Quote Originally Posted by Rithy255 View Post
Tank will generally need DPS in all serious content due to the fact checks do actually exist, obviously as time carries on and tanks start doing DPS numbers with better gear then yeah 8 tank parties can generally do DPS checks fine... This is very dependent.
I know "serious" content will require the help of the other roles. That's why I stated normal content. Most players aren't doing the high-end duties. In the high-end duties, everyone is still needed to some degree as much as there are healers that complain about a lack of anything to do. It's going to be a very rare group that can pull off a clear of a high-end duty without at least one healer (and they're probably going to have more than the standard 2 tanks when they do it).

Tank is the broken link because it's far too self-sufficient. A tank should not be able to solo the majority of level 90 dungeon bosses and yet I've done that for friends and family that are not so great players to help them get through the MSQ. I would not have been able to do it as a healer. I would not have been able to do it as a DPS. Yet I did it on several bosses as a tank (and I'm not all a stellar tank).

Encounter design itself could use some work but that a lost cause with SE's healer philosophy.