Quote Originally Posted by VenKitsune View Post
You're just looking at it in a vacuum - "Oh well it'd be a huge DPS loss!"....Yes, but they're a tank, dps loss on them is nowhere near as bad as dps loss on an actual DPS.
I'd like to add another case here.

#5: The paladin just does sword combos and Req-Confiteors otherwise.

Doing this is about a 1.5-2% damage loss. Unacceptable in farming/speed kills, but from a prog standpoint, that's a range of 180-240 DPS, and effectively pushes a raise scenario from 5 seconds to around 20-25 seconds in any given minute window. Delaying a Req/Confiteor hurts a bit more, but frankly, when your 96-97% state puts you at just about even with the lower tanks, while getting the safety net of a raise?

Yeah.