Live Letter 3.2 tank changes, vit effects tank attack

[Zumi]

From the live letter.

We will be changing the method for calculating the potency of physical attacks for tank roles in Patch 3.2. We’ll be making it so vitality affects the potency of physical attacks, and as a result the effect of strength on physical attack potency will be reduced.

From Patch 3.2 onwards, you’ll be safe using only vitality accessories as well as allocating everything to vitality as a tank. For everyone who is currently using strength accessories on their tanks, the damage will be lowered, so please prepare your vitality accessories ahead of time.

Looks like full str tanking is dead come 3.2. This must make healers happy.

[SulwynCaliope]

As a healer I'm pretty meh about it. I liked the current tank meta with str tanks and vit tanks. It made healing more exciting for me. In dungeons I would push myself to see how much DPS I could churn out before needing to turn off cleric stance and heal. Now dungeons are going to be even more of a bore.

[xLucia]

Was kinda waiting for this. I'm a main healer and I sometimes hated having to heal str tanks cus they are so squishy! At the same time this feature provided a challenge, and I love healing challenges :3 So We'll see how this turns out

[Cilia]

Seeing as I tank in full VIT gear but put all my points into STR...

Keeper's Hymn is super-cheap, so whatevs.

[Rynia]

It makes this healer happy that I won't be having to heal DRKs with 13k HP in expert, yes.

This doesn't do as much as I'd like to fix the dps meta we have going on, but then it seems that's a deliberate design choice so this is a nice concession.

[Mycow8me]

My guess is that the vit calculation will be lower than what people have been achieving with their str sets/melds but ima try to remain positive..

Gonna really miss my huge fel cleave crits if this somehow turns into a nerf.

Be funny if the vit calculation was actually higher but my guess is either the same as str was or lower still.

[Nep_Nep]

This will make runs alot quicker with Tanks hitting alot harder. Hopefully anyway. Guess I'll buy the rest of those vit accessories now. xD

Someone on reddit mentioned Tanks might be OP in PVP now. High HP pool and High damage. Wonder if that will happen.

[RyuRoots]

And nothing of value was lost. Thanks, dev team. Maybe I'll try tanking more with 3.2 making it actually *about tanking* a bit more.

[Nalien]

So... Are they going to adjust Parry as well? Because honestly that's the main reason I dislike VIT accessories...

[Rawrz]

I have a feeling allot more DRKS are going to die from living dead with an SCH behind the wheel. p_p (PLEASE MY PUNY HEALS. EMERGENCY TACTICS CRIT ADLOOOOO)