you would think it was that easy... surely nothing I post , be it video, parse, or just pure facts about stats and the nature of the job's build, will satisfy these people. I will say that I do and have always agreed that HP adds a cushon for the WHMs charged with keeping the tank alive, but that cushon is only usefull on hits (mainly magical) that would near empty the tanks HP bar. That being said, most whms would have started casting a cure bomb on the tank as soon as the animation for the tp/magic ability began, this tatic makes the HP cushon even less of a concern, especially if that is the only time the whm/s are cure bombing the tank, assuming the tank dose not get hit like a truck off normal attacks, (in wich case def/vit is obviously the better build).
Also side note, Spirits within dose not grant higher enmity for higher HP all together or the action dicription would say so. It says "current hp" wich, and this is simply how I understand it, the % of your HP bar in corralation with the amount of HP you currently have. soo , given that all other stats are the same (for producing damage) as long as subject a and b have full HP they will produce the same ammount of damage reguardless of actuall number value of HP either jubject has.
I will, however , accept that challange, but first, I require that somone in oposition post a video of a hp build or w/e including stats of gear worn and food used. Everytime I post somthing , their story changes or they pick apart my videos/parses without ever offering any actuall evidence to support their case. I have nothing further to prove to the oposition. Enless they put their chips on the table I have nothing to show them either. Hell I have somone who is normally against vit/def build making somewhat of a case for the build and that dose nothing for them, they pick appart the test totally disreguarding the facts the test was focused on, wich was damage taken , stress on the healers, and hate management. Soo as far as who is being "head strong about a build" you tell me, I open myself to be cunstructivly analized and instead the only analisis offerd is critical without any evidence to base there analysis off of, I realy want to get off this subject but anytime I offer advice to new tanks who seek some guidence , I am bombarded with "thats stupid" type comments. Here is a thought, there are currently two types of builds that are dominating the game, why dont we let the newcomers figure out for themselves wich build works best. No one gave me adivce when I built my tank set, I just went with what worked best, I simply promote using vit/def build over other builds other then that , to each their own.