Quote Originally Posted by Freyyy View Post
I did a lot of PLD raiding during the SCoB days, and I personally always loved to get big numbers while tanking. Did a lot of SwO tanking with hybrid jewelry. Since i90 pentamelded ruby set I haven't touched any full VIT build at all. If I can't afford pentamelds (like now for instance) I run with 3 STR and 2 VIT. Even now when I play my PLD I have the same STR/hybrid jewelry as on my DRK and WAR and I love switching to SwO after establishing agro just to get some nice Royal Authority crits and outparse bad duty finder DPS. It's not because YOU, as a super carrier Paladin, do not want to see big numbers, that every PLD has the same philosophy. For me it's the same with all 3 tanks. I love pushing my jobs to the limits. Love doing that as SCH too btw, which is not a DPS job either.

Now in all honesty. Even as a tank, isn't it pleasing to see some high hardcore crits ? Don't you love doing over 3k damage with a Royal Authority ? Even if it's not your primary purpose, even if it's not your primary role, don't lie to me. It's always pleasing to see big numbers. And it's a lot of fun to maximize DPS while tanking perfectly. Much funnier than just focusing on pure tanking (which is the easiest thing to do in FFXIV). I find it even more satisfying and gratifying to have a high DPS as a tank than as a DPS. It's much more satisfying to be over 1000 DPS as a DRK than over 1400 as a MNK. Maybe you're too afraid to push your job to the limits ?
My group was pushing 3 bennus long before echo was a thing, with me staying in sword oath 100%. I did not exactly enjoy it, but i did it because pushing 3 bennus was making the fight easier.
Right now i am progressing through A4S and i HATE the tank meta atm. i do not *gasp* find big dps on a tank fun. What i find fun on a tank is mitigatigating more and more but sadly this games design is going away from turtle tanks and we now have 2 dps with mitigation cooldowns and a paladin thats neither here nor there.