Quote Originally Posted by DacienSanderon View Post
They need a wake up call. It's common practice on these forums for tanks to prioritize dps above all else and insult anyone else who disagrees. Heck even in this thread some guy thinks I'm trolling to suggest that tenacity is better than dh because god forbid you do 2% less damage in order to take less.
If taking less means the healers can do more (or, rather, more than we're losing) then yeah Tenacity's better for sure. It's mainly a question of how much does Tenacity reduce and is it enough to actually gain healer GCDs? If it isn't, then it does no one any good to take it. We need concrete info to determine this, and with that reddit thread saying that the data is currently inconclusive then we can't rely on it. If we were using your numbers, we'd be losing 2% damage for 8% damage reduction - which sounds good on paper but that 8% needs to save healing GCDs and convert them into DPS GCDs, which means that the damage intake needs to be severely high considering the plethora of regens and oGCD heals available. It's entirely possible, but I question whether it would actually lead to anything in practice.

Regardless, though, we're talking about secondary stats. The difference will be so microscopic that the only reason you should care is if you're racing for world first. If you prefer the damage reduction, then meld Tenacity. If you prefer slightly more damage, take Direct Hit.