Quote Originally Posted by Sylve View Post
The same can be seen in 4 mans, people preferring DRK/WAR or SCH/WH because they provide more DPS and thus a slightly faster run.
Its all about players wanting to push through absolutely everything at the highest possible speed by any means necessary.
This is one thing I just do not understand, why anyone playing a game would want to get it over with as quickly as possible like it was nasty medicine. Oh well.

I understand the point about balance, but I look at it this way if PLD was significantly stronger on defense and resistance, the lack of DPS from the tank could be made up for by healers who don't have to nurse the tank as much.

The problem is though that by balancing things as they have, they homogenize the roles, and that actually leads to disatisfied players. I know balancing is a complex thing to accomplish, but to be honest, if balance leads to homogenization, then SE should go back and find another way to balance that doesn't.