Final Fantasy XIV and a Culture of Enabling

[linayar]

it makes no sense to judge the performance of one role off the potential for a wipe and not hold the same standard for another.

Wait, I think you're confused. I am holding the same standard for both. The thing is, without a DPS check, the potential for a wipe for a DPS putting out lower dps than healer/tank is almost zero. That's why it's irrelevant in Normal contents.

A dps putting out weak damage is not as threatening to the party as a tank that doesn't use AOE, causing them to lose aggro that then attack the other party members and killing them off, potentially causing the party to wipe.