Tank Stances.

[KingFrost]

It's relevant in the only content that matters. If people are being jerks in 4man dungeons then just kick them. It's not the meta's fault that people are stupid.

Lemme rephrase then. This meta can facilitate toxicity by justifying people's nasty attitudes. There will always be shitty people, no doubt, but a meta can offer a justification for their awful moods and elitism.

That's mainly why the DPS meta can bother me (That's the part I hate) but also because tanking feels like a secondary function and damage is primary, but the role implies the reverse. It's why I dropped War (Really feels like a 5th DPS sometimes lol) and played Monk. Tanks can feel like they get hate as a by product of DPSing and them happening to generate more enmity, rather working to build it and working towards maximizing mitigation and easing the burden on DPS and healers. Or, ya know, being a tank.

But I love tanking at heart, so I'm leveling a Pld and Drk right now. Maybe I just didn't like War.