Quote Originally Posted by Ivellior View Post
The main argument I see here that paladins don't need more dps is the fact they are "safer" than other tanks. This argument really baffles me because it is actually going against the current META that is otherwise preached by the same people here.
The fact is that you don't really need extra safety.
That very well is true, but it's still quite a nifty, useful feature and a big part of why it should be the lowest of the three tanks in pure defensive mode. Give PLD as it is the MT DPS of WAR/DRK and it just goes full circle and suddenly you've got max survivability and max DPS, and DRK is now on the fritz balance wise unless content has big magical damage.

There's gotta be a min/max loser of the 3 when it comes to DPS and IMO PLD deserves to be the loser in that regard. Regardless, I'm seeing PLDs pull 700+ in A3S (can tank in Sword Oath a lot) and I'm not really seeing DRK go higher, and unless you're grabbing a NIN over a MNK specifically because you dropped PLD, I don't see the issue.