Whatever Spoko. You state that the tank will probably stay with equip that piece longer? What quantitative data do you have to back that up? My initial post said that the item would have increased my strength and defense by +8. Isn't strength the primary Lancer attribute as well as a Gladiators? Would not the added dps make a fight shorter, thus ending the fight faster and making the healer happier? What you are saying is biased and spurious.

All that aside, it's unlikely a tank is going to equip an item longer than a lancer considering that in the five dungeons I've run, I've never seen a lancer main weapon drop, while tank loot seems to be the only thing that drops.