Why should warriors get a free pass to all savage content?

[Reynhart]

Actually it's not. Group balance is a tricky thing that does not rely on a single job's utility/performance but on synergy.

That's why those PLD buffs, although appreciated, are probably not enough. They keep adjusting PLD to be able to compete on its own (DPS wise, since everything revolves around DPS), whereas they should push it in a totally different direction. And DRK too.

Once world first is done though, everything comes back to "what you are comfortable with", except for the idiots.

Saddly, it still didn't come back to that. It's the first time we have more tanks than required by party setup, so it's understandable that it didn't occur until 3.0.

If they add another tank in 4.0, I'm pretty sure two of them will be seen as black sheep.

However, it is human nature that if there is a more efficient way, even if it is just a feeling, they will take it.

Another highlighted keyword.
It kept WAR out of MT spot for all 2.x, even though its toolkit was already very powerful (barring 2.0), just because healers felt that WAR was squishier...and in fact, raid DPS was higher with WAR MT/PLD OT back then.