I really can't imagine how you were playing if Titan was still an effective tank at 70.I had to cancel my sub. I just came back for the release of shadow bringers and had been gone since the launch of HW. I'm a solo player and when i picked up the game at launch i was told to go smn because it was THE definitive solo player class. You could do decent dmg, have a pet tank for you, and you could heal yourself and your pet. This is no longer the case now. pets are just glorified dots with an avatar associated with them.
I heavily relied on Titan being my tank as i dont have a FC, nor groups of people to play with to tank for me. The class is completely different compared to what im used to. I have to constantly run around or have to face tank the dmg and watch my HP melt away. SMN is a just weak variant of BLM that has the ability to raise. What is the point of SMN existing now? Its one heal is trash unless you spam it while you let your pet eheemm "dot" slowly whittle away the mobs HP, it can no longer have its pets tank, it cant take dmg, and its dps is out classed by other classes. IMHO this change has dramatically increased the level of difficultly of the class. I really enjoyed how laid back/casual the game could be thanks to the SMN class. Its just not that anymore in this new expansion and i guess ffxiv its just not for me anymore.
I've had more fun running around gathering, crafting, and doing the sight seeing then actually playing the main content since i've come back. . Hopefully SE with realize this was a colossal failure on their part and revert the pet changes.
back to some other game then.
have fun yall