How much difference in damage should the tanks have?

[Absimiliard]

Call it homogenization if you want. Fact is, this game's raiding community only cares about damage output. Any tank that lags behind will essentially be the redheaded step child, regardless of what other helpful tricks it brings to the table. Either put them in a state of parity or don't bother.

[ForteNightshade]

Call it homogenization if you want. Fact is, this game's raiding community only cares about damage output. Any tank that lags behind will essentially be the redheaded step child, regardless of what other helpful tricks it brings to the table. Either put them in a state of parity or don't bother.

This is because there's literally nothing else to care about. Who cares that Warrior has all this self-healing when it never factors into the fight design as everything is tuned to accommodate every possible tank comp? At least in theory. Warrior offers nothing Dark Knight simply doesn't do better at the Savage level. Sure, Warrior can heal but Dark Knight just takes less damage because it'll always have a bazillion CDs ready for busters. Holmgang is amazing... but not in a raid tier where all invulns took an indirect nerf.

The same exists for healers. White Mage is supposed to be the "raw healer" in a game where every healers must be capable of clearing content. Therefore, those massive "raw heals" will never have value.

If the devs want us to care about something beyond damage. They need to stop making it the only thing that matters.