Quote Originally Posted by Annah View Post
well, i've noticed tanks who wear tank gear, we clear the dungeons much faster versus a tank who thinks they're a DPS. (because a white mage who heals and dps is much faster than a glass cannon tank who hits a little bit harder with a white mage spamming heals like mad)

So the theory that DPS tanks clear the dungeons faster is absolutely false.
Well, obviously you need to take into consideration whether what you're doing is going to put extra burden on your healer. Having played WHM this expansion, I do agree Cure II spam does lower my DPS by quite a bit. I'd say tank DPS can help, as long as it doesn't force the healer to use more GCDs. Although pug tanks are probably not micromanaging their accessories. I think there are too many players who try to follow the meta without understanding why it works.

I think this is part of the reason why they took Bloodbath away from tanks. A Warrior could go into Deliverance with Bloodbath, Berserk and Vengeance up and spam Overpower and use Decimate twice, and he wouldn't need heals for like 15s or so. God, I miss Bloodbath