"Changing Tank Damage Calculation"

[Jpec07]

My greatest fear with this change is stated above: That my Slaying jewelry will become useless and I'll lose a notable amount of ilvls by having to use my Fending accessories, that I've not really been keeping up on.

Well here's the thing: they're waiting for 3.2, which is the "next tier," so to speak. Item levels will probably go to 210-230 for new content, so it's gear that you're going to be replacing anyway. Nothing is going to affect the current "progression" raiding, and you'll likely be replacing/matching that gear with new dungeon greens anyway.

That said, I'm still not convinced they're going to be switching VIT for STR as the tanks' main source of attack power. People say it's simple, but that seems incredibly too drastic, especially when considering the entire rest of the game they'd need to retool to match (specifically looking at leveling gear and content).