Quote Originally Posted by Sokerimuro View Post
And to get it out of the way, yes tank DPS matters a whole lot! Many of the groups progressing in Final Coil make fine adjustments to the tank gear of OT and even MT, simply to squeeze a bit more damage out over the course of the fight to meet the DPS checks.
There's a bit of a caveat to that, I think. Tank DPS is appearing to matter a lot for T11-13 because these are groups who are trying to progress through the Final Coil at lower gear levels than the content is technically tuned at. I think that if all of the DPS had i120 weapons, the Tanks likely wouldn't have to sacrifice as much mitigation to contribute more than they usually do. As the slower progressing groups up their ratios of Poetics gear, the DPS checks will ease off further. Once everyone's average gear level is between 120 and 130, Tanks will probably be able to go full mitigation again if they want without rendering the fights unwinnable.