Quote Originally Posted by ThorneDynasty View Post
That's not the point of the role, and since mitigation needs to be sufficient regardless, any notable lead will make that tank the meta tank.

DRK/GNB are meta tanks because of their outputs, and crazy burst, except DRK being far greater. Wars problem is not enough moves in their burst, only very big hits, Pld has a rotation problem and lacks burst power. Pld/War may have higher self heals, or Pld may have more consistent damage mitigations, but higher ilvl gear makes these irrelevant, and as you said, DPS numbers will always be dominant.