Tanks using ilv270 STR acessories

[Kyt]

If you notice, my examples are of Duty Finder tanks. Do I want more room for error with randoms? Yes! People thrown together with no knowledge of each other do not often work well together, and rolling the dice with a STR based tank in that situation doesn't sound like a good time (and especially with the noticeable decline in healer competence lately). Am I going to DF the next EX primal? No!

Well unfortunately you can't have it both ways. If you allow 270 str accessories for tanks, it makes the tanking classes more difficult (and more fun) to play, but you will deal with crappy tanks in 270 str gear. On the other side of the coin, if you lock the 270 str gear and make tanks purely vit meat shields who do no damage, MOST of the good tanks are going to stop playing tank in search of something more fulfilling.

Most people don't agree with me, but I love having two styles of tanking. It allows for varied gameplay and adds a sense of empowerment when you understand your class and the fight at the fullest to be able to min-max yourself further instead of being relegated to an enmity bot.