Homogenization and Simplicity in Tank Roles

[Ultimatecalibur]

This does bring up another interesting point. During HW and SB, most tanks were in their DPS stances for 99% on an encounter. This meant tanks had very similar HP (Warrior had an insignificant amount more) and they were all taking the same damage. It is effectively the same situation we have now. Sure, there were slight differences in the DPS stances, but nothing that affected your survivability where every tank worked the same. So, why is it now an issue?

Because a lot of people are wearing rose-tinted glasses looking back on things. They forget things like Warriors stacking Convalescence with Defiance so that the Scholar could apply and spread a 1200 potency crit adlo shield to the whole party at the start of the fight. They remember different being good and not different causing problems.