Returning back to this, yeah I simp for stances but I know it isn't the only method of having damage-mitigation interaction. Nor is it a widely popular method for modern ffxiv. That's why I feel like this discussion is important.

I'd like to see the return of Dark Arts damage-mitigation interativity on Dark Knight, for example, but I'm largely at a loss on how to do it with the other tanks. My second go to would be to have resources gained when you take damage, but I don't believe they want to go back to where not being MT would result in a loss of dps (which is, again, something I wish wasn't dropped. It provided a different feel between being MT and OT).