Tanks that think they are DPS, just stop...

[Tihm81]

Except that has nothing to do with the thread. The thread is specifically calling out those tanks that try to Max their dps at the cost of causing the group they're in to fail, whether it be by lackluster mitigation, dps standing in bad and causing the tanks to die from lack of heals, etc. Succeeding in content is #1 priority, but most people would rather sabotage a run for the sake of their own parse than adapt to the needs of whatever unfortunate group they get.

It sounds like you're generalizing "tanks that try to Max their dps" as causing you're group to fail. That's unfair. 99.9% of the tanks in this forum didn't ever group up with you. Succeeding in content is the responsibility of the entire party. A tank has to hold aggro, learn content to mitigate properly and DPS to contribute to the success of a party. In your case(s) of failing content, I'll bet the other party members had different ideas.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

In your case(s) of failing content.

Well, see, I've had one or two wipes in content, but I've never had it outright fail, speaking as a tank that keeps in dps stance as much as possible.

Conversely, I have no problem with adapting how I approach content to the needs of my particular group... within reason, whether that involves me playing more defensively, making smaller pulls, or even rearranging my CDs. I acknowledge the limits of my group and adapt.

This thread is about tanks that do none of the above to the detriment of the clear.