People keep saying "omg this other tank was doing X less dps than me" or "i can do the entire thing in dps stance" well guess what, its because tanking is a joke.

Not that it is easy, or hard, but because we have SO FEW tools compared to other MMOs to actively manage our damage intake.

Also if you really think you are so much better at your 123145 rotation than another tank...yea. No.

It depends -entirely- on your healers.

I don't care which tank you are, >50% of the time you are just going to get face smashed, regardless of whether you're in tank or dps stance, there is ZERO skill here in just mitigating the steady incoming damage.

Once you get past using CDs for tank busters there is nothing more to see.

Oh, also, even if you did 200 more dps? It will kill the boss ...10 seconds faster. Wonderful.