How fitting

[Shurrikhan]

...

We've got a tank with an actual physical barrier (a shield) and another with the best magic barrier (The Blackest Night), but somehow the tank that was once entirely themed around damage->self-healing (2011-2014), and still remains the tank most based around damage->self-healing, should lose its damage->self-healing and become a barrier tank despite having the least barrier theme short of GNB?

You seem more than happy to piss on XIV's own precedent in favor of an altogether separate game, XI. But, maybe, just maybe, people actually play XIV for XIV, and have liked XIV iterations of Warrior? Or will we next be removing Reaper to hand DRK its scythe?

PLD magic phase is...lackluster and doesn't have anything CLOSE to what the other tanks have. Holy spirt can't hold a candle to continuation or Inner Release. It just lacks punch and feels ultimately weak. Confiteor feels ok

While I do like the back and forth, I'll admit that HS spam is... really dull for those 10 seconds of Req.

Heck, when it first came out back in StB, the Req phase actually made me almost wish, well, that either there was no Req phase and PLD instead just had some flexible MP spenders available for when forced away from its target (say, at 2200 MP per cast or so, just short of a fifth consecutive cast) or for rotational alignment.

At this point, though, I kinda wish they'd just go a bit more... Dyssidia WoL vibes with it and make it more augmentative. Have it replace the normal weapon skills, for instance, with something new and more interesting. As for Confiteor, have it share a button with Req, with a 1-GCDs ICD or so to prevent accidental double-hits that'd instantly end the phase.