Does tanking carry more responsibility than most?

[Ceodore]

Hardest to easier jobs: Healer, Tank, DPS. If any one doesn't understand this, then they are seriously mistaken. By far, healing is the hardest and most stressful job in this game. Healers have to constantly make up for the mistakes of others, and when a group fails, it truly is rarely the healer's fault, but healers constantly get blamed. And for the record, I am a tank. And I will never proclaim to have the hardest job. However, to even humor the idea of DPS having it tough is a joke. They rarely have much responsibility besides throwing out all their oomph into attacks. Yeah, there are some tactics that require them to do this and that. But it pales in comparison to healing or tanking. If a DPS cries that I moved a mob to get out of an AOE so I take some less damage and make it easier on my healer to heal, then they can shove it. good DPS are a dime a dozen. A tank's first priority should be, and for me is, the healers. Without them, the group doesn't have a chance.

[Kuroyasha]

They rarely have much responsibility besides throwing out all their oomph into attacks. Yeah, there are some tactics that require them to do this and that. But it pales in comparison to healing or tanking.

And if they dont throw that "oomph" into attacks then the grp doesnt get a win. That means keeping up a rotation despite any and all mechanics of any battle. For top DPS that means keeping up the IDEAL rotation despite any and all mechanics. That's not something to scoff at. Id say one would notice the diff between a grp of A-ranked dps, B-ranked dps, C-ranked, or a mix of the above. Just the same as with tanking or healing.

Really all three are important. Tank cant ease the job of healers with CDs/dodging? Wipe. DPS cant keep up dps rotation while dodging? Wipe. Heal cant heal while dodging? wipe. Thats really all it is lol. I've done all 3 roles in endgame(coil/ex primals). They all matter just the same, just diff responsibilties, diff ways to show e-peen. IMO.

Non-related note: I think it's hilarious blowing people up in Ifrit. The reactions are just pure gold. When I was first learning as healer it would give me some great laughs.