We really need to talk about Living Dead

[DWolfwood]

Um... No only you talking about the ranking of the tank and you especially only seeing the DPS number, GNB may have better DPS but GNB is never ever a better MT than DRK and which tier are you talking about!? All past tier is worthless to be debate right now... and no you don't know enough what are you talking about because DRK IS the undisputed BEST defensive tank which make him the BEST MT.

And again i suggest you look at the certain site and i don't mean DPS number but the number of clear parse on TEA which show the power difference between job since people tend to choose the better job for ultimate, i know few WAR and GNB main who switch to DRK for ultimate. Not saying WAR and GNB is impossible to do, but DRK is just that much OP with TBN.

You need to factor overall healing requirement when discussing the best tank and not blinded by DPS, especially now since DPS difference is minor.

You were the one referencing E4S. Conveniently omitting E8S which has a ludicrous higher amount of PLD than any other tank.

As for Ultimates, yeah I'm not gonna argue TBN makes DRK quite strong in terms of mitigation for those fights, but this isn't about that. Of course the best healers can work with LD and have done so since day one. WAR also used to be able to tank just fine in 4.0 and 2.0, but clearly needed changes as well.

Again, all the tanks need changes. LD is just what DRK needs fixed and it's been that way for 5 years.


Edit -

E8S clear numbers:

PLD - 6162
DRK - 4627
GNB - 3549
WAR - 3048

TEA clear numbers:

PLD - 599
DRK - 561
WAR - 209
GNB - 190

That said, again, this is a poor way of adjusting skills and it's the best way to ensure broken skills never get fixed.