Endwalker GNB Discussion

[ForteNightshade]

nah that just sounds like bad GNB.
I did TEA on GNB, and all i had to do was say/think to myself "of, X is happening at Y, and I'll be at Z in my rotation. where to slot mitigation?"
the only annoying bit i can recall from tanking savage was hating OT'ing e5s.

It's an optimized GNB. How well did you perform in TEA? Did you clip your GCD, delay Burst Strike/Faded Circle out of raid buffs or lose a GCD moving the boss? All of these are issues GNB already has but can be mitigated to an extent with current Burst Strike. That will no longer be the case in Endwalker since you'll have a oGCD tied to it.

And I'd still counter with "git gud."
Having complexity on a tank and making it require preplanning and forethought, as well as an ability to adapt on the fly, for how to weave in your mitigation in the midst of doing your rotation, is optimization. It's just not "I'm tryna get top parse" optimization, but tbf that's not something I personally ever felt like chasing. If you wanna push for top numbers then more power to you. I'd rather not have yet another tank have it's gameplay be dumbed down because a few people wanna complain "wah GNB too hard, SE fix."
What all this comes off to me as is "GNB is gonna become even more technical and difficult to master and perform well with in the midst of an encounter," and frankly I'm salivating over that.

Nothing about this is added complexity because the solution will always be more work for the party. If the GNB cannot move the boss without losing an oGCD due to the new rigidness of Burst Strike, it'll either be a damage loss for them or force their co-tank to move it for them. Neither scenario requires forethought from a gameplay perspective. Likewise, if you can only time Rampart to line up with an upcoming tank buster but won't have the weave space to add a second CD, you'll just take more damage than any other tank in the same position.

You say you don't want GNB to be dumbed down. Is it now? Why would allowing it to keep it's current weave slot suddenly make it dumbed down? Because all Hypervelocity does is remove what already exists.