Why not just make everyone a DPS?

[abzoluut]

The problem is that a lot of people who play tanks play it because they love the feeling of being tough and unkillable, and they like gear upgrades to feel like they're increasing their survivability and making them easy to heal.

I understand. However, "a lot of people" just because you say so isn't that credible. Forums are always the place for the loudest, unhappy people. I for one do not wish to play my tank to be a survivor because my gear is thàt good. It does not add skill whatsoever, it's just gear. When I'm healing, it's rather boring when tanks are easy to heal. I like the challenge. Even more when I try to maximize my DPS as a healer.

I think FFXIV is not the only MMO where tank (and healer) DPS is considered preferable when pushing content. It's just mindboggling with the skillset tanks have at this very moment, to not maximize DPS. OP is a PLD, it would be rampart, sentinel, HG once a fight, bulwark, sheltron etc. All one hit buttons for CD. The only skill with that comes from knowing the fight. Even then a healer can carry you when you mistime a CD (if it's not a oneshot tank-killer). There is no complex DPS rotation. There also is no parser, so even if there was a complex rotation, people in general would not know how to DPS. So I humbly accept the little DPS challenge to make it more interesting.