Quote Originally Posted by Snarky_Sunseeker View Post
If you can pull it off, my hat goes off to you, but it's also a perfect example of "just because you can doesn't mean everyone else should."
Not to beat a dead horse, but this is where the logic is flawed. Yes, just because you "can" doesn't always mean you "should". But this in and of itself doesn't actually invalidate the claim all tanks are capable of tanking bosses and mass pulling in DPS stance. It's 2 separate arguments:

1) Tanks can tank in DPS stance
2) Every tank should only tank in DPS stance

1 is undeniable fact, proven by players every day. 2 is a subjective opinion that varies from player to player. For me personally, I only push it with friends. For regular DF randoms I suck it up on big pulls and only swap to dps stance for bosses. That's just basic "etiquette" IMO.

Quote Originally Posted by Snarky_Sunseeker View Post
In closing, I just want to remind everyone that there are no endless races against the clock in Normal content. No unforgiving timers. No lofty DPS threshholds. So please, stop applying Savage logic to everything, especially when you can't control variables like you can in statics where you get to cherry pick everyone who fits your standards of what the ideal player is. It simply doesn't happen in PUGs, so you adapt and overcome, even if it means you have to sacrifice DPS or carry others.
But this all kind of dodges the fact that the OP was seeking to get information on how best to accomplish tanking in DPS stance. Not to start an argument about whether it's right or wrong, or whether everyone should be doing it or not. Of course these kind of debates are inevitable.. But this kind of statement is quite irrelevant to the conversation. If someone wants to learn how to do something, it's better to try and teach them correctly instead of scolding them for even considering the idea.