Quote Originally Posted by Praesul View Post
Because self-healing/drain tanking has been an archetype since.... MUDs, even? Even discounting those it's still a thing in Lineage, WoW, Ragnarok Online, FFXI... It exists as a concept in games outside of MMOs too.
The problem is that in those other MMOs the healing is that the tanks could not do enough healing to keep themselves alive fighting a current tier raid boss.
In other MMOs if the tank doesn't have a healer constantly healing them then they quickly eat dirt.

Perhaps the healers should get rid of their healing kits for more complicated DPS rotations.
Perhaps "Healer" should be removed from FF14 and renamed to "Support DPS"