Tanks and PvP

[TekkaTakeda]

Tanks do not hit like wet noodles. You're aware that tanks are capable of at least 80% of a dedicated DPS role's DPS, right? As previously noted, nobody else has as much hard CC as the tanks do (PLD specifically... WAR barely has a Stun and Root). In PvE a tank usually can't fully DPS as an OT because their highest DPS comes from their Enmity combos. This is negated in PvP as enmity shouldn't have any effect.

Tanks will stance dance constantly in PvP especially PLDs between Oaths. WAR can utilize Defiance for sponge and additional healing.

WAR provides a second way to apply 50% healing reduction if you don't have an ACN base class in your comp as well as the 2.1 changes to Storm's Path which will reduce the targets DPS output.

PLD has great support in the way of SS and Cover and tanks in general have great peeling abilities (the hard CC mentioned above).

All in all, if you look at any truly viable compositions, you will almost always have a tank in groups of 4 or more from the history of all MMOs.

Every class will have a good role that they will fill. Don't worry.