Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
It depends how SE views current tank damage.
I don't know if they view it as an exploit, persay, because players that are doing so are working well within the confines of the game. But, given their stance on melds in progression in other cases (such as VIT on crafted accessories for DPS to beat HP checks sooner than gear would allow, or crafted left side accelerating progression in FCOB), they probably don't *like* pentamelded accessories being the best option for tanks.

Pentamelds are kind of middle of the road between full Slaying and full Fending, though, so I anticipate that however tanks end up in 3.2, they'll be comparable to current tanks running full pentamelds, if only because striking some kind of middle ground is one of the most straightforward ways to please the greatest number of players.

Whatever they do, once a new baseline, built on Fending accessories, is in place, they'll tune future raid encounters accordingly. Part of the trouble now seems to be that they can't reliably anticipate what accessories tanks will use (whereas they can generally do so with all other classes).