Quote Originally Posted by Singularity View Post
Why does it matter whether they are at 5% or 45% though? They're still alive either way, and the absolute number of HP they need restored to be at full is the same.
So what is that extra 40% HP doing? well, you can think of it as one or two heals you don't have to cast over the course of the encounter, but if you put that time towards healer damage instead, you'll almost certainly add less party DPS than the tank wearing STR would (possibly an exception for a Holy or Gravity on a large number of targets in a short encounter)
The crit auto attack that comes at the same time as the tank buster that wipes said 5% and kills the tank. It's also the difference of your healer being able to heal up as needed or panicking over a tank with hardly any HP