I wish Gunbreaker would be a DPS class.

[kikix12]

Actually, you said that I did in your post responding to him.

"Apples and oranges are juicy" doesn't mean that apples and oranges are juicy together but that either of them can be used to get juice. If I'd want the tanks and healers to be counted as one I'm pretty sure I should have used "with", as in, "tanks with healers" that actually pools them together.

Basically "There are cows, pigs and chickens on this place so it's a farm." means that those are things you find on a farm. But you can have a farm with only cows and pigs, for example. As it is, what I said was that they are in the same situation. Not that they are one and the same.

My issue comes up when people rally the party line of "DPS don't need any new jobs ever" because, while yes, there are only three tanks, the fact remains if I want to tank I have three options. If I want to be a damage focused caster, I only have three options. If I want to be a ranger, I only have two options.

If I want a magical tank I have zero options. If I want a melee healer I have zero options. If I want a ranged physical healer I have zero options. Except for ranged tank, all those are not present even though the game most certainly allows that. There is no reason why we should dismiss them as a possibility. You can tank with spells, heal at range by throwing potions or such and heal while attacking in melee. Square simply didn't go around to make such tanks and healers. In comparison, you have ranged DPS role. And I'm pretty sure that 2 is more than 0.