Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
And what's so wrong with expecting a guy with, say, 7 defensive abilities and 10+ offensive abilities to dps vs. (just) meat-tank in about the same proportion?
Nothing, but there is a difference between Tanks dealing appreciable damage (i.e. each tank averaging about 10% of a boss' hp over a fight while each of the 4 DpS deal an average of 20%) while taking nearly all of the damage from attacks which target based on enmity and "meat-tanking" (i.e. tank does no appreciable damage while taking nearly all of the damage from attacks which target based on enmity). FFXIV is actually really good about doing the former with how the Tanks naturally play (though some players do not feel that this damage is appreciable enough).