Tanks, please use strength gear.. :(

[Dante_V]

Haha, have to admit I hear nothing but horrible experiences from my healers friends when they have to party with full str acc tanks. Often times they say their hp just goes down to fast to give them breathing room or to contribute to aoe/dps themselves since they have to stay in "babysit mode" (especially since these tanks also run around in dps mode as well).

A full vit tank and a full str tank lose hp at the same exact rate when damaged as accessories provide no defense. Cool down usage plays the largest role in the rate of hp loss.

[Alahra]

A full vit tank and a full str tank lose hp at the same exact rate when damaged as accessories provide no defense. Cool down usage plays the largest role in the rate of hp loss.

They obviously mean that the tank's HP hits critical levels too quickly, not that the actual rate of incoming damage is faster.

[Sapphidia]

A full vit tank and a full str tank lose hp at the same exact rate when damaged as accessories provide no defense. Cool down usage plays the largest role in the rate of hp loss.

In terms of HP-per-second lost, yes. But NOT in terms of overall percentage of health lost, and not in terms of "time to survive without a heal". Again... if a healer is doing nothing but standing around and healing and not trying to do any DPS of their own, Strength accessories are 100% objectively better.

But in a situation where a healer wants to weave in cleric stance DPS to improve overall party DPS, a couple of extra seconds of life before a tank needs a heal is a substantial potential increase in party DPS, often beyond what strength over vit can provide for the tank, certainly in the case of a Paladin Tank where their AOE damage is so poor.

It's situational. In a fair amount of cases though, a tank with vit accessories -can- lead to overall higher party DPS due to healers having more time between swapping in/out of cleric stance. It varies based on size of pull, type of tank, healer gear levels and such. Part of the skill of a tank is knowing when those vit accessories might actually be a benefit to equip.