1) Must be crit immune.
2) Must be crushing blow immune with activated abilities (except for druids, since they’re ez mode).

I agree that minimum gearing requirements are misleading; you can tank something over your gear if you rely excessively on consumables (nightmare seeds/stoneshield pots) or if your healers are good or if you’re lucky. However, I do think it’s helpful to have a rough number that says you are within the average of tanks at that progression and should be fine.

A bit of lazyniss also in just going for the minimum and a lacking of self confidence also. Yet some people know clear well they may be undergeared and fail and come asking why they fail when they later reveal they knew full well they are undergeared.

A good post.