What they mean by "change the damage calculations of tanks"?

[Donjo]

Being productive and performing a duty to its fullest is actually a "skill". Being able to produce more results from less by working harder is something I really love but it is something a lot of people seem to disagree with. Also cherry-picking another's phrases and words when they clearly said multiple things is rather annoying.

Vitality isn't a "Tank" stat, it simply gives you more health like it does everyone else. It does not reduce your damage in any way. The way this game works is you only need enough health to "not be" one shot so your healers can keep you topped off.

Tank A in VIT pretty much means "Lazy Player." They can clearly see what the two stats do and chose the one because it makes it easier for them. When going STR makes the fight shorter and makes it easier on the entire party.

God, you're hilarious. It's annoying to cherry pick statements, says the poster who completely misreads everything he sees and gets off on wild tangents that barely have anything to do with the original concept... and then cherry picks statements in their next reply. By the way, I did properly address everything you said to me. You just failed to read it properly again.

I could explain why Vitality is the Tank's Main Stat, or how it's actually safer(ie. easier) for a party if the Tank has more health rather than more strength in 97% of situations, but it would all be lost on you.

Just stop.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

God, you're hilarious. It's annoying to cherry pick statements, says the poster who completely misreads everything he sees and gets off on wild tangents that barely have anything to do with the original concept... and then cherry picks statements in their next reply.

I could explain why Vitality is the Tank's Main Stat, or how it's actually safer(ie. easier) for a party if the Tank has more health rather than more strength in 97% of situations, but it would all be lost on you.

Just stop.

I actually play a healer and tank. I find it much easier to heal a strength tank because the fights are much shorter for one and I find that most strength tanks actually pay attention to fights whilst vitality tanks usually stand in AOEs because they have the health for it.

I don't find a tank more health easier to heal at all because it doesn't make it easier, it doesn't do anything but give you more health. I find them the exact same as a vitality tank because I keep my tanks topped off regardless of their health. So I have no issue with a strength tank.

Having bloated HP just breeds laziness in most of the games content.

So, your choice?

Damage is actually important to tanking because damage improves your overall sustain, if your doing more damage your killing things faster. Unless the "mechanics" as you claim I don't know changed in the past hour I believe that dead monsters can't hurt you.