Quote Originally Posted by Alerith View Post
God, I hope not. This is the current issue with XI. Paladin is on the backburner because every other melee job short of DRK is capable of tanking a good majority of the content. And SE refuses to give PLD any sort of true, comparable DD potential out of fear of making it immortal and broken. (Which is a fair argument considering the capabilities of XI PLD).

I'd rather WAR and PLD be the specific tanks and the only ones capable of tanking things.
Totally agreed. Games that don't necessitate a specific tank class normally suck big time and have battles that lack depth in a major way.


On a side note, good to see that they brought Mindflayers back.