Tank IDENTITY

[ValStryder]

I don't really see where people get this idea from that warrior's identity is selfheal, nowhere in the "berserker" fantasy do I imagine healing myself.

It's not that the identity is self heal, it's more that the identity is "RAGE YOU CANT HURT ME DIE." Berserkers IC wise simply ignore the damage they take in battle, and in game mechanics, this translates into self healing because we all know immunity would be ridiculously overpowered even moreso than self healing.

EDIT: Source for Berserker lack of feeling pain: Warrior 30-50 quest line

[Shurrikhan]

Berserkers have been traditionally tied mechanically to self-healing (both direct and from damage dealt), mitigation as damage delay (WoW Monk's "stagger"), fixed-value partial mitigation (like a TBN, but only absorbing a third of incoming damage, such that it's less potent but smoother/more lasting), and deathless states (can't die for X seconds). It's also been able to sacrifice life or mitigation (rolling advantage both on its attacks and attacks against it, etc.). It's never really been a one-mechanic-pony across its appearances.

While I'll agree with Lyth and others that it should focus more on and around one such mechanic if that mechanic can be tied into integrally, interestingly, and (sufficiently) expansively, there's no need to axe other mechanics outright.

Personally, I'd love to tie more among Warrior's play back towards that sanity aspect, especially since, right now, Warrior doesn't feel battle-thrilled or enraged so much as simply... direct. But that'd require a return to tanks being jobs first and templates second as to allow the idea that tanks shouldn't be barred from being able to trade out survivability in certain moments for greater effective gains for their party on the whole.

[Guhthaerz]

I don't see how paladins are the only ones fulfilling our fantasy when the unga bunga vikings have better healing capabilities.

[Absimiliard]

DRK definitely kinda missed the identity boat, but I'd say the other tanks hit on it pretty well. WAR is the batshit insane berserker that just won't die, PLD is the holy knight that protects and heals, and GNB is a combo mad lunatic with a mix of Squall and Seifer's movesets and a penchant for condemning everyone that plays it to develop carpal tunnel after a while.

[MagiusNecros]

WAR - Near unkillable Berserker

PLD - Holy Knight

GNB - Squall/Seifer with focus on Renzokuken

DRK - Wants to be a WAR and a PLD but sucks at both. Fun to play in PvP tho

BLU - DIAMONDBACK