I still think Machinist as a pet-based Job for Musketeer would make a fantastic tank with a different spin. They could use their automaton to tank, building its enmity up by using their own damage abilities, and since Musketeer uses guns and is ranged, they'd be well away from the pet and able to avoid AE while raising their automaton's enmity, buffing it and working to mitigate damage against it. They could set it up similarly to a Soul Link demonology warlock from WoW, where they use a stance ability so that part of the damage taken by the automaton is shared with the Machinist and part of the healing received by the Machinist is shared with the automaton.
We already have a pet-based healer and a pet-based damage dealer, so why not a pet-based tank?
We already have a pet-based healer and a pet-based damage dealer, so why not a pet-based tank?
attractive enmity device