Tank outdpsing All 4 DPS possible while doing job?

[Altijacek]

I don't know for a fact, but isn't it completely possible for a tank to out dps melee dps simply because melee dps need to move around so much more? If a tank can sit on his ass and execute his rotation without interruption, while melee dps hase to constantly break chains, then its not impossible for tank to do more dps than melee dps.

some damage > no damage at all from dodging.

Again, dont konw if this was the case. just playing devils advocate.

I can dodge and hit Titan.

There shouldn't be lowered DPS for dodging in most cases as melee.

[HeroSamson]

Hmm? I'm new here but this would be the first game I've heard of that has that policy. Is there anything you can link about that?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...667.1397581150

[Pooky_Pasha]

I don't know for a fact, but isn't it completely possible for a tank to out dps melee dps simply because melee dps need to move around so much more? If a tank can sit on his ass and execute his rotation without interruption, while melee dps hase to constantly break chains, then its not impossible for tank to do more dps than melee dps.

some damage > no damage at all from dodging.

Again, dont konw if this was the case. just playing devils advocate.

Well, it is possible because I routinely do it, but honestly whoever is playing the dps has to be very bad at that job. I would say an average melee dps will out-parse a tank by at least 50%. Also from my experience tanking, I have to dodge just as much as any melee dps. People use dodging as an excuse too much. Once you learn to utilize the rather long gcd this game has, dodging and keeping dps up is really quite simple for any job.

[Rain_Art]

If the tank is a WAR full STR with some dps accessory its possible.

[Kerberon]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...667.1397581150

Huh. Very interesting. I can understand the social context for elitism portion, it does make me wonder why it was considered cheating though as all the parsers I've seen in other games have just been a record of the combat log that cleaned up the data into a more readable format to figure out things for min/maxing a character. Anyways thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

[Lithera]

Tank classes can certainly push good DPS...but only If they go in with DPS accessories and tank without Defiance/Shield Oath using pure DPS rotations. If a tank is doing this in Titan EX...he's going to either lose hate to a healer or die to a table flip due to lack of mitigation.

[Huntington]

LMAO That would be amusing

Had a tank telling me my Item level 83 DRG was doing the least damage out of all the DPS the other day because I was not the constant highest on the Enmity list.

I've played it enough by this point, I know what I'm doing Tank, does one of the healers having the most enmity mean they're doing the most damage? Hell naw.