Would you want stances to come back?

[Mikey_R]

Each tank mitigates in largely identical ways. Yeah, paladin doesn't have a huge self barrier like DRK and GNB doesn't have immediate self heals like WAR but other than those, nearly every CD is just a defense bump. It would be an interesting thought experiment to think what would be fitting for each tank were they to all get new defensive kits. DRK could be all about personal barriers and debuffing targets to deal less damage. WAR could lean heavy into the "too angry to die" theme and have a ton of CD's that get more potent the lower your HP is.

I will agree, tanks do need to be unique in the mitigation game, however, there is still only so much you can do as, at the end of the day, there is only so many ways to actually reduce damage.