Are there more tanks playing now?

[Adire]

Ok, then, tell me what a STR tank have to do more than a VIT tank ?

I answered this question several times already, but I'll do so one more time for you at the bottom of this post.

Because maxing one's DPS is more a matter of how you play than what you wear. And you gain exactly the same rate of damage, again, wether you wear VIT or STR. Missing between 20% and 30% DPS is huge, whatever your number is in the first place.

Is that so? So you're essentially saying that a STR tank and a VIT tank doing the same thing wouldn't have much of a difference in DPS prior to this change? That....says a lot about your understanding of things O.o


And I've already answered your original question several times. You asked:

Ok, then, tell me what a STR tank have to do more than a VIT tank ?

Here's my answer once again: A STR tank has to be more careful with CD usage since errors are much more punishing than for a VIT tank. A STR tank has to be more careful with stance dancing. A STR tank drops huge numbers or risks dying more if they mess up stance dancing or cooldown usage because of how much of an influence STR had over VIT on damage and because lower HP leaves less room for damage. If a VIT tank messes up, their damage loss is negligible since their outgoing damage is already extremely low due to speccing VIT anyways, and their survival chances are higher. They can afford to be more loose with their DPS and their cooldowns, because their DPS is already extremely low and not contributing much, especially compared to what a STR tank would be contributing, and because they have higher health to reduce to impact of error.

I never said their optimal rotations are different, so don't try to cop out or manipulate readers into thinking I'm saying something I'm not. Our discussion started about whether STR tanking is easier or more difficult than VIT tanking due to cooldown usage importance for both, and I have given you your answer for that. Don't change the subject.

He asked what STR tanks have to do that VIT tanks don't have to do in reference to me saying to someone that cooldown usage for STR tanks is more important than it is for VIT tanks, and that's the question I debated and answered.