Strength Tanks and You.

[MisterLucie]

So by doing my job, I am a hindrance?

Your job, like everyone else in your raid group, is to defeat the encounter. That doesn't mean just sitting and soaking up hits. It means contributing whatever you can, including high DPS if you're capable of it. Tanks are very capable of it, and there are no fights in HW right now that require you to have more VIT than what you get just from your left side gear.

Our tanks hold aggro and don't die, and also each contribute 800-900 DPS. Boss dies faster, adds die faster, healer MP is less strained because everything is dying faster. Why would you choose to hold aggro and not die, but do half the dps you're capable of?