Quote Originally Posted by Niyuka View Post
Damage is among the most important aspects when differentiating between tanks. If DRK has DPS as its "special niche" that outweighs the other tanks better defensive capabilities, it will be in EVERY DAMN RAID STATIC for the only content that matters in FFXIV: Savage and Ultimate.
1000% wrong.

Repeat after me everyone! People play the job they enjoy!
DRK was a Dark Art comedy in SB yet it was in UCOB world first. The argument? "I like Dark knight"
BRD remained insanely popular in ShB despite its low damage. Why? Same reason as above. MCH dealt more damage than BRD and DNC, within world first player hands, would've been a valuable asset.
GNB was highest damage but I only raided one tier with a GNB in my party, same happened with other raider friends.

Many raiding comp were double melee when SMN/BLM were the highest DPS.

I can keep this up all day long.
XIV jobs are balanced enough so no one cares about damages. Hell, in ShB i've heard of double ranged comp.

If damage was among the most important thing to care about, why many played with a RDM or a DRK during ShB? Why BLM was the least played job despite it being top damage?
And for your information, damage are even less important in Ultimate since the DPS check is, so far, much more lenient that Savage DPS check.