I am totally infatuated with my WAR. I love the mechanics, the animations, the armor look, the feel of the class, and the damage.
I am feeling pretty flat about my PLD. I love the fact that I can step in and do a BA job of tanking for my friends and FC-mates to help them through content, but its soooooo boring! There are some little applications that I can get into, but compared to WAR its an absolute snooze.
My PLD is slightly better geared (both are reliced, PLD has AF2 chest while WAR has hoplite, everything else is the same, 1 myth ring and tanking DL gear), and I was dealt a brutal blow yesterday.
I had solo tanked Hydra for my WAR's Relic quest when he had 6600hp in group. A buddy of mine needed Hydra for his WAR, so I said I'd tank it, and assured everyone that I would be totally fine solo tanking Hydra with my now-7200hp HP w/Relic.
2 runs later I had gotten smoked down to 0hp by a couple of triumvirates in a row for 5k each, even with using an IB and ToB in between (I was not topped off before it) - twice in a row!!! I apologized, hung my head, took out my sword and shield, and one shotted Hydra on the PLD, never dropping below 50% hp and barely touching my CD suite. And this is Hydra, not even Titan or much less Coil. I realize I got a little bad luck on taking such large Triumvirates so close together, but the PLD would have been able to handle those no problem with a 600pt heal in between. So all it takes is a little bad luck to get eaten alive.
The crux of the issue - I really really wanted to sit on all my Mythos until 2.1 hits. I want to see what they do to WAR before I go spend any ether way, but we're looking at a month+ of not gearing up my tanks (we're not in coil yet, we're slow : D).
It's not that I hate my PLD, I just feel better playing a WAR, I was able to do things as a WAR in lower level (30-45) dungeons that a PLD could never do, but the frustration is starting to rear its ugly head for me.
Is anyone in a similar space? What are you doing? Am I being childishly impatient for the 2.1 fixes, or should I just go ahead and spend the 1k myth I'll have next week on PLD upgrades?