Quote Originally Posted by Platinus View Post
Even if your gear didn't have lots of toughtness you could just go to the mists and switch it out if you wanted to.
Point went right over your head. <insert obligatory jeff dunham routine>

The result of what you suggest is that you have to trade out another stat for Toughness. This doesn't really happen with resilience.

The stats in GW2 come with a cost. If you stack ALL Power and Precision, you're not going to have Toughness, or Malice, or Expertise, or Vitality, or Compassion.