Dungeons, WAR vs DRK

[Falar]

Dont forget that PLD has passive mitigation by being able to block which compensates having 1 defensive cd less. WAR has good sustain but it has its limits and relies on his/her burst windows to be really effective otherwise is quite "meh", and even then it doesnt compare with a PLD willing to use a few Clemencys by any strech.

About tank damage, before was more important, but since the tank damage nerf I agree that unless you are cutting the damage checks REAL close it doesnt matter the tank you use (dps jobs should improve instead of swapping tank...), and yeah fun is subjective , just considering how "simple" is the gameplay and even if no tank requires too much skill both WAR and DRK have super simple rotations (some people like that, to each its own i guess)

I only recently came back, wasn't around for this expansions launch. Did they say anything about specifically lowering tank damage? If I had to guess we went from being able to do about 70 percent as much damage as a DPS to 55 to 60. Seems healers can do more, it sucks. At first I saw they ungimped accessories and got happy, then I started playing.

[ArianeEwah]

I only recently came back, wasn't around for this expansions launch. Did they say anything about specifically lowering tank damage? If I had to guess we went from being able to do about 70 percent as much damage as a DPS to 55 to 60. Seems healers can do more, it sucks. At first I saw they ungimped accessories and got happy, then I started playing.

I think there was an interview before ShB YoshiP said that tank damage was too high. While in old content tank damage mostly remains unchanged - to keep the old balance - their contribution did indeed sink. It's not 55 to 60, it's still a little over 60% of a DPS - depending what job you're comparing it to - about 63-66%.

Still, it feels like a huge drop because WAR was just that OP in SB, and SqEx removed stance dance, thus a variable that could cause tank damage to "ping-pong". WHM was just way too weak, also. This job deserved a buff - whether it was too much or not, I am not to judge.

We are also able to see the contribution from aDPS to rDPS which feels even heavier despite the fact that tank raid contribution wasn't actually that high to begin with.

Nevertheless, tl;dr: yes, tank damage dropped by roughly 5-10% going into this expac. And they buffed healer damage by (probably) the lost amount.

[Falar]

That sucks, I knew it felt off. I like that playing tanks didnt make me feel weak in this game, I could kill stuff in FATES and other content fast enough it seemed.

What a terrible decision.

[Bhearil]

Add to that damage nerf that the tanks rotation have been simplified in general and many tanks are disliking tanking since theres barely no room for optimization since pressing X/Y/Z defense CD against X/Y/Z named atack doesnt require much thinking past training. To some tanks the upper ceiling has been lowered so much that they get bored playing that role. At least on my server right now 50-60% of the time is back to be "Tank needed" on roulettes (30-40% healers and around 10% dps on alliance roulettes mostly)

[Falar]

Yes, DRK is now the ARR Paladin. We have one combo.