Out of The Norm Melds and Stats for Tanks

[ShinShimon]

I looked it up once and Crit over Tenacity only gives you a few % dps. As someone who only does casual content, I think I save more time by preventing wipes with duty finder morons due to the extra damage resist than I do from the extra crit damage. I've also heard that even serious raiders use tenacity or vitality during progression, and you're kind of always in that situation even if you know the fight if you aren't doing content with a regular, experienced static.

[Renato]

Good to know. I've currently been gathering gear with Crit and melding Tenacity when I can but I'm considering going after Tenacity gear instead and stacking Determination and a bit of Skill Speed for my DRK just to try something new.

[Megguido]

I looked it up once and Crit over Tenacity only gives you a few % dps. As someone who only does casual content, I think I save more time by preventing wipes with duty finder morons due to the extra damage resist than I do from the extra crit damage. I've also heard that even serious raiders use tenacity or vitality during progression, and you're kind of always in that situation even if you know the fight if you aren't doing content with a regular, experienced static.

Except the mitigation from Tenacity will barely make a difference between life and death, so stacking Ten to prevent a wipe is kinda placebo, unless you consistently survive at like 1 or 2k HP after a big hit due to Ten.

On the other hand, going full Ten meld over Crit melds is a loss of about 100 DPS (so 2-3% damage ?), it won't make a difference unless you want a fflogs highscore, or you're pushing enrage with low level gear. So, if you want to go Det/Ten over Crit, that's fine. The only mendatory meld for tanks is STR on accessories.

[Liam_Harper]

I'd almost say Tenacity has more use in Casual than in Savage, because you never know what you're getting. You get everything from your dungeon healer in Bardams with a 200ilv weapon, to soloing dungeon bosses, to extra mobs pulled, to afk or dead healers at random times, to taking vulnerability debuffs because you barely remember the fight and so on. There are also very few real tight dps checks in casual.

In savage it's more calculated. Boss auto attack is handled by a certain amount of mitigation and regen, tank busters are handled by a set cooldown rotation. An extra 5% mitigation isn't necessary. Casual is an unpredictable (in a fun way too) mess and that 5% DR may be just as useful as the 2% dps.