Quote Originally Posted by cporter View Post
What I don't really get about Tank DPS is why don't they just natively do as much damage as DPS if we are gonna be forced to DPS? Like why do we have to work extra hard and equip gear that was never meant for us to try and keep up. I don't understand how it's fun to do as much damage as you possibly can and still come out below every dps.
Because if tanks do as much damage as actual dps jobs, there'll be no point in bringing them, and every group would just run 6-7 tanks with 2-1 healers? Pushing dps as a tank is a matter of contributing as much to the group as you can, it's a secondary goal you strive for after you're good with aggro, mitigation and positioning. Like it or not currently there's not a single content that requires tanks and healers to play defensively, so we try to contribute more damage instead.