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Well, Vit obviously. Who wouldn't? It gives you time to dps and the ability to pay more attention to the other players.
That being said, lower geared it tanks cant keep aggro... sooo... as long as the tank can hold aggro, I prefer Vit. Later in the expac/ patch though its not as important.
More important than any of that is a tank who knows how to manage their cooldowns/position targets.
For example. Had an OT in A3 last night who would move off the boss whe targeted. All melee dps had to dodge, or take the damage. The ot would take all the damage he could. Apparently he thought his DK damage was more important than the MNK and DRGs damage. I wonder why we hit enrage at 2% twice. Also the MT chose the method of tanking the Hand phase by taking the hands to the side and having the melee useless near the knockback time. Two bad tanks do not help a run...
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I'm still fairly new, so I went 50/50 STR/VIT on my Marauder, thinking the STR would make my parries stronger. I now know that's not, in fact, the way to go. Either way, I'd rather focus on the STR tank simply because my basic heals heal for a larger percent of his health and he needs more consistent topping up anyway. As for which I'd rather actually HAVE in my party, I'd go for the VIT tank.
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It honestly doesn't matter if they're STR or VIT in a non raid situation. The player behind the tank makes all the difference. Ideally I'd want a non idiot tank in STR gear, more than enough time to pop some hots and drop dots before I need to heal.