Roles for Samurai, Red Mage, Dancer

[MomomiMomi]

That's living out your specific version of the job image. Are you implying that Samurai in FFXI is not "Samurai" because it's a DPS, and thus does not fit your idea of what Samurai is? If people want it to be a DPS, it can and does fit the bill just as much as it does for them to be tank. The reality of the image of the job does not gravitate exclusively to one role and not the other. Why you folks are using the paragon ideal as some form of defense to a job being a tank or not is beyond me, given the fact that, as you put it, no class or job strays from that ideal... so that does include both DPS and healers too. It's a point that does literally nothing to bolster the idea for SAM to be a tank. Even the initiative to protect is a rather weak one. Nearly all of the classes/jobs in this game give the player the story to protect something or to want to fight for something.

He said nothing about dps or tank. He said that Samurai will uphold Bushido, arguing against you saying ronin is a good example of SAM not being a tank and instead fighting dishonorably. Because if we get Samurai, it most likely isn't going to be dishonorable. That goes against the core of fantasy Samurai.