How do we feel about the tank changes?

[ExLegen]

It’s a tricky subject. If you mess to much with tank personal mitigation, in a sense you are making healers job redundant and less interesting.
Even if they go there, personal mitigation requires simple routine and basic knowledge of the fight, it’s not representative of skill ceiling. It’s less mastering your toolkit and more knowledge of each individual bosses and their hard hitting moves.
Therefore i rather they make more interesting encounters than just increase bosses tankbuster toolkit.

[Burningskull]

I love the Tank changes. Honestly every change they made for tanks made me want to main GNB more and more. Still going to try out DNC first tho, but if I don't like it definitely going to try out GNB next.

[SunAurel]

What happens when there are 3 tanks like in 24 man? Do we let them fight over aggro with no way to control it?

Mum said it's my turn to tank the boss!

*Boss turns, cleaves, death everywhere, wipe, abandon*

[Laerune]

Looks more streamlined, which should make it easier for non-tanks to pick the role and try it out. I guess I will wait till tomorrow and read what the influencers and the media reporters will write about the new gameplay.

[Bright-Flower]

Looks more streamlined, which should make it easier for non-tanks to pick the role and try it out. I guess I will wait till tomorrow and read what the influencers and the media reporters will write about the new gameplay.

Do new tanks start trying to use dps stances right off the bat? I would think that new tanks would just stick to shield oath/grit etc off the bat and then start going for dps as they grow more comfortable in the role, but I could be wrong on that. Either way, I'm 100% behind the stance changes.

[Kalise]

Do new tanks start trying to use dps stances right off the bat? I would think that new tanks would just stick to shield oath/grit etc off the bat and then start going for dps as they grow more comfortable in the role, but I could be wrong on that.

It depends. Some will just use Tank Stance 24/7 (With a few never actually ever swapping out of it, no matter how comfortable they may be).

However others will either read online or be told by people in game that "Tanks should be in DPS Stance" and will try to use it before they're capable of doing so.

This leads to them having conflicting information, where their gameplay is telling them they should be using Tank Stance because they need it to survive and/or generate enmity (Even more so if there's some DPS who's overgeared and too stupid to use Diversion in their party) while other people are telling them to use DPS Stance.

It's the same problem that Healers get too. New healers (Also healers doing Dungeons while leveling and gearing) will have to use GCD heals such as Cure II/Physick/Benefic II to keep people alive. But then they read online and get told by other people in game that Healers only use oGCD's and spend the rest of their time DPSing.

Basically, people parroting out of context gameplay ideals leads to new players getting confused, thus they shy away from Tank/Healer roles.