Quote Originally Posted by Syzygian View Post
PLD isn't some innately tankier tank that somehow benefits from VIT more than the others.
If anything, you could argue that it's just the opposite. The nature of Pld's cooldowns (especially Rampart and Sentinel) and passive mitigation (Natural block-rate/Bulwark/Awareness), make them more equipped to need less Hp. This was the same in the 2.X days. Pld's could forgo Vit Gear because their strength as a tank is not in having more Hp to sacrifice against Tank Busters, but rather in mitigating incoming dmg and reducing the burden on the healer.

This was far more noticeable in 2.x days (before Clemency), but people seem to forget that, unlike Warriors, Pld's really don't have a means of restoring their own HP pool. They were completely reliant on Healers to keep them alive (and widely still are). If you're a Pld and you want to make things easier on your healer, than your interests should be in mitigating the dmg before you take the hit rather than soaking it with a bigger Hp pool and trying to make it back. In that regard, Vit accessories don't really do much (short of providing you a little more buff for Stoneskin). Proper use of your CD's are a better alternative.