Red Mage, again?

[ChazNatlo]

not really? there are 3 tanks now. PLD takes the least physical damage, DRK takes the least magical damage, WAR does the most damage of the 3 tanks, and all of them can tank everything and not die. how are any of them masters of tanking?

I confess I anticipated this.

When a person says "Jack of all trades, master of none" they usually don't mean that the person is able to be as good as anything that isn't the absolute paragon of it's art.

When I say "Master of tanking" I'm referring to the fact that the classes are within the level of excellence, not that they are first among equals. They are sitting with fellow masters. By contrast to say, a Dragoon, that can survive tanking longer than a Black Mage, but is not a master of it. ((Que "Unless they're tanking the floor" jokes))

I should clarify that whatever the role it is, it'll need to be optimized to that role, so "Jack of all trades, master of none." isn't going to be apt in a system which features specified roles. I don't think Redmage Can't be a tank ((Though I confess it is an odd fit)) I just don't think "A tank works great as a master of none." is a good argument.