Got my GLA from 15 to 23 through dungeons and I've noticed that every now and then there will be a DPS who can easily out-threat me on the pull, practically all the time.

I'm wearing the full beginner tank set with the rare dungeon helm and belt, ethereal sword, rare shield, and the max-level accessories I can find at this level. Stat points invested in VIT. Basically I should be at maximum gear for this level. But I've ran into DPS who can easily, easily out-threat me at the start of a pull even on a mob that I pulled with Shield Lob.

For example with the altars in Tam-tara, I could open up on the altar boss with Fight or Flight and a comboed Savage Blade, but the DPS in question will gradually catch up to me, and by the time the boss is at 15% or so, the DPS would tanking the boss and that would be that.

(Not frequently, but every now or then there will be this one DPS that keeps doing it.)

Anyone notice the same? Could it the rebalancing of STR and VIT for tanks while gear was never adapted (at this level there are now no "tanking" accessories, only STR accessories) causing a significant drop in tank enmity at low levels?

I remember back in 2.x I would only have a problem tanking lower levels when my gear was outdated and the DPS are level syncced. But now I feel really helpless when I run into such a strong DPS.

I am even starting to wish that level syncced DPS/Healers automatically get a -20% on enmity generated or something, just to help out the tank...