Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
It's also entirely within your ability to ensure, by positioning yourself in the centre of the pack. It's not difficult.
Enemies typically cluster in a circle, not a triangle.
I have never, not once, had an issue hitting every mob in a pull with a radial AoE, other than the obvious ranged enemies who you need to kite around a corner, but that's true for cones as well. This argument assumes that PLD, DRK and GNB have all been failing to tank for the entire time they've been in the game.
If you're remaining in the centre of the pack not only are you standing in all the mob aoes, but also directing them towards the party. This makes it unnecessarily difficult for the healer. If you're remaining in the centre of the mobs, as they die the DPS's AoEs will start hitting less unless you reposition to cluster them together, conal aoes let you damage the whole pack while doing so rather than wasting half the AoE.

The whole reason I started to main warrior was frustration with df tanks, so while I wouldn't say that PLD, DRK and GNB have failed to tank for their duration I will say that it very much depends on the player.