Fine, Bloodwhetting is too OP

[CaedemSanguis]

To be honest, I'm still at a bit of a loss as to what the current 'target audience' for tanking is looking for as a challenge. What's your proposed skill check? How do you differentiate a skilled tank from an entry-level tank?

Mainly LB usage to save your party, cover/tbn/bw/hoc/clemency to save a party member/prog further
aside from the classic "good dps, consistency, fast learning"

It's not DPS, because tank DPS is underwhelming and most of your hotbar space is dedicated to defensives.

For instance I dont find DRG/RPR/VIP harder or easier than GNB or DRK in terms of dps optimization

It's not timing mitigation, because you invuln-swap everything and have on-demand burst healing.

I invite you to clear DSR P7 as a tank, or TOP P6, or even any criterion savage dungeon

It's not positioning, because a lot of fights are self-positioning and your melees probably already have learned how to compensate for your positioning errors even in the few cases where the game even allows you to make them. It just feels like a lost cause at the moment.

Yeah that's fair, a good tank should care about positionnals but dps also have tools