It's quite disgusting to see how people quickly turn on eachother and segregate people into "STR Tanks." Going as far as calling said people who choose to optimize their play as "not real tanks."

I absolutely find it insulting that people dare demonize us in such a way when all we tried to do was help complete a fight using our understanding of our class to reach maximum efficiency. I don't even understand why we have to get so butt-hurt over the idea that someone is contributing close to us. As if someone else contributing to a respectable level to us is a bad thing. This is truly a selfish mindset.

At the end of the day it won't change how a tank plays their class (Maximum potential: Hold Aggro, Reduce Damage, Deal Damage) as opposed to the absolute bare minimum (Hold Aggro) that the community perceives as the appropriate or 'normal' way to play and should be the standard.

"Hey someone is doing better than me! It's much easier if they got nerfed rather than me having to go out of my way to improve!"

Being nerfed in any shape or form will make you feel bad no matter how you look at it. Regardless, I'll still be playing WARRIOR. Not some sub-standard meat bag that people like to lump the Tank Role as.

On a more optimistic note: The change has more pros than cons and should be welcomed as such. People will stop letting fending accessories drop(for some god-forsaken reason) and the quality of a player will mostly be returned to his skill rather than the choice of his gear. A more than worthy trade-off if it helps stave off this delusional mindset.