Quote Originally Posted by Ultimatecalibur View Post
Uhm, a 60% decrease in def and 30% decrease in mdef in comparison to the other tanks is fairly significant (even if not completely visible). A 28% lower mdef was one of the major causes of Dragoon "floor tanking" in endgame prior to the the patch that brought Maiming gear mdef into parity with Striking/Scouting/Aiming gear.
Yes, but by no means does it have to come from the base Defense / magDef values. Other modifiers or buffs can easily bring about equivalent passive eHP with low Def/mDef. And it's not like completely passive eHP itself is necessary, even, as long as buff coverage is high enough.