Yesterday, I got invited for a Throne of Thunder trash farm. so far, i've always used my DPS gear to tank with, and it worked out pretty well so far, although only in 5 man content.
my armory is http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...Nzall/advanced and my weapon/shield combo is the 463 crafted mace and the 463 shield from gate of the setting sun final boss. both blue, but I didn't think that would be an issue.
so I enter the raid, along with a druid healer, a priest healer, a paladin healer and a druid tank and the rest DPS, and we start pulling. from then on, we enter an entirely different world of hurt. me and the druid tank kept dying and dying. we managed to do 2 full clears of the trash before jin'rokh, but I ended up dying on every single trashpull, and the druid on 75% on them as well, and often more than once (we ran back in since the portal was so close to the spirit healer). I thought that DPS gear was still viable for tanking? then why did I take so much damage?