I ran both T5 ops with an Ice Tank, OK! 3 or 4 (don't recall) pieces of his gear - DPS - Full modded with precision based plans. 1 Promethium Ring for DPS modded with precision & might 1 Promethium Ring for TANK modded with dom & health Everything else was tank gear and his damage output was incredible even in tank role. Like I got 1 million damage on FR and he got like 600k. 39 minutes run WITH A TANK. Just sharing because I would love run more ops with him instead of another dps. Safety and power!
I'm fairly new as well (1 toon CR 47) and find when I go into pugs with my tank, I'm doing more damage than the DPS while still maintaining my tank role. By no means am I saying I'm fantastic at it, I just really like that play style so I would love to hear more about what it takes to be done successfully.
well to be fair having tank gear in the op is not a deal breaker i mean i had to tank them with only 3 pieces of tank gear and i did fine maybe it was the awesome healer keeping me alive either way i didn't feel like i needed more tank pieces. But being in raids is a whole different story cause those stuff hit like crazy . Either way yay for shorter operation time cause those take like an hour to do . lol