Tanks, please use strength gear.. :(

[Sapphidia]

Strength Accessories + 20% from Maim + 50% from Berserk + Unchained is a very huge increase in damage. I would say even about 50% because damage modifiers multiply.

Newsflash: Tanks with Vitality Accessories use Maim, Berserk, Unchained too. They get those bonuses multiplied on top of their base damage, which is about 15-20% max lower than a full strength tank.

Noone is debating that strength tanks do more damage, they do. But the difference between a Full Strength and Full Vitality tank is about 20% max, no more. Wearing Vitality gear doesnt stop you from having access to DPS skills.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Newsflash: Tanks with Vitality Accessories use Maim, Berserk, Unchained too. They get those bonuses multiplied on top of their base damage, which is about 15-20% max lower than a full strength tank.

Noone is debating that strength tanks do more damage, they do. But the difference between a Full Strength and Full Vitality tank is about 20% max, no more. Wearing Vitality gear doesnt stop you from having access to DPS skills.

News Flash, they are also losing a significant amount of damage by lacking that 200-250 strength. That strength adds up the potency of your attacks damage. All those "buffs" are multiplied by your strength and attack power.

That 20% is a lot when you add up the multipliers.

100% base x 4 = 400%.
120% base x 4 = 480%.

I also think its more then 20%, 25% I would say.

Fixed it for you

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Storm's_Path
Scales off attack power.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Clemency
Scales off attack power.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Souleater
Scales off attack power.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Bloodbath
Scales off attack power.

Strength also makes things die faster, each dead mob = less damage done to the tank. However, vitality not only lowers your damage but does NOT improve your self-healing or mitigation one bit. You will be dying just as fast, it gives you a few more seconds.

Soo in short, you're a filthy casual who doesn't want to do their job decently? So you blame the next tank you see with vit gear?Ya know, how bout just admitting you suck and wish to know how to git gud, then maybe we can take ya seriously. As for making it harder on healers? Must be the ones you roll with, seeing the few I go into content with can dps, heal, and make me a sammich, all at the same time when running as a tank.

I see you don't PUG. If I had a pet tank myself I would probably not be making this thread. This thread is about tanks learning the game, maybe you should "git lerning 2 reed".

Just posting randomly when you come into a thread doesn't make you look smart, it makes you look silly.

What i'm doing is telling tanks to take off the training wheels they don't really need.