Quote Originally Posted by RobBull View Post
Well said. Every other job has a BiS set, but tanks have so much flexibility in gearing options. You have a scholar that puts out a ton of damage? Wear crafted or a mix of slaying/fending to give them more wiggle room. Your healers are more pure healers? Go ham with all slaying. Tanks are in a great spot right now with balance and gear options. MMOs have dumbed down gear sets and eliminated or dumbded down skill trees, so it's actually refreshing to have options.
Yeah, the "easy" option is to cut the tall poppy down to everyone else's level, but SE would make so many people so very happy if they made everyone else's gear more complex instead. I just can't imagine how difficult it would be to overhaul everything so much, though.