What if Tanks were designed like Healers?

[Renathras]

Don't forget Thunder!

In 2.1 only, yes.

I think I’d quit over that.

I mean, if you play WAR now, it's not exactly like it's too much different. XD I kid, but...it's really not THAT much different; you metronome your way through 1-2-3, you occasionally press -4, and you still smack Fell Cleave a lot after using Primal Rend once per minute with Upheaval in there somewhere.

Again, not saying everyone would be thrilled, but quite a few WARs just love being a nearly unkillable god of battle and love the dopamine hits from Feel Cleave and Primal Rend, so "MOAR Fell Cleave! John F---in' MADDEN!!!" would make plenty quite content.

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As I say all the time, having different types of Jobs/rotations/complexities for different players is really the answer. Imagine if we had 2.0 MRD (the full on Cross-Class craziness, just as a Job) in current FFXIV, obviously with abilities gained over time, alongside WAR as it is today (or the even dumber version outlined above). Wouldn't be too much of a problem since players could pick the one they want. The problem is when they don't have options.

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EDIT:

Dancer chuckling uncomfortably as its heal/mit ogcd numbers get dangerously close to overtaking its damage ogcds.

...wait, really?

I really should look at DNC sometime. I still have an irrational boycott/hate of it since it was head-faked as a Healer (everyone thought it was going to be and the Devs didn't just say no early on, and kinda did the "is it or isn't it?" game), but I'm running low of Jobs below level 80 as I'm leveling them for that Amero, so guess I'll be getting to it soon...