What if Tank classes could only meatshield?

[Seshayn]

Before the questions of "What do I do?" or "Where do I go?" come up, tanks must first answer the question every girl must ask herself: "What do I wear?"

This question is at the root of a majority of tank discussions because it is one of the first questions a tank has to ask. This question is on page 1 of the choose your own adventure novel Eorzea Edition. No other classes ask this question. Square Enix seems unwilling to take a stance on answering it for us, therefore we bicker among ourselves.

Because we can wear both STR and VIT pieces, the fact remains that anything you say to voice your stance on which is better is an opinion. No matter what you pick, you aren't right 100% of the time in 100% of every situation.

I like Fending pieces. However, at this point I just want SE to sack up and pick one. Scaling certain abilities off of Vit would not help things. All in or all out. If half of our abilities scaled from Vit, all you would see would be even more division in our ranks. Either make it all scale, or lock one of the 2 accessory choices away from us for good.

Str should not be more viable than Vit. Ever. It just shouldn't. It shouldn't even be a question. If it is asked and you have to think about it, there is a problem. Tanks and Physical DPS should not have to share what is considered by anyone to be Best in Slot when healers, mages, ranged physical and ninja's don't have to. If you think otherwise, you are sad and I have no desire to speak with you further.