Mixed bag of responses: some get it, others more resistant (less willing to open up to theory craft, holding on to their concepts that knights need to adhere to max ac/hp)
If you're building a Knight specifically to tank g-wurms knock yourself out, that again is a specific case of tanking.
Enwei's comments are spot on. You should all read his post. The way that he explains that hybrids are a supportive tank role for raids is spot on. Trying to compete with tanks that kick our arse in all aspects of raid tanking is kind of pointless. Knights dont need all that ac/hp to do their job effectively so after a point it becomes less effective to stack it.
If you're objective is to tank gwurms go knock yourself out: farm all the ac/hp you want, you will never tank as well as a warrior. And you can insert all other specific cases in here that people seem to get hung up on.
Much like Enwei says, if you buff to the 1/3 or 1/4 of you that is the hybrid component your supportive role in raids, and your primary role in groups as tank will improve.
You dont need 1400 ac to do seb/chardok/velks/sg groups, what you need is more mana to be extra effective in your role when needed.
I think what alot of people suffer from is sympton of denial: not willing to accept that hybrid tanks just arent there to tank what their ideology wants them to think about their class.
(How do I know? I have a 1400ac Paladin)
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