Quote Originally Posted by AIex View Post
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I totally agree that a secondary focus for tanks should be doing as much damage as they can, but I think you're overplaying the benefit of secondary stats a bit. I mean, If you're the MT only in tanking stance, and especially if you're a paladin, parry and vit are far more likely to increase your party's DPS than other stats. Most high level healer items don't have -any- int on them, so the difference between the DPS of a healer in cleric stance versus a healer not in cleric stance is absolutely enormous. Hell, my whm is ~i80, with around 220 int and 440 mnd, stone II's damage is almost exactly doubled in cleric stance.

Unless cleric stance is checked on each tick of a dot, the difference between aero/aero II reapplied with cleric stance on and dots applied with cleric stance off would probably be comparable to the difference between a paladin being in shield oath and a paladin being in sword oath over the course of a battle. Unless you severely outgear your healer, it's definitely worth making sure your gear maximizes their DPS before you start worrying about maximizing your own.