I can't decide which tank to play! Help :)

[CaptainFishSticks]

Having been a PLD main since Heavensward, I've got a serious soft spot for it, but I switched over to GNB as my new main tanking class and I've seriously not regretted it since. Only thing I need to do now is to try and take it through high-end content with a static to see how well I do, but honestly the mechanics of the class were fairly easy for me to learn and get used to - and I do so on two different control schemes, both KB+M and Controller.

[select20]

Which tank is considered the jack of all trades? Like doesn't excel or suck in any one area, but it pretty balanced.

DISREGARD

Has a discussion on reddit that helped me with this.

[Nedkel]

Which tank is considered the jack of all trades? Like doesn't excel or suck in any one area, but it pretty balanced.

DISREGARD

Has a discussion on reddit that helped me with this.

All of them play exactly the same and bring same stuff with them, so doesnt matter really.
Play all 4 and then decide which one you like the most.

[BarretOblivion]

All of them play exactly the same and bring same stuff with them, so doesnt matter really.
Play all 4 and then decide which one you like the most.

Mmmm, no. GNB does not play like PLD, WAR, or DRK at all. Its more like a DPS than any other tank.
PLD has moments like the other tanks but I guess is more 'evolved' than them from a gameplay perspective of having a DoT combo still.
DRK/WAR
oh yeah they are the same class with one needing to just OGCD with mana too keep the DPS buff up and WAR having to go through a whole combo to do that.

[Nedkel]

Mmmm, no. GNB does not play like PLD, WAR, or DRK at all. Its more like a DPS than any other tank.
PLD has moments like the other tanks but I guess is more 'evolved' than them from a gameplay perspective of having a DoT combo still.
DRK/WAR
oh yeah they are the same class with one needing to just OGCD with mana too keep the DPS buff up and WAR having to go through a whole combo to do that.

Well it is not the same but at the same time it kinda is.
There is a lot of abilities that plays the same role or simply works the same.
All 4 tanks has highest dps windows, all of them share deffensive cooldowns both in functionality and even in share numbers, all tanks has 1 healing spell, all of them has 1-2 aoe combo, invulv cd, dash skill, range skill, aoe party mitigation and etc.
There is like 6-8 different parts of them that determine their playstyle, but everything else is kinda same.