Thread: 7.0 Tank Wishlist

This is a small thing but I wish that pointing the boss in certain directions, e.g., away from the party, would still matter except for the rare glaukopis-style beam.

In ARR and iirc HW bosses would do considerably more attacks that cover an area in front of them without being telegraphed (or at least without being telegraphed for a really long, and obvious time like said glaukopis-esque beams). Shiva's cone aoe and some ARR/HW dungeon bosses like the minotaur in the fractal continuum or the magitec machines in Midgardsormr's dungeon come to mind. They'd also happen more frequently within a fight as opposed to now (at least in dungeons).
I do remember that we had some beams that had to be tanked away from the group in the Eden raids (Leviathan and the break-your-brain paper bird boss) but those bosses can't be positioned and I'd say those attacks are still relatively infrequent.

In ARR I made it a habit to turn the boss around in roulettes every time in case I had forgotten some of the bosses' rather frequent frontal aoe attacks. In EW there is often little need to turn them around, and if they are they can often easily be resolved in the moment or by just keeping the boss in the middle.

I'd not just like them to bring the importance of boss positioning back, I'd like them to increase the number of position-dependant aoes and perhaps pair them with other mechanics like ground aoes that appear in places in a way that forces the tank to move the boss without the directional aoe hitting other party members etc.
Or you could bring back some more gimmicky (dungeon) fights where you have to purposefully have certain boss attacks hit certain players (but not others) for certain buff/debuff removal mechanics or to hit objects to trigger enviromental effects.
Just give me anything that makes me feel I am actually tanking, i.e., "directing" the boss' attention.

Comparing PLD now from before, I'm pretty much satisfied with it. Only gripe i have with it is Requiescat is melee.

For PLD I'd like
1)Take Shelltron/Cover/Intervention off the meter, give them a 25s shared CD with two charges
It's super annoying if you die during prog, get raised in time for the next tank buster but now your CDs don't work. Other tanks just lose some DPS but for PLD it's joever.

2)Remove the MP cost from Clemency and make it cost 30 meter instead
The meter has to do something, right?

3)Let Holy Shelltron heal per blocked attack instead of over time
This gives PLD parity with WAR when it comes to trash pulls.

4) Reduce Hallowed Ground CD to 240s
It's just so much worse than any other tank jobs invuln right now.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

For PLD I'd like
1)Take Shelltron/Cover/Intervention off the meter, give them a 25s shared CD with two charges
It's super annoying if you die during prog, get raised in time for the next tank buster but now your CDs don't work. Other tanks just lose some DPS but for PLD it's joever.

2)Remove the MP cost from Clemency and make it cost 30 meter instead
The meter has to do something, right?

3)Let Holy Shelltron heal per blocked attack instead of over time
This gives PLD parity with WAR when it comes to trash pulls.

4) Reduce Hallowed Ground CD to 240s
It's just so much worse than any other tank jobs invuln right now.

I feel like a broken record on here but again why does any other tank need to get bloodwhetting

Bloodwhetting, divine veil, free clemency, intervention and the natural heal on the magical combo, at that point you are straight up a better healer than the healer, that is a completely ridiculous amount of healing

Originally Posted by Supersnow845

I feel like a broken record on here but again why does any other tank need to get bloodwhetting

Bloodwhetting, divine veil, free clemency, intervention and the natural heal on the magical combo, at that point you are straight up a better healer than the healer, that is a completely ridiculous amount of healing

Because going 3dps1tank is fun, duh.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

Because going 3dps1tank is fun, duh.

Well at least you are honest

Originally Posted by dwodmots

3)Let Holy Shelltron heal per blocked attack instead of over time
This gives PLD parity with WAR when it comes to trash pulls.

That's a great idea, good luck getting any healing out of Shelltron after that change though.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

4) Reduce Hallowed Ground CD to 240s
It's just so much worse than any other tank jobs invuln right now.

Ah yes, the one true invuln with no drawbacks on a 4-minute cooldown, perfectly balanced...lmao.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

For PLD I'd like
1)Take Shelltron/Cover/Intervention off the meter, give them a 25s shared CD with two charges
It's super annoying if you die during prog, get raised in time for the next tank buster but now your CDs don't work. Other tanks just lose some DPS but for PLD it's joever.

Isn't it the point of dying? You shouldn't.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

2)Remove the MP cost from Clemency and make it cost 30 meter instead
The meter has to do something, right?

I find it hard to fathom that you want Sheltron removed as gauge spender due to dying depleting gauge yet here we are, moving Clemency to it.

Originally Posted by dwodmots

3)Let Holy Shelltron heal per blocked attack instead of over time
This gives PLD parity with WAR when it comes to trash pulls.

Per block.. so you mean, I have to use Bulwark or Passage just to get healed by it?

Originally Posted by dwodmots

4) Reduce Hallowed Ground CD to 240s
It's just so much worse than any other tank jobs invuln right now.

With so much healing output from PLD, second only to WAR, do we still need to shorten its cooldown?