The problem with having “Tank” as a class name

Marcet

Noaani wrote: »

teje wrote: »

mcstackerson wrote: »

How is this any different to names like summoner or fighter? Yes, those names have been used for classes in the past but isn't it a similar situation where a fighter is someone who fights and a summoner is someone who summoners?

Nah, your logic is unsound.

Your logic is unsound.

You are using old english roots of words - but you have no idea what the Verran roots of any of the words in question are!

Fact is, players will call the class "tanks", so the game may as well.

The day you said that a literal water tank made sense cause its a metal shell encapsulating a body of water instead of flesh and that's why Verrans would end up calling people in armor "tanks" is the day I stopped taking you seriously.

Plus, Steven already said he's gonna change the archetype's name in a recent interview so yeah, WE HAVE WON.

This beautiful thread is over. We claim victory.

daleybobs

Definitely in favor of a rename, 'Tank' is typically a role shared by classes, not a class itself, and this may cause confusion.

Personally? Guardian, Vanguard or Defender seem like better suited names for this sort of class, but I support the notion of changing it either way.

Whisky

Shoximity wrote: »

I don’t know about you @mcstackerson, but I’ve never seen a class in my fantasy RPG games that rolls around and shoots artillery shells in my party of fighters, wizards, and healers.

Well first, tanks don't shoot artillery shells.

Sathrago

SirChancelot wrote: »

Sathrago wrote: »

Summpwner wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be a big deal. What with Tank being the only Tank primary, i would imagine that secondary Tank still won't be tank-role, which will ease the confusion... I wouldn't ever say I'm playing Assassin in Guild Wars unless that was my primary class. When someone says they play Tank, there likely won't be cases where they aren't playing Tank/x.

ok so now this is something to discuss. Steven has said that summoners will be able to tank. What do we do now?

When did he say that?

daveywavey

SirChancelot wrote: »

Sathrago wrote: »

Summpwner wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be a big deal. What with Tank being the only Tank primary, i would imagine that secondary Tank still won't be tank-role, which will ease the confusion... I wouldn't ever say I'm playing Assassin in Guild Wars unless that was my primary class. When someone says they play Tank, there likely won't be cases where they aren't playing Tank/x.

ok so now this is something to discuss. Steven has said that summoners will be able to tank. What do we do now?

When did he say that?

October the 20th 2024:
https://youtu.be/qQ-trr5ngww?t=38m42s