Quote Originally Posted by karateorangutang View Post
I run with the same healer all the time and he prefers I run STR over VIT just because dungeons are faster that way. He might get to DPS slightly less, but the damage I get to do outshines the extra damage he would do if I had a little bit more HP.
In situations like that, STR is often the way to go so long as both tank and healer are comfortable with incoming damage and the like. I frequently run with an FC tank that has switched over to full STR lately and we do fine together. But random tanks in the DF are a whole different thing, sadly. It's one thing when you know the tank manages his cooldowns and have a familiar sense of how risky you can be with his health. You can't know any of that with a DF tank, though, and the experience with STR tanks especially can vary widely as a result. Lately I haven't even wanted to heal Experts anymore because it's just getting irritating.