Quote Originally Posted by Brannigan View Post
That isn't a video of a defensive style winning, though. Daigo only wins that match because he goes super aggressive and is able to use perfect execution of a defensive technique to survive where traditional defense (blocking the super) would have gotten him killed. In the middle of the parry string he even risks a jump, because he thinks he needs the extra air attack for his combo to finish Chun Li. If Daigo had played defensively, he would have had no way to overcome Justin Wong's massive life lead and the timer would have killed him. It's kind of like tanking A3S in full strength gear and without tank stance - it was necessary to win and it was important to execute defensive abilities properly against Living Liquid's cleaves and big AOEs. Traditional defensive play (tank stance) gets you killed by the enrage.

With that being said, FFXIV 2.0 has never been a game that emphasizes defense so I'm really not sure why you'd hope for it to start in 4.0. It's like hoping to win the lottery without buying a ticket.
I think this point is what a good amount of us can agree on. Some games emphasize tanks being just tanks with wet noodles and that's fine, this game however introduces another level for tanks and healers to do more than their traditional jobs. As long as each tank/healer has the capability to do at least 50% of a DPS, the game has to balance raids with that consideration. It's part of the game and I don't see why people get so defensive about having to play tanks/healers like DPS, this is something that players need to understand mostly because you as a player are given the tools to do damage so you should use those skills. Who knows if the tank/healer formula will change but I don't see it happening, seeing this meta has been existing since 2.x, the DPS meta was just "hidden".