Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
Rather, the point I was trying to make was focusing on the use of Dark Arts to subvert that cost, negating any such risk for a tank in PVE under normal circumstances. Presently, the existence of Dark Arts doesn't "reward" proper use of TBN, but rather refunds the cost TBN had in the first place in order to induce a "counterattack" narrative via Edge/Flood.
That's the thing though, you don't want to reward the use of a defensive buff with more damage, otherwise the defensive will be used for offence and will feel bad if if absolutely had to save it to use it for an actual defensive purpose. You can just look to HW and, IIRC, SB PLD for an example. Sheltron/Bulwark were useful tools to get a Shield Swipe proc and were often used for the purpose. Sheltron even had MP regen attached to it in SB and, with how tight PLD's MP economy was then, you bet Sheltron was used to help restore MP so that you could get all 5 Holy Spirit casts in.

Rewarding defensive play with offence just does not work.