Quote Originally Posted by Valmarus View Post
I'm not trying to be rude or funny so please don't read that sort of tone into what I am about to say:

If you want to focus on DPS more than emnity the I have to ask why not just play a DPS? Why play a role where your job should be focusing on taking/mitigating damage and holding focus? If this is the attitude of the majority of people tanking in the game then why not just do away with the idea of a tank all together? I feel like it's going to boil down to the question of - If they don't play differently then why have them at all?
Because that aspect of the tanking role still exists. If you're asleep at the wheel you'll still lose hate on mob groups, and you're still the hardiest of all the classes. The only difference now is that there's no stance dancing, leaving you more wiggle room for your defensive cooldowns. I personally enjoy it. Stance dancing was fun, but ultimately it was unneeded.