Quote Originally Posted by RapBreon View Post
Then it's either conflated with the threat point (one) or a non-tank specific duty (making shit easier can be attributed to every role, sometimes going quicker is easier!). Essentially, you're trying to inflate the list of job-specific duties than you actually have.

The other two points that I disagree with, which are leadership archetype duties - which is normally the tank, but not necessarily - or common duties, but it certainly shouldn't be mandatory to only tanking. I also don't necessarily agree that tanking less damage = easier, because context.
While it is true that elements of points 3 and 4 can be applied to other roles, Tanks have so many more requirements to satisfy them than the others(regardless of who is acting as a leader!) that it is most important for them. This importance is amplified by the ability for them to fail significantly at these two points without failing to satisfy the higher priority duties of keeping threat and not dying. When a Tank fails at these duties, the party truly feels it no matter where they are or what they're fighting. Therefore, a Tank who plays in such a manner is considered to be a terrible Tank even if they held hate and didn't die.

Healers? They play a part in enabling the party to perform their roles through keeping their HP up, but the only way they can fail this task is to not perform their highest priority task of keeping people alive. They can eschew elements if their utility if they wish, which violates the 4th point, but this generally isn't felt strongly, with the sole exception of the highest level raid content, so a healer who skips them is usually considered to still be an okay player because they kept everyone alive.

DPS? They do not enable others to perform their roles, unless the others have already failed theirs and some form of recovery is necessary. They provide utility as well, but they're in the same boat as the healers regarding it. The most significant way they can fail point 4 is to not DPS, which violates their highest priority task.