Originally Posted by
Triceron
Eh, I don't think that's true at all. If every other class uses a unique resource, why do Druids still use Rage? I don't think it's obvious, and I don't think it's simple. Even if the Demon Hunter had not been added, Monks' Dual Wielding Tanking identity is about as iconic as the Hunter's Dual Wield DPS or the Shaman's 2H DPS. It was just a mechanic.
If anything is obvious here, it's your attachment to that mechanic for this specific class, because I don't see you making this argument for the DK's at all when they were in the exact same boat. I mean why was Frost not the Tanking spec? Wouldn't it make more sense for the Cold, Icy, enemy-Slowing spec to be the one that tanks? And Blood always makes me think of vampires and bloodlust, and those don't evoke an identity of Tanking hits the way a 'Lich-borne' ice-armored Death Knight would.
Like others have said... Monks still dual wield. That hasn't gone away, so you can still fulfill your katana fantasy as a Windwalker. I mean honestly, what would your answer be to someone who wants Frost DW tanking back? Well it's the same here, 'you still have Frost DW DPS'.