What if Tank classes could only meatshield?

[FallenWings]

Now I ask:

Should damage still exist but be trivial amounts in the grand scheme?

What if Tank DPS was rescaled down from potential 75% of True DPS to 5-10% of True DPS. You would still have the effective scaling factor of DPS to improve upon but it would matter far less in determining the success of a DPS check or the overall the success of the fights.

This could also mean that the stacking of VIT is a larger DPS gain for Healers than the paltry amount you get from STR for this proposed scaling.

You still get your feeling of 'reward' from doing damage, but the design would shift to you completely catering to your party members and boil down to you hoping that they can beat down that pinata before you get tired.

Are you fine with being the guy holding up the pinata while everyone else beats the living @*$# out of it for the candies?

(Once again; design only effective in Raid/Dungeon content where players are more or less forced to rely on other people)

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Now I ask:

Should damage still exist but be trivial amounts in the grand scheme?

What if Tank DPS was rescaled down from potential 75% of True DPS to 5-10% of True DPS. You would still have the effective scaling factor of DPS to improve upon but it would matter far less in determining the success of a DPS check or the overall the success of the fights.

This could also mean that the stacking of VIT is a larger DPS gain for Healers than the paltry amount you get from STR for this proposed scaling.

You still get your feeling of 'reward' from doing damage, but the design would shift to you completely catering to your party members and boil down to you hoping that they can beat down that pinata before you get tired.

Are you fine with being the guy holding up the pinata while everyone else beats the living @*$# out of it for the candies?

(Once again; design only effective in Raid/Dungeon content where players are more or less forced to rely on other people)

Question:
What if Tank DPS was rescaled down from potential 75% of True DPS to 5-10% of True DPS

Healing or DPS Classes would be the new Tanks. People would complain about tanks being worthless and healers having more DPS and survivability. People would avoid raid content because it would turn into GW2 style burn quick with only DPS classes.

For example in a Dungeon.

3 DPS, a Healer would be way better then 1 Tank/1 healer/2 DPS
or 2 Healer, 2 DPS combo would be better.

DPS classes would just use Vitality gear and tank.

[Rhais]

Now I ask:

Should damage still exist but be trivial amounts in the grand scheme?

You still get your feeling of 'reward' from doing damage, but the design would shift to you completely catering to your party members and boil down to you hoping that they can beat down that pinata before you get tired.

There is no reward when you know what you are doing is inconsequential. It's rewarding and enjoyable to have the option to make meaningful contributions to the primary goal of the party (bringing enemy HP down to 0), while still carrying out the responsibilities of the tanking role.