[Dev1024] - Job-Adjustments - War.

[Babekeke]

I hate when people bring up WAR tank, because it was never good at it. It could tank, yes, just like any melee could, it still doesn't mean it was any good at it. WAR was never a jack of all trades, as I pointed out a few times before. People only think that because of Defender and some of the WAR AF1, which creates the illusion that WAR can tank, with all that VIT and Enmity on it. If that was all that it takes, you have a better shot at BLM tanks, because Mana Wall does a lot more for defense than Defender could in a million years.

Well, someone was tanking when the game was first released, before nin and pld were available...

WAR was never a jack of all trades, it was just good "ish" with different kinds of weapons, a concept which SE buried for good, because they basically removed WAR from any new weapons that were released which aren't an axe or great axe, like the Magian trial weapons.

Moepapa Mace says hi. Not to mention Sagasinger, Twilight knife, ToM GS are about the only ones WAR has been excluded from, Draca Cousa and Quint spear, Only a couple of 76+ bows, scythes and staves that war can use, but that's about it.
Overall, an unfounded statement. It should have just read "SE didn't let WAR do all of the ToM weapons Q.Q"

[Arcon]

Well, someone was tanking when the game was first released, before nin and pld were available...

Yes, WAR and MNK. Didn't you read what I said?

Moepapa Mace says hi. Not to mention Sagasinger, Twilight knife, ToM GS are about the only ones WAR has been excluded from, Draca Cousa and Quint spear, Only a couple of 76+ bows, scythes and staves that war can use, but that's about it.
Overall, an unfounded statement. It should have just read "SE didn't let WAR do all of the ToM weapons Q.Q"

I said "basically", which meant all but those five examples you mentioned, four of which WAR wouldn't find much use for (Quint Spear being the example for staggering mobs). And no, I don't care for any other weapons, I'm quite happy with my GA, considering 99% of all ToM weapons are borderline useless anyway. I'm just saying it's groundless to call WAR a jack of all trades, because even if it used to be once (which it also wasn't, really), it sure as hell not now. WAR is a DD, a Great Axe DD. That's its identity. Another hint that SE agrees with me, is that they switched from defensive stats on AF1, to more offensive stats on AF2, to exclusively offensive stats on AF3.