How much difference in damage should the tanks have?

[Melethron123]

As for the previous discussion about whether balancing is easy. It depends on the specific role. We've discussed the difficulties with balancing Casters but no such issue exists with the tanks. Warrior and Paladin are weak due to the dev team overrating their utility and sustain. No self-respecting Paladin will even look at Clemency beyond as a desperate last resort yet I guarantee the dev team factors it in as the though they use it infrequently but enough to "help the healers." In the same manner the dev team still insists we rely on GCD heals when you hardly need to press them. And don't whatsoever if you're optimizing. In general, the dev team has a very different idea of how the game is played. Which is what creates the disconnect.

i genuinely believe that whoever is in charge of tank balance is tuning numbers around RDPS instead of ADPS. looking at RDPS values for every fight, all four tanks are very close to each other (around 1% difference between the highest and lowest)