Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
This is.. not a good reason. Mainly being that, outside of having similar defensive cooldown structure the tanks don't actually play identically at all.
I'm sorry, but you can even have equivalent hotbar setups on all 4 tank classes.They all use the same basic structure, too. They all share:

- The same DR setup with tiny themeing per class. It's all a 40% CD, Rampart, a short-CD and an "extra" CD (this is the one part that actually differs in a meaningful way). The only true outlier here is DRK, and that was only done because SQEX was too afraid to dare buff TBN, so they gave us Oblation instead. And DRK still has the same overall structure, and WAR and PLD share the same number of buttons.
- A 60s cycle that includes a selfbuff and some sort of combo you run down. Uniquely, DRK's 60s cycle includes some extra stuff every second time.
- Their filler has an extension. The specifics differ, but this just means that mentally, you got the 1-2-3 that "feeds" pressing your 4 button, basically.
- Exactly one extra CD to utilize on top of that, usually a 30s CD but DRK has it on 60s due to their 60s cycle mechanism.

They're so similar. They're virtually identical in fact, probably on purpose because it makes balancing them so much easier. More unique identity is in fact desperately needed, even healers are more unique it's just never utilized much for them because of the lack of overall healing focus. My other comment was that I expect them to keep the differences - sadly - absolutely marginal.