grrrrrrrrrrrrr this thread is full of fail

DD hierarchy as of right now in abyssea:

WAR>DRG>MNK>NIN>ELSE. These are all supported by FACT. (In my PERSONAL opinion ELSE = PUP>DRK>THF>SAM>DNC>RNG>BST, however these are opinion and not fact.)

This is assuming top of the line gear + Empyrean weapons (For DRG to be that high up there however requries Ryunohige, so tough luck). Ukko's Average is around 4.5k, Drakesbane Average is around the same without Ryunohige, Victory Smite average is around 3.5k and Blade: Hi average seems to be about 3.5k too.

In terms of DD NIN is amazing, and they feed substantially less TP than other jobs, which brings me into tanking:

MNK>NIN>DNC>THF>PLD inside abyssea

reasons:
Overall: MNK has high survivability, which is important yes, but the main reason why they tank is their damage out put. Being able to do both is why people have dropped PLD, not a survivability issue.
MNK has huge HP pool and upwards of 75% chance of taking 0 damage and dealing damage instead
NIN has 4~5 shadows generally at recast reduction cap (iirc Ni minimum recast is 23 seconds) and medium high evasion
DNC has medium high evasion but can cure itself and others
THF has VERY high evasion and can manipulate enmity
PLD (assuming ochain and almace) can't keep up with the other 4 in most of the situations you'll find yourself in. However Almace is pretty good, and with an ochain (and for some situations aegis) they take little to no damage. Simply put though, any of the other 4 can do more damage without taking enough damage to make it that they endanger the success of the fight.

How does this pertain to the thread?

NIN tanks DAMN WELL. Pertinent NMs that NIN can tank with success even in lowman situations: Apademak, Raja, Orthrus, Hedjedjet, Bennu, Amphitrite, Isgebind, Indrik, Resheph, Empousa, ALL: Scars NMs, ALL: Visions NMs. ALL: Voidwatch T1 NMs. I speak this from experience, not just blowing it out my ass.

TL;DR NIN tanks fine and DD's better than most. fact.