Quote Originally Posted by Awful View Post
I love this argument so much, I don't know how many times I'm doing Titania or Innocence EX on DRK pulling 6.7-6.8k unpadded and I have GNB in my group doing 1.2k less clearly DRK needs help and it's totally not a player thing where "OMG I got out DPS'd by a DRK but I'm a GNB I should be top!!". When a tank knows how to do DPS (gonna use GNB for this) that's unpadded by a DNC and knows how to hit their buttons they'll do 7k+ vs a good DRK doing 6.8k+ and it's only 200 DPS in this example, all tanks are perfectly playable in ALL content so please stop spreading this around.

The average player needs help playing because the tanks got dumbed down they're easy to play now right?
Care to point out where I said anything about DRK not being playable? Yeah, you can't. Because I didn't. Now please simmer down instead of being disrespectful to others without provocation. Oh, and for that matter, who said the average player needs help? Again, nobody. This discussion is being held purely from a mechanical and mathematical standpoint.

That 200 DPS difference matters to people that like to play the game at a very high level, especially when you factor in DRK's lack of utility compared to the other tanks. Viability takes a backseat to efficiency; playing anything other than top tier jobs is a disservice to everyone you group with.