Quote:Not really. Besides the Tier sets, Paladin and Warrior tanking gear is exactly the same. It's not like Paladins run around with +800 spell damage, 400 intellect,and 100 mp5 from tanking gear or something, they tend to use a Spell Damage weapon (if that) and maybe one other piece of gear with spell damage. Otherwise they want all of the +stamina, +avoidance gear they can find... which is, coincidentally, really good for Warriors, too. Tanks need tank stats, regardless of class. Due to sharing the same type of armor (plate) and common game mechanics that deal with damage mitigation and life totals, Warrior and Paladin tank loot is basicaly the same.
Essentially Paladins need every point of defence and every point of Stamina that Warriors do but also need other stats on their gear for threat and mana. In addition to not instead of
In practice what happens are compromises where Paladins either select or have foisted upon them some non-mitigation stats which push them even further behind Warriors than they started out
Druids also need to spend item budget points on attributes that increase threat which cuts into survivability
Not only that but both Druids and Paladins suffer from their sets being badly designed. The Feral Tier 5 set has 78 Intellect, 41 Spirit which are completely useless to a Druid Main Tank and 170[+4] Strength which is only useful for threat generation something Warriors don't need to worry about when dressing to tank