Quote Originally Posted by Umbeliel View Post
Mauvais said everything needed to be said for the most part, but I just want to underline that you're somehow ignoring the fact that slashing debuff exists which is the sole reason the Warrior dummy has more hp. The entire point you were trying to make is kind of invalidated by that one fact...
And yet, you have to acknowledge that this is also means that the warriors dps performance, when completely isolated, is a bit better than the other tanks. Of course, this advantage disappears as soon as someone else supplies said debuff, allowing the other 2 tanks to "catch up". Square Enix also uses solo performance to "tune" a class.

In this case, in order to "tune" the tanks, Square would have to calculate with the slashing debuff always applied to the target, acknowledging that most raid groups propably will supply a different way to bring slashing resistance down into the mix.