Quote Originally Posted by J-Reyno View Post
This bum idea that healer damage is somehow bad because it's a little lower than the tanks is the worst healer hysteria I've seen on these forums yet.
The idea as it's been presented here doesn't do the greatest job of explaining its warrants, but let's consider:
  • Tanks' "tanking" throughput is entirely free outside of Clemency, which PLD is already balanced around never using.
  • Healers' "healing" throughput is free only to a point, which varies rapidly by job.
  • A tank is therefore putting out their full role throughput, at no cost to damage, and higher maximum damage, while a healer's damage comes at cost to their damage and they have lower maximal damage.