Quote Originally Posted by MetalSnakeXI1 View Post
Tho what I meant when it comes to dodging damage,yes it's important for a DPS but one DPS dying is not as severe as one of the tanks dying especially on EX and raid bosses that requires both tanks to switch....while I did manage to beat Shinryu EX with friends.....I paniced in phase 3 that I forgot to Shirk to my fellow tank and died to the last Tera Slash xD
Honestly, a tank dying is less likely to result in a loss than a DPS death, in my experience, unless the death happens JUST before a tank swap needs to happen. In the case of both DPS and tank, a healer will raise them immediately, so it really comes down to dps loss due to the time spend dead and weakened. Naturally, the amount of dps lost while a DPS is weakened is much greater than the dps lost while a tank is weakened.

The off-tank is usually just a low-grade DPS. If they die, we lose a bit of low-grade DPS time. If the main tank dies, the off-tank can usually take over pretty quickly. On top of that, whether main or off, a tank can often survive mistakes that would kill a DPS, with the only consequence being extra healing from the healers. So, all in all, I'd say that the DPS are under a lot more pressure than the tanks are. They are less survivable, and the consequences are (usually) greater if they die.