Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
That didn't stop people from using MNK or THF to tank in small parties though. MNK didn't even always use Utsusemi in Merit Parties. If SAM is as good of a tank as you think it is, and those two other DPS jobs could potentially tank well, what does that say about the idea that SAM is a tank? SAM could have just done as THF did and go /NIN, if it really was conditioned to tank.
It absolutely was used to tank in small parties. I actually tanked most of my time on it whenever our tank had to go. I also had a friend who tanked with it while I healed. It didn't even need /NIN, though it was at times used. Because what didn't use /NIN? It couldn't tank in endgame, but what could other than PLD and NIN? Or RDM/NIN. Or Anything/NIN. That's also why I can't consider THF/NIN an example of THF's ability to tank. Because anything could tank with /NIN.

Anyway... I'm veering way off topic here. I've turned this into an FFXI thread. Sorry about that.

And I may have gotten a little too antagonistic in my argument. Wasn't my intention.