Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
Like, you’d expect damage output to be extremely high and fast given the amount of oGCDs there are, or for tanks to be taking huge chunks of damage at any given time considering how strong the 40% defensive buffs are on top of everything else they have (Bloodwhetting/Clemency/Veil etc).
Aye. 40% is going to be noticeable, of course, but outside of very precise tankbusters paced specifically to accommodate it, it rarely feels anywhere near necessary. A bit more going into the grinder could make tank actions feel far more potent.

Final funny tidbit:

Even when popping a 40%, the majority of a tank's mitigation is passive. At i730, a tank has 48% passive mitigation (20% from Tank Mastery, 35% from Defense).