Quote Originally Posted by aleph_null View Post
Don't worry too much about it. When you gear up and get better there will be a surplus of mitigation, so you can swap out some of the mitigations that come at the cost of dps, while still maintaining enough mitigation to survive. There are two kinds of mitigations in this game, the ones that cost you dps (e.g. tank stance) and the ones that don't (defensive cooldowns that can be used out of tank stance, e.g. rampart).

If you know the fights well and have good healers that can coordinate their tools with yours, you can minimize the use of the former and rely on the latter more, resulting in higher dps output while still being able to survive. Concern about dps is a luxury for when you've secured aggro and managed your mitigation.
I chose Maruader as my class. Any suggestions for higher levels?