Warrior Tanks: Maximizing DPS Output

[BushidoMP]

But using that logic, you could also argue that if your DPS is really good, you shouldn't have to wear DPS accessories.

What? Lol.

i70 Pentamelded accessories essentially give you ~75% of the damage, ~55% of the HP, and slightly more mitigation than any other option.

Basically:

i90 VIT: Survivability 10, Damage 1
i90 STR: Survivability 1, Damage 10
i70 Crafted: Survivability 7, Damage 7

Can you post your numbers like I asked? I'm curious about doing a comparison.

The bottom line is: Which set will give you the highest chance at success and the lowest risk of failure? I highly doubt that i90 STR accessories and +30 STR is the answer to this question for all encounters.

The title of this thread is literally "Maximizing DPS Output" -- that's what the purpose of my reply was, to explain how I maximize my DPS output. Explaining that I've been able to tank all encounters in the game in DPS gear was just some bonus info. If you want to discuss optimal gear sets for all encounters. Rate of Success vs Risk of Failure, that's an entirely different argument. At that rate, why not spec +30 VIT and i90 tanking accessories and call it a day. Discussion over.

Pick an argument.

Min/Maxing the optimal build for tanking survivability vs damage output is basically going to be defined by having a combination of a large amount of effective HP, high Parry Rate and Parry mitigation (%parried). In this case, as I stated previously, you're probably best off mixing up i90 tanking + i90 dps accessories where Parry, Determination, and STR take precedence. I don't say vitality because it's innately attached to the tanking accessories. We don't truly know if STR/Parry is tiered or matches up point for point, but if we go with the tier theory, it's probably best to build STR until you reach 25% mitigation from parries, and then stack parry to increase your parry rate. Crit isn't entirely irrelevant, but it holds the lowest weight.

Anyway, I digress. Please post your gear sets + stats so we can continue to discuss warrior DPS output.