Quote Originally Posted by DBelmont View Post
I don't get why we don't get more fights like these. I liked the scenarios where MT/OT had a minimal distinction and tanking was more universal.
We got plenthy of that this tier. In A1S, once the boss splits, both tanks have identical duties. In A3S, once the boss splits, tanking duties are mirrored between both tanks. A4S through the leg phases also has pretty equal tanking distribution.

Anyways, this topic has a major flaw.

Nobody views raid utility or raid DPS as singular entities. They are viewed within the context of group compositions. The reason why DRK and WAR were preferred this tier was because of the overall compositions they enabled.

If you are going to devalue the INT debuff because MNK can replace it, you also have to consider the other things you lose when bringing MNK over DRK and dropping either NIN or DRG from your DPS comp. If you are going to run a PLD / DRK tank pairing, then you will be bringing NIN and DRG. The advantages that comp has over any other comp is they have much better top-end raid mitigation without giving up NIN's utility. This is made possible by DRK's utility.