Quote Originally Posted by Hayward View Post
If you want to be all "look at my l33t parses" (damn, that hurt my eyes to even type that), switch to the DPS job of your choice and let a real tank do the job he/she's meant to do.
A real tank isn't so single minded that he thinks that his only job is to survive damage. If you're hitting the boss to hold aggro, whether you like it or not, you are a part of the +group DPS gang. Healing is a bit more removed, you have to go out of your way as a healer to contribute to group DPS, but as a tank you have to hit the boss. While it might not be your main priority (staying alive), it does contribute to your second priority (holding aggro), and it's by default your third priority (contributing DPS without compromising either of the others). As a real tank, you maximize all 3, not ignore one because you only feel like doing the first 2.