Quote Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor View Post
Dark Knight does significantly less damage then Warrior single target [(850m?) vs (1100m?)]. Its also not as if Dark Knight has a significant advantage in defenses over them either, although it is supposed to be an offensive tank as well.
Currently pulling 1230 on Faust in savage as OT and close to 1k on Oppressor on Drk. Analyzing classes in a vacuum is pretty pointless outside of basic capability assessments. The person playing the class is infinitely more important than the class itself.

Also as someone who has played all the tanks I can say that Pally and Drk are almost nothing alike in play style once you reach end game. At level 30 I would agree with you but in top level content I would have to disagree.

As far as the current tanking meta, I very much enjoy it. It raises the skill ceiling for tanking in the hardcore endgame while keeping the skill floor consistent on the casual side. Its fun for me to go back into fights and try and beat the server records on FFlogs and such every week. It adds something to which would otherwise be just another clear and separates those who are willing to go the extra mile for team work from the people who constantly refuse. "That's not my job" I honestly think the the emphasis on job potential over strict role assignment in raid content is one of the things that really sets this MMO apart from others.