Tanks, please use strength gear.. :(

[karateorangutang]

Wait...What? Let me read it again: Wait....WHAT?

So racer then checking the group to be alive I should do DPS? And I was wondering why we got Tank equip which is giving us defense... must be a failure by SE!

A dead group is doing no DPS
A nearly dead group is also not doing much DPS
Go on VIT and allow Healers to ress one, two or even three DPS which are slepping before the AOE while you do not drop to 0 HP....
I am pretty sure the fight is still faster as with you having STR and doing DPS before a wipe....

If you can guarantee this will never happen: Go STR. But be sure if I am one of the DPS in the group I will flame you down cause of having STR instead of buying time for Healer to ress DPS (which are still making more dmg then STR tank) and avoid a wipe.
Just think about Odin.

If you would like to do DPS then go DPS. We are there for protection and to take care the group is staying alive. Sure it is great doing more DPS. But saying: All tanks please use STR > VIT is just not thinking enough. Like DPS which are using DPS increasments but no def skills

Did you not read the whole post and just cherry pick a part that you wanted to rant on?

You do a test pull, analyze what happened and make a judgement call from there. The fact that the game is DPS centric for all roles is simply not up for debate at this point. If you can't see that then I guess I'm really confused. This is always within reason. Additionally, since when did putting STR accessories on always necessitate a wipe? Rotational cooldowns and smart use of abilities will always trump 2 k HP. If you can prove me wrong on that point then kudos. There's not a single 4 man in this game that can't be completed faster and just as safe that way.

I even put the caveat in that if your not outgearing then feel free to use VIT gear.

Good lord.