New job idea (hear me out)

[Blinxton]

So I’ve been watching rise of the shield hero lately and was wondering how a shield only job/class might work,

The job title would be defender,
What if the job focused on defending obviously and HOT (heal over time), but in the way of attacks it can use like a standard shield bash or lob like paladin but also the mechanics focused on timing skills to be able to counter enemy attacks to deal damage and/or debuffs

So just and example using a skill let’s say it’s called “counter” sets a 5-7 second timer where if you are hit in that time it’s deal like 10% of that damage back to that enemy
I think it might be cool to have a tank class with mechanics that require accurate timing and planning etc,

What you think?

[Kranel_San]

You know, it has already been demonstrated by Rhitatyn that a shield-only job is viable.

[mallleable]

I posted a similar concept for a double shield job as well.

Name: Juggernaut
Role: Tank
Weapon: double gunshields
Appearance: A marriage between Garlean engineering, and Hannish ingenuity, Juggernauts use heavy magitek armor with ornate patterns, and shapes influenced by Hannish culture. The achievement mounts would be war elephants.
Gameplay: Juggernauts cycle though three defensive maneuvers to gain access different attacks. If damage is taken when under the effect of a maneuver, it procs a new attack. These attacks can combo into each other. Procced attacks can be made even stronger by loading additional aether charges into their shields.