Fending vs. Slaying accessories at this point in the game

[Swordphobic]

Explain. Go. I'm all ears.

Most healers who dps start a pull in cleric stance and try to unload as much as possible untill the tank's hp passes a treshold, hence if you have more hp the healer will have more time before he switches off cleric stance to heal you. Once the tank is healed and if its hp offers a big enough window of oportunity, a healer can get back to dpsing again.

[Allyrion]

Most healers who dps start a pull in cleric stance and try to unload as much as possible untill the tank's hp passes a treshold, hence if you have more hp the healer will have more time before he switches off cleric stance to heal you. Once the tank is healed and if its hp offers a big enough window of oportunity, a healer can get back to dpsing again.

Tanks: "You should be able to go STR and dps with the minimal HP and contribute more. If not, you need better healers."
Healers: "You should be able to switch to cleric and do some dps rotations before the tank needs healing. If not, you need better tanks."
DPS: "Why do mommy and daddy fight so much?"

[Swordphobic]

Tanks: "You should be able to go STR and dps with the minimal HP and contribute more. If not, you need better healers."
Healers: "You should be able to switch to cleric and do some dps rotations before the tank needs healing. If not, you need better tanks."
DPS: "Why do mommy and daddy fight so much?"

Because most dps have been bad boys and mommy and daddy are stressed out picking up your slack.

[TruebladeNuke]

Tanks: "You should be able to go STR and dps with the minimal HP and contribute more. If not, you need better healers."
Healers: "You should be able to switch to cleric and do some dps rotations before the tank needs healing. If not, you need better tanks."
DPS: "Why do mommy and daddy fight so much?"

Made me laugh, but it's also sadly true. The constant arguing about Strength VS Vitality accessories at one point made me consider just maining DPS roles from here on out. But I like playing as every role damn it.

I had a whole few paragraphs worth of words that explains where I stand in all of this, but I think I've stated my stance earlier in some other thread. Regardless, I can re-post said info if anyone is curious enough.

Also, that earlier comic about the WAR constantly in Deliverance screaming DPS over and over again still makes me laugh. XD

"TURN ON DEFIANCE ALREADY!"

"DPS! DPS! DPS! DPS! DPS!"

[SpookyGhost]

Most healers who dps start a pull in cleric stance and try to unload as much as possible untill the tank's hp passes a treshold, hence if you have more hp the healer will have more time before he switches off cleric stance to heal you. Once the tank is healed and if its hp offers a big enough window of oportunity, a healer can get back to dpsing again.

Let's make these numbers extremely drastic and call 1,000 HP the threshold before the tank needs to be healed.

Tank A has 15,000 life, tank B has 20,000 life (both are PLD for the sake of argument). Tank A reaches 1,000 HP after 14,000 points of damage. Tank B reaches 1,000 HP after 19,000 points of damage. If the boss were to die right then and there, then you would be at an advantage on DPS. However, if the boss doesn't, you now need to heal both of those tanks to full - tank B requiring 5,000 extra HP of healing. If you aren't going to heal tank B up to full, what was the point in having him have 5,000 extra points of HP to begin with?

Also to note, in content that actually matters, auto attacks are literally just fluff damage healed through with Regen/Fairy heals/etc and the occasional Cure. The only thing threatening a tank's life is a tank buster, which should be mitigated and the tank should be healed back to full (the less HP you have, the less healing you need to get back to full). These happen in very controlled environments where no one else in the party should be in a situation where they are about to die and can't wait the GCD or two for the tank to get to full. I've yet to see a DPS die during a tank buster.