Warrior Tanks: Maximizing DPS Output

[BushidoMP]

This is our main disconnect. If we're talking about best-in-slot for ideal scenario's only, we're splitting hairs here. Your definition of best-in-slot is vastly different than mine. Therefore, arguing over what is best-in-slot becomes pointless.

I'm not talking about ideal scenario's only, I do PUG EX Primals in this gear and still survive just fine. An ideal scenario.. is an ideal scenario, but I survive just fine with randoms.

The point is that my definition of best-in-slot deals with probability of success vs failure. Not what can kill the boss quickest while still being able to live. Of course, there are so many variables there such as the quality of the players you're playing with. My aim is to maximize the chances of success and minimize the chances of failure, even taking into account variables such as player error and the quality (or lack thereof) of my teammates. Yours is to killing as quickly as possible under ideal scenarios only, where your HP sacrifice is much less likely to be exposed.

Not only do you not understand the point itself, but now you're misconstruing what I mean to convey. There is NO WAY to predict which scenario will have the greatest outcome of success solely based on your tanks gear set. That's horrible logic, that's lack of logic. A flawed thought process.

You're taking the point of the thread out of context. This could be because of my misleading title. It could be because you didn't read the OP. Who knows. We've actually been off topic for a few pages now. The point of the topic is that DPS output should be a priority. Not the #1 priority, but at least somewhere on the Warrior priority list.

Dude... what IS the point of this thread then if we're off topic? Is the topic of the thread that your way is the only right way to play tank and that anyone else that tries to contribute to the discussion will be met with a wall of refute and denial that eventually revolves around the central theme that you're right and everyone else is wrong? Dear lord.

Don't post a warrior DPS thread if you don't want to actually discuss warrior DPS and instead would rather talk about tank survivability. Furthermore, that last sentence almost entirely negates anything that can be said about warrior damage. There's only so many things a warrior CAN prioritize, if it's prioritized last then it doesn't matter. Thread over.

I could, but what's the point, really? Again, our idea of "best-in-slot" are so wildly different. We'll end up talking about why OUR preferred set is better for OUR respective motives.

Discussions are spawned by opinions and perpetuated by facts, evidence, and more opinion. Allow me to ask again, do you actually want to entertain outside input here, or do you just want to try and tell the world the i70 pentamelds are the end-all be-all of accessories and end the thread here?

The advantages are clear. i70 pentamelds provide the most stats, but at a cost: the stats are spread out between survivability and damage instead of being concentrated into one.

The issue is that the ariyala.com gear calculator doesn't have i70 gear there.

The advantages are most certainly NOT clear. You haven't provided any real numbers for us to make a meaningful comparison between gearsets. The only thing you've provided is your blind opinion based upon some random amount of experience.

Also, if you'd actually make some effort to meaningful conversation here as I've attempted to do, you would see that ariyala.com most certainly has i70 crafted gear as well as 5 materia meld slots to custom select your materia. The creator of the website plays on my server. I just saw her walk by me in Limsa, do you need me to ask her to personally confirm to you that you can indeed create your gearset there?

Please post some data for others. I'm trying to go beyond a personal debate here and actually flesh this out so that other people can benefit.