Goodbye strength tanks. Let us never be forgotten.

[Dement]

I've been a STR tank since 2.2 and have greatly enjoyed it. However, I am happy to see it go for one reason only... I can now actually roll on the accessories I want when they drop instead of waiting for the melee to get them all first and then getting the scraps that were left over.

Gonna have to do all the dungeons tonight as one last hoo-rah before retiring my str acc :[

You know the patch starts in a little more than 2 hours right?

[Deceptus]

I'm so ready to forget them. >.>

Good STR tanks were a great addition to any dungeon, but the bad ones made my healing life miserable, far more than bad VIT ones ever did.

Good tanks will now no longer need to pack two sets of gear, and their damage, while lowering somewhat, will probably end up being comparable to pentamelded accessories (but without the massive gil cost associated with them). Overall, I think this is a much needed and welcome change.

This. A thousand times this. Also they won't be fighting dps for accessories they shouldn't have. SE should have taken the extra step and put job restrictions on accessories.

[Reila_Circus]

RIP STR tanks

Your Sacrifice shall never be forgotten.

[Nep_Nep]

Farewell Good Strength Tanks. As a DPS and Healer I always appreciated you.
Killing bosses will never be the same. D:

/salute

[AzuraWinters]

Not sure if you are stupid, or just being silly. They have said so many times that VIT will be part of the formula for tank's dps, that by now all worries about losing a big chunk of dps should be dispelled.

[CinHP]

RIP gents. It's been a hell of a ride.

[Fevelle]

I hope strenght tanking never comes back.

[Tint]

Not sure if you are stupid, or just being silly. They have said so many times that VIT will be part of the formula for tank's dps, that by now all worries about losing a big chunk of dps should be dispelled.

but they also said tank dps WILL be lower

"The overall damage of a 3.2 VIT Tank will be lower than a 3.15 STR Tank"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...terview_recap/

we will know it for sure in like 12 hours :O

[Lilith_Merquise]

Meh, now you can actually play tank as intended, and there is still Crit gear out there to make Fell Cleave nice. DPS players can stop yelling at healers for not "Keeping them alive" when they are a terrible tank that doesn't pop CD's, pulls a whole room an then dies because they "deal great tank damage." Ya... good riddance, nothing to miss here. Now trash DPS tanks have to learn how to play tank, or get out of the class they didn't belong in to begin with.

[Voulgar]

but they also said tank dps WILL be lower

"The overall damage of a 3.2 VIT Tank will be lower than a 3.15 STR Tank"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...terview_recap/

this honestly just makes me irritated, with every other job/class they will be getting more damage getting more gear, tanks are going to be doing less damage than current, which means holding agro will be harder, and there will be no actual feel of progressing and feeling like you get stronger with the gear. It sucks. I enjoyed str tanking a lot, really pushed the boundries between me and my healers during A3s and A4s but oh well we got our clears while it was still possible.