Sorry, but no tank should pure vit stack right side.

as a tank my accessories are going to be STR but everything else is going to be VIT, i find easier to tank when i have stacked VIT and it gives the healer a break at being a healbot and allow them to do some dos

Personally as a war/drk main, I've found more benefit in stacking str than vit, especially on warrior where that extra damage allows me to regen more with inner beast/bloodbath/equilibrium. When I play with my sch brother or friend, I do all str right side and they never have any complaints, they're still able to get their banes/shadowflares out and it's all good. If I have to go random healer, then I'll do 1/2 vit accessories just in case, but it's always been fine. In my personal experience, I've never found going all/most str to be a huge detriment to my group, and this is talking about ex runs/alex/rav ex. Haven't had the pleasure of doing savage yet.

I think I'm 3/5 VIT right side(3 vit accessories) MY build was to always have more STR than vit equipped but enough VIT that makes sense. I don't want to be one of those tanks with HP pool so tiny, a healer can't keep me alive with cure II(or whatever is their midtier heal).

Am I the only one that wants it to be how it used to back in the good ol' days when agro management was a thing?

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Originally Posted by Twilite

I think I'm 3/5 VIT right side(3 vit accessories) MY build was to always have more STR than vit equipped but enough VIT that makes sense. I don't want to be one of those tanks with HP pool so tiny, a healer can't keep me alive with cure II(or whatever is their midtier heal).

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And there's nothing wrong with that if that's where your comfort level is. I'm specifically talking about tanks that are pure vit, to the point of using a lower ilvl vit ring rather than a equivalent ilvl slaying ring. I'm definitely not talking about people with 5/5 pentamelds ether, they're just beast mode all around even if it's a bit excessive. But loading up on full unmelded fending is just willfully embracing ignorance of what Vit and Strength actually do for your character in favor of this TANK=VIT rigid way of thinking(or lack thereof).

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Originally Posted by ArdorGrey

It's cool if you guys like the meat wall fantasy but too much vit is not only excessive, it also hurts your aggro gen. Dps shouldn't have to throttle dps just so you can keep your training wheels on.

I'm not saying everyone has to load up on pure str or pure melded, but pure vit is the worst kind of overkill.

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That's just your opinion bro.

Actually, the game should be more geared to making tanks need tanking gear, not moving ever closer to the great dps race. But thats a problem.for the devs to sort out.

I like tanks with a little more vit, since I normally run df. It give me a buffer for healing that dps that cant dodge, before switching back to the tank.

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Originally Posted by Kerwin

That's just your opinion bro.

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troll harder pls

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Originally Posted by ArdorGrey

troll harder pls

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Yolo groovy with VIT accessories only orz

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Originally Posted by Noxifer

Yes, this debate is useless because the full STR pros are never gonna accept that other tanks are not them, and they can't dictate how other tanks should gear.

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Nah I'll accept that. ;x I'm more on the wall about healer DPS as that's actually a considerable increase due to the fact you pull in a entirely new source of damage. Even if a Tank is full Vit, their still contributing to some type of DPS, them staying on their feet and having enough cushion if they can't handle cool downs for the healer to DPS imo is better in 4 man dungeons.

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Originally Posted by Einheri

Am I the only one that wants it to be how it used to back in the good ol' days when agro management was a thing?

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Probably. But you can do aggro management now. Think almost every class has a means to lower or transfer their hate to someone else now, which is good for newer tanks or tanks that have problems keeping hate (their out there)