Quote Originally Posted by ColdGuy View Post
So as far as Tanks are concerned, 3% additional PASSIVE mitigation is a lot more valuable than 0.5% added damage, specially since Tank damage isn't as high as in other expansions, the trade-off is clear and it's in favor of Tenacity.
Except... it isn't. That extra defense amounts to nothing. Like I said earlier, your healers will follow the exact same healing pattern they have already mapped out regardless of how much Tenacity you stack. This, in turn, makes Tenacity pointless because it does not add anything. Determination is also the wrong comparison to make as only Warrior cares about it. All other tanks want Direct Hit, which pushes the gap between damage and the passive mitigation Tenacity offers even further apart.

Put simply, mitigation needs to be valuable to be considered worthless. If Shiva's autos do 30k to a Determination/Direct Hit melded tank and 2.6k to a Tenacity melded one. Who cares? You'll never even notice it.