Quote Originally Posted by Silverbane View Post
As compensation, however, it's been my experience that DPS classes clear solo content (e.g., FATEs, solo duties) faster.
Solo duties only apply to the player's first job though - for alt jobs those aren't part of the picture at all.

In my experience, for FATEs, DPS clear bosses faster (obviously), but tanks clear mob/collection quests faster since they can safely pull the entire FATE and just AOE them all down.