Quote Originally Posted by Kitru View Post
Telling someone that "the class you like is simpler to play and, as such, has a lower top end performance"
I've asked before, but can someone name a scenario where that actually holds true though? It usually ends up that the simple tanks, by intention or by circumstance, ends up the better tank.

Here's a really simple example, overly simplified.

Two tanks. One always takes -20% less damage. Another has cooldown with 20s duration that causes them to take -25% less damage, that CAN be kept up 100% of the time - GCD (yeah, this fictional ability is on the GCD). Even though Tank 2 has a higher top end, Tank 1 is the better choice more often. Tanks do other things in the fight, sometimes that take precedence over everything else, like picking up adds, properly moving the boss.

In every mmo I've played where one tank was more complex than the other, the simpler tank is preferred unless the bonus is just absurdly extreme like a fictional -30% cd that could be kept up nearly 100% with perfect play.

Even the truly skilled players achknowledge at times that it's just smarter to come on the simpler job, even if the other job peaks higher. You can't always maintain that peak.