Paladin... less spikey.
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Paladin... less spikey.
Paladin for trash, Warrior for bosses. And I mean a good Warrior, average/bad ones I'd rather not at all.
Any tank that can hold threat on more then one mob.
I prefer to heal the Tank that's in the party with me, taking damage so I don't.
If they're both good, either is fine.
If they're awful, Paladin. Bad Warriors just get destroyed so fillpin' fast.
I prefer to heal paladins. Warriors hold threat amazingly, but I feel like I'm healing someone who is wearing a silk dress for armor. Paladin is much easier on my personal stress levels =D
Between a good and geared warrior and a good and geared paladin, I've had a much much easier time healing warriors for some reason. All i need to do is stoneskin + regen. Then i sit there for a good 15s before rebuffing stoneskin once again and refresh regen when necessary. Primals, however, requires a bit more, but then, its primal HMs.
I don't know if I really have a preference. I found it very neat to see that Flash could be used on a lot of classes, so I've found WAR tanks to be pretty nice actually.
One of the absolute best tanks I've had in about 30 runs of Brayflox was a WAR tank. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/2994274/
She was also super crazy, pulling two groups of mobs sometimes, so about 6-7 monsters all at once - and she had no problem with hate. Healing though, was heart-attack inducing. ;x
If DPS were better at managing their Enmity, I'd probably enjoy Warriors more. It's something to do. However, I've never been in a game where the DPS are so ignorant to everything going on around them. So it's for that reason I prefer a Paladin. They make my life easier knowing there's more cushion. Warriors HP is all over the place and it seems they struggle because they all want to play a Paladins with a big axe.
I prefer Warriors as a tank yet. Really like the big HP pool. :)