The endless battle - Tank attributes

[Jonnycbad]

So what can they do now? If they lock 270 (which I'm sure they will) and make crafted accessories have only one substat, then raid drop VIT will be the best by default. The problem with this is it's dumb and means that tanks will just have 25 AP in that slot for the entire expansion. It also makes future raid drops not feel like upgrades. I see a few possible solutions

You get STR upgrades on left side gear from raids, you're fine. Besides tanks job is to absorb damage, dealing it is just an afterthought.

You're tanks not DPS, and raids are calculated based on basic tank damage output in tank stance nd DPS's damage rotations. Healers damage isnt taken into account, and obviously raid will be balanced around tank DPS in full VIT gear. So don't worry, babe.

[Brannigan]

Besides tanks job is to absorb damage, dealing it is just an afterthought.

The last few years of content design contradict this. Either way, I'm not concerned with the actual numbers of tank DPS. I don't really give a fuck if a samurai deals 40 or 4000 more DPS than me. What I'm concerned about is that we both scale appropriately and that getting items actually feels like an upgrade. VIT accessories didn't feel like upgrades from 2.0-3.1 and they probably won't feel too great now since more HP does less and less for you as you get better at fights and more geared.

Getting items in this game ALREADY sucks with how fleeting and boring they are. Tank accessories don't have to double-suck. Hell, if they actually put scaling mitigation on raid drops that'd be wonderful. Put free tenacity on every piece along with two other substats, that'd be fine.