What do you guys think is the cause of severe lack of Tank users?

[Hierro]

The damage has only "slumped" because you are trying to use the Strength Accessory 100% DpS stance meta as your frame of reference. During HW, Str tanks (which provided the top parses on fflogs) were seriously overperforming (in dps and enmity generation) to the point where dps could be a lot sloppier while still making dps checks. If you look at thing from the perspective of a Vit Accessory tank using tank stance you would see that tank dps has significantly increased over the past 2 expansions.

Let me get this straight: even if the damage ceiling has been continuously falling for the past couple expansions, we should be happy because the floor, filled with bottom-of-the-barrel tanks, has been raised to appease such players? I'm not sure what you're arguing here.

Should tank players not be able to perform to the point where they can visibly make a difference in their party? Are you actively advocating for tanks that serve the purpose of an enmity punching bag?

The perspective of the HW vit accessory tank is invalid.