Originally Posted by
Alistaire
Wut. I won't say parry is great in general, but it's better on WAR than PLD. And that's not an opinion, that's simple demonstrable fact due to PLD's ability to shield block, and that you can't block and parry the same hit.
As far as OP's suggestion, you could say foresight needs a buff, because it's certainly not great. Then again, it is a level 2 ability, it's not supposed to be that great. Parry's not the only way they could go with a buff if it was decided it needs an improvement. The magic defense idea is nice since as is it's utterly useless in some fights. And they're not even limited to one type of boost.
But the thing is, SE's never going to tweak an ability because the ability is bad. They have to look at the bigger picture and see if a job is doing badly; tweaking abilities always has to fit within that framework. And at the moment, both tanks are doing their job relatively well.