Tanks, please use strength gear.. :(

[Noxifer]

Got to quote this as this is fundamentally incorrect at the levels we're discussing. Tank DPS outside of Alexander Savage is basically an optional luxury, yes. Good tanks will strive to maximise it for sure but you can get away with full vit turtle tanks in any encounter without a problem.

*cough* I'd like to quote what's left of OP's initial post for you:

I am tired of seeing so many tanks stacked with vitality. Vitality does not increase healing done to you at all.

To clarify. I am not telling people how to play. Just giving tips for new players and people who are concerned with their healers and such. Healers are fully able to heal you fine through dungeons even if your new in full strength gear.
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He started this thread advocating that all tanks should use strength accessories from the get-go. Including new tanks. His initial post (I found this thread too late to read that, but I've seen bits of it quoted along the line) apparently complained that the HW dungeons were taking too long and that he ran out of MP during the fight because the DPS was too low. And instead of pointing the finger at the guys responsible for the majority of said DPS, he seemed to mean that if the tank went full STR it would be easier for the healer to keep them alive and would make up for low-performance DPS classes.

So the levels we're discussing is not Alexander Savage. Through-out the thread, I've seen several people make that exception, saying things like 'what you do in your own static is your business, and if I were to join it that's fine, but outside of Alex Savage and your static, don't try to tell me how to gear'.

Due to the first post, I know I personally went into a thread where the base argument wasn't 'STR vs VIT in progression raids' but rather 'STR vs VIT in casual play', and I suspect that many others did so as well. And if they did, it shouldn't come as a surprise that their posts/counter-arguments are based on that premise and not raiding.