Quote Originally Posted by Winterclaw View Post
Actually I think tanking in general is a crutch and it should be taken out of MMOs, but that's another issue. Of course you want taunts in because you'd suck at tactical combat if they were out. The player a mob should be targeting is the one that would give him the best chance to inflict damage on the other party. Not the person using an antiquated skill design over and over again.


As for what else you were blathering on about, if everyone had to use that stinking skill to play, then either the skill or the game design needed changing. Ubiquitous skills are bad. This has nothing to do with leveling. This has everything to do with bad designs.


RPGs have been out for over 30 years and we still have to argue over simple basics.

/sigh
SOOOOOO true. Tanking is over rated. Positioning should be the key, and combat should be more fluid and active. XIV is exactly the opposite right now, especially with auto-attack being implemented