Quote Originally Posted by Arthrun View Post

2 things and prompted me to ask. I was watching some videos where they were doing savage content and the person in the video said that tanks and healers for their FC were last in the rotation to get gear to help improve the group. I thought. "Isn't survivability more important?"
you would be correct in this logic IF, and only IF, Square did not already provide the toolset to survive all incoming damage with coordination between Tanks and Healers. Of course survivability is important! But your healers have everything they need to keep you alive assuming you're using your defensive CD's when you're supposed to and the OT is doing their job as well. You shouldnt need to meld anything into defensive stats, ideally. That is why they suggest melding into you DPS AND why DPS get gear first; you safely defeat the DPS checks faster, conserve healer mana, and overall more safely guarantee the clear for everyone.