Are there more tanks playing now?

[Reynhart]

... You completely went over the entire point didn't you?

No, in fact, I think you went over the entire discussion.
Let me remind you where it started :

1) Obtain aggro quickly. Retain it. Transfer it smoothly when required.
2) Control the rate of incoming damage through gear and defensive abilities.
3) Position mobs quickly and smoothly. Minimize movement.
4) Maximize your damage output.

"maximizing your damage output" is not a core part of the job.

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First of all, you do know that there was a patch recently that changed the whole AP formula for tanks, right?

Maybe that's why I talked about the past STR debate...maybe, since MOAAAAR DEEPS came from here.

Good DPS and tanking are not mutually exclusive actions.

Yes, they're not. But one also doesn't imply the other. Since, in 3.0, most people could sum up "being good" as "wearing STR acc", because "if you don't, then you're not doing as much damage as you can", you could say that "not playing WAR" is automatically being a bad tank since you could do more damage as a WAR.

And this "WAR only" mentality will probably outlive the STR debate...heck, with the recent PLD buffs, you already see "DRK is dead" threads...