Why do so many people FAIL at dps.

[Kaurie]

I never said I am refusing to use strength, I said I'm one of those *vit* tanks. I use gear I need to tank for the boss base off healer gear and permission and progression, if a healer wants me having more health, I go full vit, if a healer can't keep me healed through cooldowns off the first phase, then I put on more vit, I shouldn't have to make the healers job harder just to pump out that 100 dps over that 550 dps just cause *min/maxing dps". Just because i'm not wearing full strength doesn't mean I'm failing the group and not pulling my weight, the main tank job is one, survival first, dps second, not the other way around, yoshi p is addressing that sorta mentality which I can't wait for.

Btw, strength does not effect parry anymore, parry is always a flat 20% reduction so building full strength doesn't make you take less damage and if you mean "My self heals", I can get 5k self heal without zerk and with it get 7.6k noncrit self heal soo *shrugs* and if you are talking about threat, I hold threat just fine in full vit soo *shrugs*

But like you said I guess this will answer me why dps can't maximize or at least try to do their dps cause they are refusing to wear gear for a fight

Well your reaction to their comment made it seem like you would refuse to use STR, because only elitist people require you to wear STR and you should be able to play how you see fit.

As for VIT vs STR there, you need enough VIT to handle a tank buster and anything that follows while healing to your appropriate armor levels + cooldowns. Anything above that makes the healers job harder, because you are killing things more slowly and thus taking more damage. This previous statement is why STR results in you taking less damage, not due to parry or self heals.

This particular reaction "Oh nice, another one of those "YOU NEED TO NOT WEAR FULL VIT, YOUR BAD CAUSE I R ELITIST DERP"" resulted in a loss of your credibility from my perspective.


As for the main discussion, your point is that +VIT may help you have greater survivability. Let's bring it back to the MCH you referenced in your OP. This MCH refused to use barrel, because he could put out greater DPS because he could move without cast times. It is possible that at his skill level, he found that he was unable to keep up appropriate DPS and dodge AoE's effectively. It may not be the best optimal rotation, but it's perhaps the best for him to maintain survivability and output the greatest DPS he can. (Sorry if it was a she, I didn't want to type (s)he every time). That would be similar to you and your situation, it's possible to do all this content in full STR, but at your skill level, perhaps you find you are best suited to have VIT.