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

[Kabooa]

Gunbreaker plays like Stormblood Machinist to me. A very active burst phase, and a longer cooldown phase. I personally would do the charge/ammo aspects differently, but the tanks are in a fairly good starting point as it is. I just hope moving forward they branch them out again.

[Ladon]

I personally find the No Mercy burst window to be one of the smoothest and most satisfying aspects of the game right now. The animation are smooth, they all transition well and it all feels very responsive even with all of the double weaving.

[Tex_Mex]

I feel like Gunbreaker plays a bit more like a Rune Fencer than than a gunblade user, but that's because I really don't like the class animations and sounds. I wanted it to be more of a two handed weapon than the current one-hand implementation. All that aside, all of the tanks have VERY simplified damage rotations and mechanics in 5.0, so if you are looking for something more complex, then you'll have to swap to DPS.

It feels to me like the reason for all of the simplification was to lower the skill floor for tanking, which they have done quite well; however, they also drastically lowered the skill ceiling, which is why tanking feels a little underwhelming to me.

[DRKoftheAzure]

Gunbreaker plays like Stormblood Machinist to me. A very active burst phase, and a longer cooldown phase. I personally would do the charge/ammo aspects differently, but the tanks are in a fairly good starting point as it is. I just hope moving forward they branch them out again.

Never played Stormblood MCH so I don't for sure but I have heard horror stories about the RNG on it... and GNB doesn't even feel like it has a long cooldown phase given how often Blasting Zone and Gnashing Fang combo are off cooldown, which line up nicely for No Mercy burst.

If any tanks have a very long cooldown phase it's WAR and DRK, which is why I stopped playing DRK...

I personally find the No Mercy burst window to be one of the smoothest and most satisfying aspects of the game right now. The animation are smooth, they all transition well and it all feels very responsive even with all of the double weaving.

Do not double weave oGCDs in any burst window it is a bad practice because of 10-15 second raid buff burst windows. Just weave an oGCD after a GCD, and you can get just as much damage in if you time the button presses right in a 20-25, don't worry about other people's raid buffs.

I feel like Gunbreaker plays a bit more like a Rune Fencer than than a gunblade user, but that's because I really don't like the class animations and sounds. I wanted it to be more of a two handed weapon than the current one-hand implementation. All that aside, all of the tanks have VERY simplified damage rotations and mechanics in 5.0, so if you are looking for something more complex, then you'll have to swap to DPS.

It feels to me like the reason for all of the simplification was to lower the skill floor for tanking, which they have done quite well; however, they also drastically lowered the skill ceiling, which is why tanking feels a little underwhelming to me.

Simplified tank damage rotation is okay for PLD but it could be a better if Goring Blade DoT duration was 30 Seconds due to Atonement weaponskill spam... GNB is DPS rotation is simple but really hard to master due to certain boss mechanics(hey there downtime phase, you interrupted my burst combo), WAR and DRK is "press on cooldown" while spamming 1-2-3 making DRK and WAR too simplified, and WAR should be the only one that's too simplified(but that's just my opinion)...

[Ladon]

Do not double weave oGCDs in any burst window it is a bad practice because of 10-15 second raid buff burst windows. Just weave an oGCD after a GCD, and you can get just as much damage in if you time the button presses right in a 20-25, don't worry about other people's raid buffs.

What? This doesn’t even make sense. Don’t worry about raid buffs?!?

There is no disadvantage to double weaving if you have the ping to not clip your GCD. To claim this is bad practice is absurd.

[DRKoftheAzure]

What? This doesn’t even make sense. Don’t worry about raid buffs?!?

There is no disadvantage to double weaving if you have the ping to not clip your GCD. To claim this is bad practice is absurd.

I still wouldn't do it because there is a good chance to mess up the rotation and it can easily cause a wipe because of server ticks.

[BarretOblivion]

... 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?

That's a good thing. All other tank rotations are becoming brain dead. There are plenty of tanks that want more engaging rotations that don't bore us.

[Fluffernuff]

I still wouldn't do it because there is a good chance to mess up the rotation and it can easily cause a wipe because of server ticks.

.....w...what?

[AriaEnia]

What I don't like about GNB is the sound.

[Quor]

.....w...what?

Ok, so, it's not just me that's confused by this. In other news, now I have a new signature!