Quote Originally Posted by Derio View Post
Removing tank stance and you have to rework all 3 job gauges
Actually... You only need to rework one.

Warrior's are the only one that have some actual "Tank Stance" related change to their job gauge, though it's mostly centred around their actual skills (Basically the Inner Beast/Fell Cleave and Steel Cyclone/Decimate thing)

DRK's stance doesn't interact with their job gauge in any way (At best it's a case of Blood Weapon vs Blood Price... But given that DRK's feel like complete and total trash without Blood Weapon it would simply be easier to just let them use Blood Weapon all the time and cut Trash Price)

PLD's stance simply just generates less Gauge during Shield Oath due to it being only generated on block rather than on AA which is a major frequency difference (Outside of Bulwark vs multiple enemies). Which again, could be simple enough to just cut the Shield Oath effect...

Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
How about this:
Main-tanks: Get a trait at 30 that decreases damage and increases defence, and a cooldown/ability that disables this.
Off-tanks: Get a cooldown/ability at 30 (or starts with it for Gunbreaker) that increases their defence and decreases their damage.
Whys Tanks gotta get their damage gimped to do their role?

Like, not only is this literally the reason why Tanks already don't want to use "Tank Stance" but it's an asinine facet that no other role deals with.

There's no "DPS Stance" for damage dealers that increases their damage and reduces their defence.

There's no "Healer Stance" that increases healing and decreases damage.

Why do Tanks need to be arbitrarily punished for trying to do their damn job?

Like, that's the biggest thing to consider... It's not that Tank players are simply going "Hurr durr muh sick DEEPS" when they opt to not use Tank Stance, it's that they're actively punished for using it. So why continue this trend which would only serve to maintain "Tank Stance" as being a crutch for newer players and otherwise a redundant skill for people whom are capable enough to use CD's correctly.