Why do tanks have so many skills?

[VenKitsune]

Both Stormblood and Shadowbringers have removed abilities - Heavensward, on the other hand, ONLY ADDED abilities. I dont think a single ability was taken away from any job between the start of ARR and the end of HW. You know what the solution was to that for those that only had bindings for those specific skills?

Redesign your hotbar.

It's that simple. If you cant fit all your skills on your bar and be comfortable with it then your hotbar/keybind setup is lacking. So, change it, move things around, the UI is very customisable in this game. At worst, it'll take you a day or two to get used to them.

I myself redesigned my hotbar when i started HW, and i actually had a lot of fun doing it - Everything looked completely different afterwards, the map was in a completely different place and everything was just the right size, my hotbars were customised just the right way and centered to allow me to see cooldowns in my peripheral vision so i could see whats coming off cooldown without even having to look down. I also moved my heathbar and the enemy target bar, buffs and all that, to the center, so all i needed to do was look at the middle of the screen to see everything including making it so i could watch one place and dodge aoes and do my rotation at the same time. For example, one common thing healers do is move the party list to the middle of the screen so they are staring at the middle of the screen so they can dodge easier, instead of staring at the top-left corner all the time.

Removing skills just because you dont want to create your own solutions to your own personal problems with your hotbars is quite the stupid thing to suggest. Find solutions to your problems first, and if you cant find a solution, then you can ask, if that doesnt work? Then, and only then, can you complain.

[Nedkel]

You keep saying that and still can't optimize the job.

One doesnt have to play 100% on the job to enjoy its complexity and depth.
I llay like noob on gnb but i love the amount of buttons to press.

[Rakshazi]

Am I legitimately supposed to keybind every one of these skills? Why are the combo skills not combined like Thancred's? I have ran out of space and I am afraid to run GNB because I can't use its full potential... Am I missing something? This just makes me wanna run back to my WHM and be unable to help my friends who need tanks...

EXCUSE ME?!?! "So many skills"?! Are you high or something? I main tanks since the start of this game (playing via X-box controller, let me mind you) and I've never feeled them jobs so SIMPLIFIED as now. Mate, if you can't handle this many of skills with loadout options we have then damn... I have a REALY bad news for you.