My attempt at a pure defensive tank

[maddmatt70]

the main reason wf is better tank is that curse doesn't affect their arcane healing

I look at this quest from the view of the raid leader. It is for the most part more difficult to recruit clerics for this quest then any other class so any strategy utilizing less clerics is an advantage. The end result is you fill up the group and do the quest quicker when you have less clerics. Removing curse isn't that big an issue really - it does cost the cleric more mana because they will have a few heals not land, but otherwise not that big of an issue.

[sephiroth1084]

I look at this quest from the view of the raid leader. It is for the most part more difficult to recruit clerics for this quest then any other class so any strategy utilizing less clerics is an advantage. The end result is you fill up the group and do the quest quicker when you have less clerics. Removing curse isn't that big an issue really - it does cost the cleric more mana because they will have a few heals not land, but otherwise not that big of an issue.

Yeah, but if you have a squishy, non-WF tank on Sulu, you are at much greater risk of missing a Heal or two in a bad spot and having the tank go down, such as may happen if a devil or orthon decides to pound on the tank.

[Noctus]

but monk gives him saves and 2 free feats if he doesn't care about the umd no reason to take rogue

Absolutely.