Please add STR to Fending accessories

[Danko]

Tanks are not there to simply mitigate damage. A (not insignificant) part of FFXIV tank role design is to DPS. If it wasn't they wouldn't get DPS stances, DPS CDs, DoTs, high potency DPS rotations, etc.

If tanks one day decided not to dps, you would have a harder time meeting dps checks in progression content without overgearing. Tank DPS is factored into the minimum DPS requirements.

Tanks also received even more dps capability in Heavensward. Anyone saying tanks aren't also supposed to focus on DPS do not seem to be line with the design philosophy of this team.

STR tanks aren't "squishier". If a STR spec and VIT spec both take 3k damage, they both require 3k healing from the healer. You might get a few hundred more hp out of a stoneskin, but for the most part, identical healing is required.

However a STR Warrior will self heal significantly more with Equilibrium, Inner Beast, Storm's Path, Blood bath, etc. Which, in actual fact, means they will mathematically require LESS healing from you. Not to mention the faster kill speed, lowering overal raid healing requirements, increased enmity generation.

The only time high hp is of benefit is when you heave to deal with phases of very high damage taken in a very short period of time to a point that you would not surive safely otherwise. Any other time you are intentionally nerfing yourself with VIT acesories. I have not experienced any of these in current content that required a set of VIT accesories.

That STR tank is just trying to do his part to make life easier for you. You're welcome