Everquest 2: Clarification of the Tanking role

Moorgard clarified the role of the Tank to those who wereleft a little confused by the revent Q&A. To better undersatnd the purpose of the fighter read moorgards quote from the official site

Tanking is the role of the fighter. Aside from content designed for soloing, priests don't have the tools necessary for it.

While clerics can wear heavy armor and thus mitigate damage the best of the priests, they have the lowest hitpoints. Shamans wear medium armor and have more hitpoints than clerics, while druids wear light armor but have the most hitpoints of the priests.

No priest can approach the melee damage output of the fighter or the scout, nor can they rival the magical damage of the mage. Doing damage isn't their role.