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  1. #1
    Player
    Renryuu's Avatar
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    Ren Aiuchi
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    Famfrit
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    Sage Lv 90

    Still having trouble picking a tank. x_x

    Hello, so I'm a casual player and relatively recently I commited myself to maining the tank role as I find the most satisfaction playing a tank than I do as either a dps or healer and tanking feels oddly natural to me lol. Currently though, I'm having some doubts and have gone to swapping between 3 tank jobs, trying to figure out which I'd want to be but only ending up running myself into the ground because something comes along that makes me think that tank job isn't right for me. Here are my issues:

    Paladin - This one I had put the most work in. I have all the relics from each expansion, it was the job I have been playing the most the past month or so and I've gotten to a point where I can just about solo any boss in the dungeons if the group wipes and I'm the only survivor. Moments where I'm the only one left standing and I whittle the boss down and people praising me for succeeding are what convinced me to make being a tank a permanent thing. Now my issue is that watching videos of much more experienced tanks (specifically Lynx Kameli), they say that Pld is better off as an OT over being an MT because of it's support and utility. Granted 80% of the time I'm just doing dungeons, the times where I have a tank partner, I kinda like being MT, but that isn't the ideal option for Pld.

    Dark Knight - This one I quite like aesthetically, and I do have the Anima Lux relic for it. I like how using TBN is usually all I need to do and barely take any damage, making life easier on the healers and generally feeling proper tanky, though when the group dies, I end up dead as well with no Clemency level healing lol. My problem with Drk is that while it's suggested to be a main tank, I can't maintain that position as anytime I'm with another tank that decides that leaving tank stance on and having an aggro fight is more important than what helps the healers and the group out more, I always lose hate and can't ever overcome the other tank, even when using proper rotations and openers.

    Gunbreaker - This one wins aesthetically for me as I'm always a sucker for tech based classes or classes that have a tech like feel to them. I like having the ogcd Regen as it feels like I'm helping the healers a bit and in turn give them more opportunity to dps. Also since I used to be a dps main since 2.0, it playing more like a dps than a tank really helps me transition into maining tanks. The problem I have with it is that more knowledgeable tanks than me say that it has the worst defenses and is only really useful for pushing dps checks and speedruns and as such is relegated to OT status. I just don't want to be a strain on healers and make them hate playing with me because of GNB's lower defense than other tanks, though at the same time I just love every aspect of GNB, even if it currently only has one glowing weapon that doesn't even look all that great compared to the options other tanks have. I just don't want to be a burden and want to provide the smoothest and most enjoyable run I can give to the dps and healers.

    Warrior - I just don't like it. It doesn't appeal to me at all in all the time I played with it. I don't really like the berzerker, big axe wielding theme. Even having leveled it to 60 back in HW, it was a struggle to keep at it and the only reason I ever got anything out if it was cause of it's insane self healing as that one particular aspect always appealed to me, though even it is not enough to keep me playing Warrior longer than I have to.

    As you can see, aside from Warrior I love each of the tanks in different ways and each has an issue that makes me then go to the next in an endless circle of tank swapping that is starting to cause me to feel burned out on the game due to my indecisiveness. Since I'm a casual player, I'd prefer to stick to just one of the tanks to focus on since I have a dps secondary already and don't wanna stretch myself too thin or else I become poor at playing all jobs instead of being decent to good at a couple.
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    Last edited by Renryuu; 09-20-2020 at 04:55 AM.

  2. #2
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    Mikey_R's Avatar
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    Mike Aettir
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    Cerberus
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    Paladin Lv 100
    You are making these "downsides" a much bigger issue than they actually are. You say you are casual, so I assume you don't do Extreme Primals or harder, in which case, it does not matter at all. Nothing is hard enough or needs that sort of optimisation to worry about. Just pick the tank you enjoy using the most and use it.

    Even then, unless you are in a static and planning cooldown rotations and coordinating with your healers, it still doesn't matter, even in extremes and savage.

    Again, just pick the one you enjoy using the most, which sounds like Gunbreaker? and play that. No healer will worry about healing you, you won't make yourself harder to heal in any noticeable way. Just play what you want.
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    Shao Kuraisenshi
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    Ragnarok
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    Gunbreaker Lv 90
    The diference betwen ofensive and defensive capabilities betwen tanks it's minimun, yes DRK and WAR are the strongest defensive tanks but you still be complety fine with GNB and PLD and im telling you that as a GNB main who always MT in his static most of the time that you would be fine, so yeah in resume go for GNB or PLD since seems to be the ones you like more and don't fear to make anyone jobs harder or something like that bcs you wont.
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    Leiron's Avatar
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    Haeen Kazerith
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    Balmung
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 90
    Literally pick the one you like most.
    The differences are so slight that they do not matter even on the cutting edge of content.
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  5. #5
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    Iiiiiiiiiiit's Meeeee
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    Sargatanas
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    Arcanist Lv 90
    Maybe this breakdown will help you.
    Good luck and have fun yo.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbtc5SQ4D1U
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    MsMisato's Avatar
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    Khloe Stardew
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    Siren
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    Gladiator Lv 90
    Honestly try them all out and find one that bests suits your play style for tanking. Everyone has a preference its best for you to play. Try them out in alliance raids and such.
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