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.

[DRKoftheAzure]

... 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?

To be honest I find Dark Knight's opener to be the more complex of all the tanks.

Waiting the longest 1-2 minutes for your "burst" windows is too simple AND boring because all you do spam 1-2-3(1-2 spam in AoE), with the occasional "Darkside maintenance" button, and your "primary gauge spender" button in between... That is DRKs DPS in a nutshell... TBN has the potential to be good but it's held back by current design which is really bad MP generation, and is DPS neutral at best which you would rather spend that 3k MP for more DPS over mitigation since healers are dealing too much damage and they need to do more healing...


GNB has a burst combo every 30 seconds and those 30 seconds are very short AND it doesn't interrupt main 1-2-3 combo while also having a 2 DoTs which are really powerful on a one minute cooldown which is also very short, and a gauge spender. Though GNB does feel more DPS than tank, and that might be due to tank role actions being very lackluster this expansion...


PLD has 1-2-3A and 1-2-3B with a button you can spam up to 3 times that you can only use after a full 1-2-3A and can use a their healing spell or a damaging spell in before the spam, whereas 1-2-3B is a DoT which needs its duration bumped to 30 seconds, and big deeps button with their magic burst button. Also Clemency OP and makes healers not feel like healers...


WAR you can probably enjoy if you were drunk and it really has nothing to write home about...

[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...