FFlogs provides a GCD by GCD breakdown of fights. Sources of damage, deaths, etc. Whether you choose to actually look at that information or just the surface value numbers is on you.
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This...the 24 man parses made me laugh since well....My FC group usually runs those as part of our Drunk Friday Night Fun Night. :D So no, it absolutely does not give you a full picture. Heck my FC leader dragged me through delta drunk. Good thing no one was parsing that >.>
You are so wrong there, like really wrong. There is a timeline where the player does certain skill, where they burst or substain damage, how many times a spell been casted, how many cures has been used, how many times tank use their cds etc. It's just not numbers as you say. There is a lot more than just numbers, so please check it again.
It's a dps oriented battle meta.
Everyone us built as a dps with differing responsibilities. Some dps tank hits and other dps heal damage.
I believe you are mistaken in regards to Savage being designed to not factor in tank dps. I'm pretty sure the last time SE weighed in on this topic Yoshi-P stated that:
Src: Game Watch interview with Yoshi-PQuote:
They sum up the basic DPS for four DPS and tanks at that assumed item level and cut that by about 10-15% for the minimum clear DPS. Healer DPS is not taken into account when this is set.
So any tank, in Savage content (I honestly don't give 2 figs what they do in dungeons), not making the effort to improve their DPS is not playing effectively and potentially putting more stress on the rest of the team that are DPSing appropriately.