[quote]Bladedancer is an invisibility and stealth based assassin class. It should not beat the tank class in hand-to-hand melee.[/quote] Makes little sense.....but anyway. I would class a Bladedancer as a melee class, as a lot of its abilities are centered around melee hits/kills/damage buffs. Why do people think of the Titan as the tank class? Just because it can have the highest armour stat (no exotics), does not mean that it is [i]the[/i] Tank class. The quality of High armour is common among Tanks, but not all high armoured beings are classified as Tanks. Now the definition of Titans is linked above, but it states that: [quote](A Titan is) a person of exceptional importance and reputation.[/quote] Now this fits in well with the lore etc. Two examples: Zavala, a Titan, is the commander of the Vanguards and is the Titan mentor. That is very prestigious and can give a decent reputation to Zavala. Lord Shaxx is an important member for the crucible. Now if memory serves me correctly, Titans were some form of diety worshipped by...some...greek/roman/eygyptian-esque culture. This also goes hand in hand of Titans being a person/being of exceptional importance. Now what else can Titans (in-game) do to solidify their reputation? They are strategists. They planned and executed infamous battles in Destinys lore. These were the brains and the brawn of most battles. They do not go head first into battle, unlike a Tank. They plan and then strike with effiecency, unlike a Tank. They do have high armour, like a Tank this time around. They can deal a large amount of damage over a short space of time. Now a Tank [i]can[/i] do this, but a Titan can do it straegically and with effiecency, so the entire enemy team is caught off guard, rather than one large enemy. Titans are also the fastest class, and this goes hand-in-hand with the Titans being a strategist, and not a tank, as the speed is used to strike fast, and hard, both of which together are traits not associated with a Tank class.