Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
They may have intended to, but Yoshi admitted that the DPS checks are too stringent for item levels alone to be enough, which suggests they mistuned the content.



Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Moving-Forward

If item levels aren't going to be enough for them, that means DPS from additional sources is necessary; i.e., healer and tank DPS.
However, they've stated that they do not take Healer DPS in to consideration with their tuning. They do, however, consider Tank DPS.