A PSA to all upset tank players

[Makeda]

You're not seeing the core of my argument, which is that it's not really about tank DPS in itself. It's about fun. Yes, a lot complain about stance dancing and DPS. Do you know why? Because optimizing DPS is a lot more fun than holding aggro and popping CDs. You can still maximize DPS and get like 2.9k DPS or so on WAR, but it feels very clunky. If all you see is that they're trying to DPS and they shouldn't be DPSing then you're missing the main complaint: it's not fun anymore.

If that is what you find to be fun you should not be a tank in the first place.

You first tell me this isn't about the DPS of a tank... then you complain about the DPS of a tank, invalidating your first point.

As a tank since 2005 you what I find fun?

Leading the flow of a battle, the pace of a run.
Staying alive under extreme consitions. Coming back from near defeat after some mitake nearly wipes us with something like massive adds.
Controlling tactical positions.
Saving someone who is under attack (and in Real life I first did this in 5th grade I think and it became a moment in my life that later motivated me to join the military).

Defending a group is where I get my thrill. I find massive damage to have no thrill at all. In games with DOS meters I don't even enable them. In games with threat meters I use them even when forced to DPS.