survival’s worst attribute is that people don’t appreciate it for what it is: a skirmishing build that lets you get in and out of combat quickly and has plenty of reach.
It’s derpy and unlikely to top the charts but it’s fun on the bun.
But you’ve been posting since the start of Dragonflight that there was absolutely nothing wrong with guardian, and they were the equal of every tank out there.
idk i pugged guardian to 2800 IO and it was amazing. Mistweaver is also alright.
Both specs are just not as good as the other tanks/healers but in the end keys really depend on doing mechanics, dps numbers, and tanks knowing the path.
My bear is 3k IO. The memes are exaggerated. I don’t know OPs skills level but Bear is completely fine at lower levels of play now. It’s issue is that it doesn’t have good active magic DR but nothing hits hard enough that you can’t live it with stuff like Barkskin + ROTS at that level.
Affliction might be worse, in pug keys. They hyper specialize for either AoE or ST, so if the tank isn’t doing big pulls, then neither setup does a whole lot.