Dear Tanks

[Rokke]

not really if you look at raw damage from aoe vs single target not the tp. And look up spells/skills slowly getting the "more mobs hit, you deal less damage" effects. I have no issue with large pulls, i enjoy them as a smn. (dat bahamut damage yo) but you can't just sit back and ignore the changes SE have been doing, outside more and more gates.

pld has no issue with large pulls but some tanks (drk) has had a lot of their defenses neutered since SB launch. foresight was a big reason large pulls happen since it was a defense boost. now some tanks just have 1-2 damage reduction buffs.

A DRK may be less of a sponge than a PLD, but as a WHM I can manage to keep both standing while dpsing. My "main" dps is BRD. BRD AoE isn't as good as it was in HW, but its still more than capable dealing with a big pull.

Its true that theres always going to be a class that outshines another within their category but everyone has serviceable AoE going on in SB.