Goodbye strength tanks. Let us never be forgotten.

[CaladS]

I've seen dragoons go through an entire dungeon without using heavy thrust so no

That's why I said "at the prospect of". The ones that get out dps'd by tanks now will probably still be out dps'd.

It's just funny to see people saying that running Str as a tank has been inconsiderate etc. The only ones who really have a right to complain are the healers and I'm yet to see a good healer complain about it. Note that I said a good healer.

[Andrea]

I would like to say don't get me wrong by my previous post. I have no problem whatever gear tanks now use.

But when i see people being hypocrites I gotta point it out.

Enjoy tanking in 3.2 you guys <3

[Iagainsti]

STR tanks are bad tanks

I wish you had to pass an IQ test to post on these forums.

#Hoser

[Aaliyahrose]

That's more a reflection of bad players than the meta itself. Under the STR meta, the emphasis was being on point with your defense (i.e. good CD management) as well as your offence. The ignorant/bad got it twisted by only seeing the DPS numbers and thinking that's all they had to focus on.

Either way I'm glad for the shift in accessories. Like I said earlier, it's not like the mentality is going to shift; the ones who knew what they were doing will simply stand out more vs those who got by off following the meta but not really understanding how/why it worked.

This means more stance swapping will be involved now with the Sword Oath/Grit changes they made.
-DPS what they can handle
-Swap during cleave/tank buster
-Rinse and repeat
Nothing really new from what we have already seen.

[raymon]

why is everybody acting like tanks are getting a huge DPS Nerf? i recall that the DPS will be slightly lowered but no so much it warrants a "R.I.P" thread.

[cookiecutter]

Good bye strength tanks and hello to all my new stance swapping pld's and drks welcome to the party! Str tanks will live on in spirit through more efficient stance swaps! It would have been nice if grit's mp cost was reduced to help our drk pals out but that'll have to addressed another day.

[FinalWolf]

I hope our damage isn't that much lower

[Katana190]

Was a bad design choice and their simple fixing it, we wont be as strong as a full str tank at the start of 3.2 but by the time we're max ilvl we'll definitely be more powerful then 3.2 full str. As a tank main since 2.0 this is a welcome change to me. Just have to shrug off we wont be doing as much dps as we use to for a few weeks.

Already mentioned this in another thread but I guess it wasn't a dedicated tank thread. We're not getting nerfed to the ground like some people will believe, we'll still be able to carry bad DPS, because bads will continue to be bad. We'll still be able to make dungeon runs go faster by playing optimally at our job just like any DPS or Healer contributing to the dungeon run. Each pull of dungeons we'll have a higher kick starter of HP so the Healer's can DPS more before healing, same for raids, during downtime of raid scenarios our HP will be back to 100% allowing more healer DPS uptime.

[Edewen]

why is everybody acting like tanks are getting a huge DPS Nerf? i recall that the DPS will be slightly lowered but no so much it warrants a "R.I.P" thread.

Someone apparently doesn't read patch notes or read live letters.

Str tanks are getting a rip thread because it has been stated black n white. Using str gear will be a dps loss for tanks compared to vit gear. That is why there is a RIP thread. It has nothing to do with any dps loss as we don't know how high vit will scale for dps.

[Aaliyahrose]

I dont think I've ever seen a WAR with full VIT gear...I wonder what that juicy amount of HP is going to look like