Quote Originally Posted by Legion88 View Post
That's like saying, tanks contribute enough just by holding hate or DPS contribute enough just by autoattacking.
Excluding DPS auto attacking, believe it or not tanks do contribute by holding hate alone. By doing this, they facilitate the jobs of healer and DPS roles, allowing those roles to maximize their damage output while the tank is establishing enmity for them to switch to DPS stance.

The sad thing however, is that tanks can contribute a schite ton of DPS by letting go of enmity generation in favor of damage, and so many hold onto tank stance with a kung fu grip. It can be for a lot of reasons too. DPS players out-gearing a tank will easily rip hate from them. Same with a healer.

Leveling a tank honestly sucks unless you're exploring new content with everyone else and it is acceptable that you're squishier than a marshmallow. It is near impossible for a tank to tank in DPS stance when the other members of the group out gear him/her when they are leveling, and in truth, it is almost better for another member of the group to tank instead despite being a DPS or healer role. I hate this so effin much when I realize it inside of an instance because even an undergeared tank should have a schite ton more defense than an updated Healer or DPS job