Tanks using ilv270 STR acessories

[Sarcatica]

Ok, so maybe you could reread my posts before judging.

I'm not ignorant at all of how the game works now, and I'm not theorizing on what way to optimize current content. I just think it's a bad design choice to put all tanks into the same playstyle.
It still baffles me how people are so adamant on defending only one meta, to the point that people frequently call me selfish for wishing different type of tanks to please different type of players.

There are many metas so to speak but in context of the game, there is always going to be the best meta. It's just unavoidable in all the games. Ultimately it's still your choice to be in tank stance and be the brick you dream of, or better trying to sustain as a PLD and let your healers do more DPS. The meta you are talking about isn't the same when you are climbing to the top. There are always tradeoffs when you are talking about meta and it's up for the community (or rather the top players in the game) to decide which is the best meta, that's it. It's like you are bringing all physical in FF10 to kill a Flan without the needed skill, when it's just way easier and more effective to use a caster to kill off the Flan. It's not any different for any game, people tend to bring the best jobs if they can.

[Reynhart]

It's like you are bringing all physical in FF10 to kill a Flan without the needed skill, when it's just way easier and more effective to use a caster to kill off the Flan.

Technically, you could bring physical fighters to kill that flan, if one of them has a skill to reduce its def to 0 (Hello, Armor Break), considering that physical attacks has a lower CT than magic and cost nothing.

And, if we stick to your example, would your praise the game design if every boss you encounter throughout the whole game is a flan ?