Quote Originally Posted by Kitru View Post
You can get as hyperbolic as you want but you're still ignoring the fact that the PAL CDs all have terrible uptimes.
That's probably because PLDs treat their cooldowns as just that: cooldowns, as in saved for emergencies or "oh shit" moments.

Real cooldowns are not stuff you rotate over the course of a fight as part of standard play. To do so follows boneheaded design like the whole "Berserk => Last Resort => Soul Eater" thing DRKs had to deal with in FFXI.
The WAR CDs are meant to be used regularly; you're not supposed to save them.
Except you could get away with this if the abilities in question dealt with raw mitigation (the type PLD currently boasts). There's a reason WAR's inspiration required a damage shield procced by one of their main attacks to compliment their tank design, which was a self-healing tank. And I think WAR would be well served to have something similar.