Quote Originally Posted by Freyyy View Post
lol are you seriously bullshitting yourself to the point where you think healers outDPS STR tanks ? Not even close man. The only healer who can possibly outDPS a tank is the WHM during big pulls but not for very long because Holy costs a buttload of MP.
I'm not sure anyone has really said that healers outDPS strength tanks. What people have been asking, though, is, "If a VIT tank outputs X dps, his healer outputs Y dps. If a STR tank outputs A dps, his healer outputs B dps. Is A+B more than X+Y?" If the VIT tank's healer has the possibility to dps 50% of the fight (example number), but would have to forego cleric stance entirely with a STR tank -- whether it's because it's a non-pro healer or a non-pro tank. Does the extra dps from the Strength tank outweigh the fact that the healer can't dps at all? Because it's not really a matter of "STR tank does more dps than a VIT tank", and it's not "a STR tank does more dps than a healer". It's "does the increase from VIT to STR mean the total dps covers the lack of dps from the healer?"

Sure, if it's a good tank AND a good healer, the healer can still dps with a STR tank. If it's a healer who doesn't dps either way, STR tanks only brings an influx to the party's total dps. But if both tank and healer are 'average', or one of them is slightly below average (whether it's because they're not used to their role, or have other issues), would it still be only a dps benefit?