Originally Posted by Ramalama

Your "damage intake until death" might be 10k. But with 12k total health, you are much less susceptible to burst damage and healer mana pool and HPS are the deciding factor. Though your max health is only 50% more, your "damage intake until death" may go up by a factor of 3+. However, boosting your max health from 12k to 14k may not increase your longevity at all if the deciding factor is now your healers' gear (or whether or not they are CC'd, etc.). From this simplified perspective, additional stamina beyond a certain point provides you very little benefit, while the percentage-based reduction from resilience may determine whether your healers can out pace the damage done to you over time.