Can’t decide between the two

[Warlyx]

Drk is badass , the armor the swords , too bad i dont like how it plays

GNB is the opposite , is fun and busy , i would love to see an odin gunblade

[IckeDerTyp]

what's stopping you from playing both? ^^

[die-free85]

I really wanted to like GNB but the rotation gets out of sync too easy on bosses for me. Yes I know I could get better but DNK just feels more natural to me with its focus on managing resources while handling mechanics.

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

I started back into 14 a week ago and been doing the quests as a SAM but been missing tanking and since 2017 a lot has changed and can’t decide between on doing DRK or GNB. Any input would be amazing

I recommend GunBreaker over Dark Knight only because 5.x Dark Knight is awful and the worst that Dark Knight has ever been...
GunBreaker is just more fun, as 5.x Dark Knight is boring, dull, half-broken, and frustrating, unless 6.0 fixes Dark Knight.

with details, GunBreaker's No Mercy(action) burst is far more interactive and interesting, and Gunbreaker's downtime is just.. more, than Dark Knight's just 1-2-3 Combo and spend gauge. Dark Knight also has some very serious gameplay design issues and long since lost its own identity, in its gameplay. Dark Knight's Blood Weapon action is also broken and dysfunctional, plain frustrating, and it was never fixed.

[Garet]

I think the risk with GNB is that because it plays like a dps job that we ran the risk of missing to press defensive cooldowns or evade mechanics properly. There is a risk of getting tunnel vision by your dps rotation unlike other tanks which has a slower methodical rotation that allows you to focus your attention more on the boss.

I am also currently on the same dilemma as you. Trying to choose whether I go GNB or PLD for my lvl 80 tank. I want to realy consider GNB because as a Squall Fan I like to glam into Squall's gear set and gunblade while playing GNB but paladin really feel more natural as a tank though.

[Absurdity]

GNB makes sense when you think about the current game design. Boss mechanics are generally linear and predictable, they always happen at the same second in a fight and in the same order, so you can plan your mitigation in advance. With your mitigation already planned and no aggro management that could throw a wrench in your planning you can focus on your dps rotation, which allows for GNB's busier playstyle.

While gunbreaker is certainly busier than other tanks due to it's higher apm it's also pretty static, you essential do the same thing every 30 and every 60 seconds with 1-2-3 fillers in-between, it doesn't take too long for it to become muscle memory. It is however probably the worst tank to progress fights on since you don't know when mechanics happen yet.

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

Yeh... All Tanks are boring. GunBreaker is just more interactive, and better designed, than Dark Knight...
I would rather push people away from Dark Knight, than recommend it, so that other people do not have to suffer over Dark Knight, in the way that people like me, and many old players from the 3.x and 4.x eras, suffer over what has become of, and what barely remains, of Dark Knight... All three other Tanks are better than 5.x Dark Knight.

5.x Dark Knight is a disgrace, a failure, a mockery of what it used to be, and the worst that Dark Knight has ever been.
game-gods willing, May 6.0 be redemption.