The idea that we need to DPS must go.

[Deveryn]

Direct Hit materia doesn't kill tanks in dungeons. Lack of defensive cooldowns and bad healers kill tanks in dungeons. Healing abilities restore so much of a tank's maximum HP it would take far more than a few melds to make the difference between needing to use one healing ability versus two.

It's a wasted slot. It actually does kill tanks and groups in general, as I noted above. You can do more DPS when heals / shields land for higher values. It's as simple as that. The mindset where people feel lacking in DPS on their -healer- job is killing people. It's also making tanks feel self-conscious. I had another dungeon start with a DRK apologizing for playing that class and they were actually good.