which tank class to play?

[RinaB]

I dont know why people say gnb is difficult or distracting. It's real problem is lackluster mitigation which is why I never liked it. If you want to learn the tanking role I'd recommend WAR. You start at level 1, will ease into the role and the job basically keeps getting better the more you level whereas paladin becomes a lot more strict in its rotation and bloats your action bars with garbage like cover. DRK Is ok but doesn't get good until 72 so that's a deal breaker for a lot of people.

[Jeeqbit]

I dont know why people say gnb is difficult or distracting.

None of the tanks are distracting the way a DPS class is, because they have to focus on picking up enemies, positioning, mitigating, interrupting, protecting the party. But that doesn't mean there aren't tanks that are more distracting than others.

GNB has to be careful not to interrupt the Wicked Talon combo or miss a continuation press between it while doing mechanics, time everything into No Mercy, avoid overcapping cartridges and all of that can get a bit distracting compared to DRK where you just press 1-2-3, it takes a lot more than 3 combos to overcap anything and nothing has to be timed to fit into a buff like No Mercy. Most dungeon bosses are not distracting but occasionally there is one that is.

DRK Is ok but doesn't get good until 72 so that's a deal breaker for a lot of people.

To make up for the lack of an aoe combo earlier on there is Quietus and a lot of aoe abilities like Flood of Shadow, Salted Earth and Abyssal Drain, but the aoe does feel really good after Stalwart Soul I agree.