Xenosys Vex's tank analysis. (Video)

[Otorinth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsQqpcrmNBI

As usual, good sh*t. Quite possibly the only analysis for tanks worth watching.

I don't frequent here, but I do recall seeing a lot of salty animosity towards this man awhile back. Leave it at the door, if you`re strong enough.

[Hierro]

I really like xeno, but I gotta disagree on that point about onslaught. He argues it needs to be costless or give rage, but that defeats the design of having a gap closer which offers damage as a bonus without having to be a mandatory ability to keep on cooldown in order to optimize.

[NyneSwordz]

I really like xeno, but I gotta disagree on that point about onslaught. He argues it needs to be costless or give rage, but that defeats the design of having a gap closer which offers damage as a bonus without having to be a mandatory ability to keep on cooldown in order to optimize.

This isnt a problem in Shadowbringers though because the gap closer is using the new charge mechanic. You can spend one charge and keep one pocket onslaught for inner release window or whenever u need it without losing dps.

I hope SE hears this and removes the rage cost from onslaught.

[Jollyy5]

This isnt a problem in Shadowbringers though because the gap closer is using the new charge mechanic. You can spend one charge and keep one pocket onslaught for inner release window or whenever u need it without losing dps.

I hope SE hears this and removes the rage cost from onslaught.

Would halving the cost be an acceptable compromise?

[Anienai]

I love his metal strums.

[NyneSwordz]

Huh? I want the rage cost removed. Increasing the cd to match other gap closers is fine with me.

I just want to use the gap closer for gap closing whenever I need to without thinking about whether its a dps loss to use it.

Having it at 30 sec cd with 2 charges seem perfect to me.

Seems to me that theres no point to ever use onslaught outside of IR as it is. So... low cd doesn't even matter. Make it free. 2 charges. Copy paste from the other 3 tanks.

[Jojokomoko]

It's good that he seems to think the overall balance for tanks this time around is not as bad as SB. They do need to buff GNB potency a little bit tho if those beta tooltips were true.

[Kabooa]

It's good that he seems to think the overall balance for tanks this time around is not as bad as SB. They do need to buff GNB potency a little bit tho if those beta tooltips were true.

"Damage calculations are changing". Given that the tanks are throwing out more average potency per hit than DPS, if nothing changed that'd mean they'd surge to close to 75-80% of a -Black Mage-.

Thus there are three outcomes.

1. The values are not final and merely exist for hype.
2. The damage calculations render potency meaningless outside the individual kits of the job. "Power levels are bull!@#%"
3. 6 Paladin / 2 White Mage new meta.

[LeoLupinos]

I would be fine if they remove the gauge cost of onslaught and turning it a GCD with a slight less potency than Heavy Swing. Not only that, but make it for no other GCD to start a global cooldown on onslaught, but if you use onslaught you trigger the GCD into every other GCD or add another GCD if they are already on GCD. That way you can use it as a gap closer, and not be using it on cooldown. Maybe not only for onslaught but for every gap closer.

[Maneesha]

haven't seen the vid yet, just finished viewing the media tour videos on you tube showing 5.0 skills and changes. my 1st thought was " why didn't they change onslaught to match the other 3 tanks gap closers?", thou mathematically the potency's and dps one would get if using 3x the gap closers in a 60sec window vs 6 onslaughts is the same, i don't think I'll do that given that warriors gap closer costs gauge. so it will still be the same as now : use for actual gap closing and uptime and the only other use will be while in an inner release window as a dps gain.
i don't have much issue with onslaught staying like it is in 5.0 (10sec cd, gauge cost), but i definitely would have loved to use it as a dps increase like the other gap closers and certainly would welcome a change to the skills to match the other tanks gap closers (removing it from the gauge system and giving it 2 charges with the same cd as the others) so that warriors can also make use of the "charged" system.