Thinking of switching to PLD...

[Derpy12]

If I could unlike your post I would.

WAR is fine the way it is, if they also received a 20% less damage buff from Defiance there would be absolutely zero reason for anyone to be a pld. You get more dmg, health, and healing. You don't get to have the increased defense too.

Warriors, stop expecting to be essentially the exact same as pld just with an axe. Your skills are designed to be played differently. If you want to have pld abilities, roll a pld.

Looking at your characters I don't see a MRD leveled so you have ZERO idea what you are talking about. Also it wouldn't make them the same class PLD has way more mitigation CD's than a WAR does. We have ONE mitigation CD. It would still be different playstyles even with the 20% damage reduction given to both the only difference is BOTH would be viable instead of one.

[Sephirah]

Looking at your characters I don't see a MRD leveled so you have ZERO idea what you are talking about. Also it wouldn't make them the same class PLD has way more mitigation CD's than a WAR does. We have ONE mitigation CD. It would still be different playstyles even with the 20% damage reduction given to both the only difference is BOTH would be viable instead of one.

Read http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ld-Oath/page11 I'd suggest the posts by myself, Kitra and Junk. The class is designed to be played in a different way, they don't mitigate damage the same way as a pld.

By your argument, if they gave a 20% mitigation buff to defiance, it would also be fair for them to give increased hp, health regen, and damage to paladin.

At this time they are both balanced to be viable in their own way, a pld won't be able to tank if they try to play like they are a war, and a war won't be able to tank if they try to play like a pld. Let them each be their own class and stop trying to make them homogenous.

[ReiszRie]

Looking at your characters I don't see a MRD leveled so you have ZERO idea what you are talking about. Also it wouldn't make them the same class PLD has way more mitigation CD's than a WAR does. We have ONE mitigation CD. It would still be different playstyles even with the 20% damage reduction given to both the only difference is BOTH would be viable instead of one.

Shall i request for Shield Oath to also include a 20% max HP buff?

WAR should not be requesting to be given PLD's dmg mitigation yet retaining their large HP pool, DPS, health regen and AoE enmity superiority.

WAR aren't an inferior tank, just like how PLDs will need good gear for end-game tanking, WAR requires the same too.