Originally Posted by
Totle
Let me understand this correctly - the tanks, who traditionally do very little damage, are now hitting pretty hard and actively contributing to bringing the boss down faster... and somehow this is a bad thing?
Also, I have NEVER seen a tank be top in an actual raid. 5H? Sure. LFR? Sure. This only happens because people AFK or are autofollowing, or aren't really paying attention.
A DPS's pride? Respect? As a long time tank, I've never thought much of DPSer that would warrant respect. The only time might be on DPS race fights (Ultrax), but I congratulate as a whole. DPS aren't really in a position to save the raid when wiping by healing, and they're not intended to hold aggro. If they want respect, they need to bring the boss down, not just top the meters.
Moreover - no one was playing as a tank because it was stressful, you weren't appreciated, and you never did that much damage. This was punctuated by having fail DPS either face pulling or nuking from the get-go before a tank could gather aggro.
I fail to see any merit in your argument. This is a classic case of 'complaining about a good thing'.