Strength Tanks

[RiisWolf]

I don't care if a tank goes pure vit as long as they hold threat. But that's the problem. Most of the time in my experience they don't.

As a competent DRG, BLM, BRD, MNK, and especially as a Summoner, I've get mauled and give pure vit tanks a hard time solely because of their lack of power (and incidentally me melting things like I don't know what necessary is).

As a healer I don't find there to be any difference in how much healing I need to do. But a tank that doesn't use their CDs is extra work for us all. The most recent worst was a DRK taking tonz of damage and dealing baby slaps for all the nothing he was doing in Dusk vigil.

However it's easy to take for granted how much of the tank's ability to hold agro from the party is only the tank. Many players don't have the best rotations, making it easier to hold agro, and easier to be lucky enough to never run into problems until SUDDENLY someone knows what they are doing, even if its another tank who's pure str surviving all the same things you are while holding agro with no problem. Don't get me wrong, I would love to build defenses, and I mained as a protection warrior in WoW, but here in FF14, power, threat multipliers, and treat in general consequently are the serious issue here.