Quote Originally Posted by Ramiee View Post
DPS supports are supposed to be DPS first the Support second. Tanks and Healers are meant to be support first dps second in traditional MMOs but ARR from the ground up was designed with Tanks and Healers doing DPS so you're right they are technically support DPS which is part of the reason why Phys Range is in a severely awkward place, that and the fact support systems in this game do not exist, theres never any esuna use in high end content and interupting, controlling aggro or even constant healing just isn't in this game anymore. The only support left is telegraphed healing, mitigation and buffing, though all roles have options for this now so really the niches of Tanks and Healers and their main support systems don't exist. It would be a different story if raid buffs werent common and healers were the only ones to heal/mit and tanks had to control the boss more, right now theres no real true support jobs its just DPS with support options.
Support first and DPS second can exist but it is a bad design choice to have dps first support second.

Because it will never be as good as dps and it will never be as support as supports

Tanks are dps first tanks second which it is less supportive than current healers