An old legionnaire skill revised to prevent idling among crimsons.
Once Phalanxed the tank will:
+ Distribute damage to other adjacent tanks in Phalanx
- Use ep's when in combat -> tank will require ep's
- Use more ep's for moving -> tank should stop phalanx for moving
- Not regen ep's -> tank should stop phalanx for regen
Phalanx will:
+ Succeed in distributing damage based on %
- Require a wall shield to work
- Not work on a single tank
The idea being that the tank is crouching behind his shield and locking
shields with the tank(s) beside him. This is obviously is very ep consuming.
Idling in eq parties would stop and no-one uses crimsons for exp anyways, so
problem solved
Of course all of the above is just an outline, many other details would have
to be thought of for something like that to work... it's the thought that
counts.