Armored Healer

[Iscah]

im just saying to make a holy paladin in ff14. the job is already here and in terms of the gear they could literally just make another set of the tank gear they already make with reduced vitality and different stats.

What does that achieve though, beyond saying "look, this healer wears armour"?

As I asked in my first reply, what are you envisaging to be the selling point of an armoured holy healer that WHM doesn't offer, besides wearing armour?

It would be introducing a huge new number of items with very little clear benefit beyond the novelty of it, when our armoury chest is already strained for space.

I haven't had time to come up with class defining gameplay because I wanted to hear the ideas from you guys.

It's not really working that way. You're the one who wants the idea so you have to come up with how it works - otherwise it's a bit like saying "it's a great idea - you should put the work into developing it" while not giving us any details that would convince us of that fact. Otherwise it's more of a fleeting thought bubble than a real concept - and others aren't seeing a gap that needs filling, or how to fill it, so it's up to you to develop your idea.

There isn't much room to invent a class here without stepping on the toes of both PLD and WHM.

Then why does it need to be restricted to tank role only?

Because that's how FFXIV's battle system works. You have to queue as one of the three designated roles.