burden to utilize their defensive cds. By doing several tank swaps you can concentrate your cds and mitigate more dmg while maintaining low tank stance uptime on both tanks.

Same thing as MH/OH mentality, with whm/ast full time healing and sch almost full time dpsing, it's terribly inefficient.