Quote Originally Posted by IfritReborn View Post
Judging from that post I'd say they may be referring to a tank mechanic in WoW during Cataclysm and into MoP called Vengeance.

It was very OP, and brought tank's dps into the range of pure DPS classes and sometimes even more. It caused a lot more people to play tanks in terms of PvE and PvP because they were incredibly strong. So yes, compared to that, tank damage in this game is something to scoff at and is very boring.

I'm certainly not saying something like that should happen here though >.>
Properly played, a tank will be at 70~80% of the damage output of a good and equally geared dps in most fights in the game - including several turns in final coil.