After playing DRK, I've realized something... (no, it's not another thread like that)

[Valic]

I understand if this at some point gets implemented. But if at least some of the valid concerns people have across the role aren’t addressed before something like this realized then it might be seen as makeup on a pig.

I agree there for sure. An afterthought perhaps.

heavy agree on this, the one thing i haven't liked about tanking is not really feeling rewarded for mitigating properly, a buster comes, you use a mitigation spell, and that's it, you don't really get upfront rewards for doing it or satisfaction.

that is atleast the one thing i do like about current drk, is that it rewards you for mitigating not only by taking less damage, but you get the little noise when the shield breaks in combination with the lit up spells, that's good and i wish the other tanks had something similar to this, any kind of reward system that does actually give you things for mitigating. aside from that exception, tanks at the moment really just feel like simplified blue dps that press a random generic slap on ability whenever a buster comes.

as a side note, one minor thing i would love to see changed about drk is maybe putting shadow wall's sound effect + visual animation on tbn instead. shadow wall is such a satisfying ability to use because of the sound effect + animation but is sadly used infrequently and has no flavor beyond that since it's just flat mitigation. overall i think the sound/animation for it would fit much better and i'd think it would make more sense to put the meatier sound effect on the core focus of the job, tbn currently has a pretty weird animation and quiet/generic sound effect

Agreed. Probably why I suggested this to begin with was because of DRK's shield popping that up when you're hit hard enough. Or maybe even some numbers on the tank's end showing how much damage you took and bigger numbers when it's less damage. Doesn't even need to be a mechanical thing, just a "hey, you did the thing, here's what it looks like! Good for you!" lol.

I disagree on the latter half of your post though... Shadow wall is outstanding and makes a noticeable difference when properly used. You should use it as frequently as possible considering it's like every other tank's mitigation, a whole 15 seconds of 30% mitigation. Personally I like TBN's barrier effect and how it was perceived in SB's release trailer.

https://youtu.be/3_JxY2pRHn4?t=337

^ it's just lacking the "shattered" graphic like that video shows it having.