There's something about GNB that I don't like...

[Ekimmak]

... and I'm not really sure what that is. I played all the tanks enough to know left from right up till now, and while I was apprehensive on Gunbreaker, I gave it a shot when it came out.

And I dunno, there's just something about it that really doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's the icons being a lot busier than the others? Or maybe it's that the actions feel more like a DPS class that just happens to have defensive cooldowns?

Heck, it might just be because it's in the same poor state as all other tanks this expansion, and I'm only noticing here because it's new, instead of an altered version of what I used to play. Could any fan of the Gunbreaker please explain what they enjoy about it to me?

[MitsukiKimura]

To be honest I find Dark Knight's opener to be the more complex of all the tanks. I feel like warrior could use some changes. Only being around level 73 on my gunbreaker I enjoy the animations/ feel of it. It feels powerful for a tank with it having weaker defense cooldowns than other tanks.

[shao32]

i like GNB bcs is what DRK use to be while still being pretty diferent to the old versions, pretty much sustained and busy and don't having mindless spam windows is what make GNB my only choice for tanking right now.

not everyone have to like every tank but is true the current sad state of the tank role can really affect the fun too.

[Cetek14]

DPS rotation on tank doesn't work very well to be honest, but for now i would want it to deal slashing damage instead of blunt damage.

[Cabalabob]

The main thing I don’t like about GNB is that there’s no kind of trigger mechanic, what’s the point of it being a gunblade when it lacks the only defining feature of a gunblade? I was hoping there would be some kind of renzokuken job gauge mechanic where we’d activate a combo and have to press the button in time with the gauge to score critical hits and get a different finishing move based on how many hits we got or something.

[SaberMaxwell]

The main thing I don’t like about GNB is that there’s no kind of trigger mechanic, what’s the point of it being a gunblade when it lacks the only defining feature of a gunblade? I was hoping there would be some kind of renzokuken job gauge mechanic where we’d activate a combo and have to press the button in time with the gauge to score critical hits and get a different finishing move based on how many hits we got or something.

So... the Continuation ability used during Gnashing Fang?

[Cabalabob]

So... the Continuation ability used during Gnashing Fang?

Is just a glorified oGCD and has nothing to do with timing.

[SaberMaxwell]

Is just a glorified oGCD and has nothing to do with timing.

Have fun with timing mechanics in FFXIV where the server tick is god. What we have is probably the closest you can get.

[DRKoftheAzure]

Is just a glorified oGCD and has nothing to do with timing.

You know what is a glorified oGCD? WAR and DRK GCD gauge spenders...

[Shurrikhan]

Is just a glorified oGCD and has nothing to do with timing.

Nothing in this game except perhaps double-weaves when you have excess GCD room has anything to do with timing. Seems an odd complaint to make about one skill in particular when the game as a whole has barely more temporal nuance than a turn-based game apart from, and only tangentially, "Can I double-weave at this ping and GCD?" and "Which oGCD do I use first?"

I mean, I'm right there with you in wanting that timing, especially for something that could iconically exploit that.

But... have you seen our server ticks? Or our net-code? We've got a lot to fix before "timing" can be more than lipservice.