Quote Originally Posted by The_User View Post
It could. We have yet to see the game play system when tank have no self heal
PLD had no self sustain before EW (excluding clemency), healers were still mad about removal of Cleric Stance and spamming 1.
DRK had the ability to spam Abyssal Drain/Dodge ennemy attacks and no healer complained. Today it has less sustain than before and people complains.
GNB only had Aurora and got corundum in EW. It's not a huge change healing wise.
WAR always had a great sustain, the complains started with EW where WAR got access to Bloodwhetting.

We've seen expansions where jobs had little to not self sustain and we still can observe it today.
The real difference is the damage received in dungeon and the healer gameplay who both went downward.