Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
What I asked though, is what is the other tank doing to cause 1000 more DPS than the other tank if they are both mitigating? If the answer is one is in tank stance, and the other is not, than I get that. And that is precisely why I brought up that the healer likely has to give up their own DPS to keep this tank up.
Healer DPS on single targets will never out-damage tanks. The potential loss they suffer having to use an extra GCD is offset by the tank not losing 20% on their entire arsenal. This assumes the healers even loses anything as many attacks can be planned around HoTs.