Eh, to each their own. I will say, an inexperienced tank shouldn't stack in STR. The extra HP buffer they get with VIT stacking can be good. But it doesn't change the fact of how much hp the healer has to heal. It only changes the amount of time a healer has to heal. But the difference will be a few thousand hp. If a tank loses 10k hp, you should be healing them regardless. Whether they have 5k or 8k hp left shouldn't be what makes you decide they need some more health. But STR tanks do infact hold aggro better in all regards. We can spend less time spamming away with flash (especially PLD's) as the only other 2 AoE based attacks we have are both longer cooldowns that can't be spammed. And we don't have an unlimited supply of mana either. If we run out and can't spam it anymore (and have really crappy ability to hold aggro) guess what? You're next on the get squished list with all the healing you'd have to be doing.
I think the main thing we have to be cognizant of is telling the newbie tanks to stack in STR automatically for end game. It still helps early though honestly, i would know, I did it. But I also have 2 builds, a STR build AND a VIT build. If I find my healers need the extra hp buff to keep me alive, I will switch.


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