Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
I think that’s less of a focus on damage and more you get tanks that don’t understand how to use cooldowns. Cooldowns don’t affect damage—and never have—so there’s no loss to using them. But tanks seem to be allergic to them, and that’s been the case for years. Well before the focus shifted to tank DPS.
But why so many tanks seem allergic to them is a worthy question, which pre-dates shadowbringers.

I understand when you say cooldowns don't affect damage; I"m saying I think some tanks seem feel bad pressing anything that doesn't affect their damage.

I'm saying some tanks won't move out of a mechanic, nor use anything to reduce the incoming damage, and expect to just be healed, while doing anything that has a damage potency connected to it. Some will then even complain that the healer isn't doing much DPS - ignoring how much they stressed their healer.

I've also heard people say that tanks are really nothing more than people who want to play DPS with a short que time.

So, there are players focused ONLY on DPS, and then you give them parsers, which they will probably use incorrectly, and just focus on whatever number is there rather than the fight itself. These players exist, and in WoW where parsers are rampant, it's worse, so I dislike any increase in the use of parsers.

Nevertheless, I also agree it's more effective and better to regulate the players rather than the parsers.