Why the +/- Enmity stat needs to be abolished

[Myrhn]

It's not the same at all. Accuracy is an offensive stat just like the rest of them and they all generally work under all circumstances. A damage dealer looks for the optimal distribution of stats to maximize his damage output, a tank looks for the optimal distribution of stats... to do what? To hold hate? Or to survive? They're two completely different choices.

A tank looks for optimal distribution of stats to hold hate and survive. If a tank can't survive and die there is a big chance that the whole party will die and if a tank can't hold hate there is a big chance that the whole party will die too, so in general a tank should aim for both of them and not just one of them.

[Frein]

A tank looks for optimal distribution of stats to hold hate and survive. If a tank can't survive and die there is a big chance that the whole party will die and if a tank can't hold hate there is a big chance that the whole party will die too, so in general a tank should aim for both of them and not just one of them.

Correct, but these goals are to some extent mutually exclusive while the ACC vs ATK goals are not. Every point of +Enmity means less DEF, VIT, HP and so on, but every point of ACC still means more damage even if ATK is sacrificed.

The more geared the DDs are the more the tank needs +Enmity to keep parity. The more +Enmity the tank has, the squishier he is. Therefore DD growth is linear while tank growth could in theory even reverse as far as survivability goes.