Quote Originally Posted by BarretOblivion View Post
Tank damage kinda did get nerfed actually as much as people think it 'completely stayed the same'.
WAR lost 5% from deliverance on top of the passive crit buff it provided.
PLD lost 50 potency on every auto attack (remember roughly 30% of your damage is coming from auto attacks)
DRK lost DA on the soul eater combo which is was mostly where thier DA went when Carve/Bloodspiller couldn't be used.
Compared to SB each tank did about roughly 12% of a savage boss's hp over the course of an entire fight. This leads to about 24% in total done by the tanks.
You miss all the flat potency increases the Tank's received?

The level 70 Paladin's Goring Blade combo went from 1070 (160+240+250+420) to 1485(200+300+390+595), Royal Authority went from 760 (160+240+360) to 1050 (200+300+550) Requiescat+Holy Spiritx5 went from 2630 (350+1.2*(380*5)) to 3175 (550+1.5*(350*5)). The Paladin got at 38% increase in damage from combos and a 20% increase for the Holy Spirit burst. Spirits Within and Circle of Scorn also received 23% and 18% potency increases. All of these changes more than make up for the loss of Sword Oath boosted Autoattacks and Shield Swipe.

The other tanks received similar boosts to make up for the various things that got removed.