The problem is SE really needs to have a look at these tank stats and adjust things so tanks that are gearing they way most tanks expect to aren't *wrong*... or just get rid of the gear altogether\slap STR on it. Right now there's a subculture of tanks in the "know" about what they should be doing, but just as an example my friend just started tanking and he asked me what to do with his stat points. I told him STR, and he said "wow, I was thinking VIT because it's defense-y. Glad I asked."

It's just what people who have ever tanked anywhere else *expect*, and it would be nice for SE to acknowledge that the stat is utterly useless and do something about it. There's too many tanks out there gearing the way they *expect* to and too many people giving them shit for it. This thread is a pretty good example.