I've seen an amazingly geared tank take a metric buttload of damage where crappier geared tanks have held up like boulders. I have theories as to why this happened but at the time I was busy picking my jaw up off the floor. I didn't notice if they had a lot of STR gear on at the time. Now I wonder.
As for levelling on the way up, even if your gear is getting downleveled, I've noticed some instances just seem to be rougher than others in terms of how much damage is going out. So add that to letting gear slack a bit, and it's gonna feel like an elephant stampede.
As for levelling on the way up, even if your gear is getting downleveled, I've noticed some instances just seem to be rougher than others in terms of how much damage is going out. So add that to letting gear slack a bit, and it's gonna feel like an elephant stampede.