What they mean by "change the damage calculations of tanks"?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

While this does seem like the most elegant solution, it would break current balance, maybe not for PLD, but for WAR? A WAR in full VIT gear has like 30-35k HP, if VIT was also their main damage stat like STR is now, they would be at maximum damage and maximum HP pool.

You would be able to clear content with like 7 WARs and 1 healer because: why bring DPS that only have 12-14k HP (and are only ahead of WAR DPS by about 10-15%) when you can bring 7 WARs with 30k+ HP with DPS only slightly below dedicated DPS jobs?

DRG has like 14500 HP and has 1300 DPS.
WAR has 25000 HP and has 1150-1200 DPS (dont forget their defensive cooldowns that allow the healer(s) to DPS longer).

I would take the 7 WARs and 1 healer.

DPS classes should do more then just DPS. They should have their own utility and a lot of them do have utility. Defense is a utility. Tanks are DPS with Defensive Utility. DPS should be DPS with offensive or crowd control or buff utility.

Some DPS classes do need some buffs though. Which would be a great time to give them some much needed utility to add to the game.

If DPS classes also used Pentamelded gear their Health would also be very high. They just do not need to, which to me is kind of sad. They should be adding more ways for DPS to have to survive as well. However there isn't really any soft aoes in the game.

FFXIV is pretty simple and the formula has not changed much. However tanks dealing damage is not a bad thing.