Tank shortage is going to get worse.

[Gumbercules]

think the PLD in ARR is more of the "bastion of defense" type (ie the sultansworn) so they get some healing but they are not heavily magic oriented like other interpretations of a PLD (wow pld probably being the most "magical" pld archetype ive seen in a game) it is true that cure 1 really weak but it fits in nicely in certain "oh s***!" situations though, such as to "fill" in the sch shield after a cure or to top off your own hp before a big hit when the healers are getting ready to toss in that bigger cure. Giving it any more healing potential on top of its defensive CDs (all of which are active mitigation) could lead to a really unbalanced tank class.

[Mayin]

Not really that fun, you spam the 3 skills over and over again along with flash to get hate. You mark the Target so hoping the DPS would target that monster. You constantly have to tell them to attack only the Target you attack. Ranger always keep stealing your hate showing off their DPS. Our sub job skill Cure are pathetic making it worthless. Our damage is laughable.

I hope they buff the Tank damage more, and at least gave them Cure 2.

When I tank i'm using the full spectrum of skills available to me. That includes the AOE, the damage reductions skills, the increased healing skill, awareness, and bulwark. Plenty to keep me busy, and alive.

[jjolin01]

You didn't mention warrior. Warrior is a blast with all those healing abilities and massive HP pool. Was my first 50 in 2.0, and I couldn't be happier with it.

[AtraiusDelmar]

... it is true that cure 1 really weak but it fits in nicely in certain "oh s***!" situations though, such as to "fill" in the sch shield after a cure or to top off your own hp before a big hit when the healers are getting ready to toss in that bigger cure. Giving it any more healing potential on top of its defensive CDs (all of which are active mitigation) could lead to a really unbalanced tank class.

Matter of preference/opinion/whathaveyou, but in an oh shit situation I'm least likely to hit Cure and more likely to hit some sort of defensive ability. As well as offer up some sort of sacrifice to whatever digital deity that will save my rear. The amount of HP gained from the lengthy time it takes to cast for me isn't worth it when going up against the meat cleaver of whatever mob(s) I'm fighting.

Maybe it's my timing in regards to the spell, but I've yet to have a moment where I found it useful. It's not even on my hotbar. :/

[Syfin]

how bout you hit 50 before you make statements? paladins are great at aoe tanking your only lvl 25...., in fact paladins are the better tank over warrior atm

You sounded like you knew what you were saying, until you said pld is the better tank... Funny.

[Tristaris]

When I tank i'm using the full spectrum of skills available to me. That includes the AOE, the damage reductions skills, the increased healing skill, awareness, and bulwark. Plenty to keep me busy, and alive.

Agreed. I have so many cooldowns to use I've resorted to macroing two or three together because my action bars are so congested.

We don't need a better heal like others are suggesting. Would a better cure be nice? Sure. But at the end of the day it's our job to hold the threat, move out of anything we can avoid, interrupt if we can, and mitigate what we can't.

[Amyas]

You didn't mention warrior. Warrior is a blast with all those healing abilities and massive HP pool. Was my first 50 in 2.0, and I couldn't be happier with it.

Somebody gets it. Inner Beast saved my arse (and the party's) many a times. Pld is the lesser tank imo, there's a reason they had to 'give' it both flash and 'voke, which was a WAR skill orginally :P

[HeavensCalamity]

A few things:

Tanks hold agrro no problem throughout the entire leveling process and at endgame, you just have to know your strengths and weaknesses depending on which tank class/job you're playing as. Also, I found that while leveling I did more damage in dungeons than many dps, which is a sad thing to have happen. However, once you get to level 50 and dps are geared/you play with more competent people, your damage won't compare at all. Your job is to tank, not to do damage, not to heal, tank.

[Zaerron]

In Diabolos， Tanks take 15min to queue as well. Only Healers have instant queue.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

There's no shortage of tanks at the moment. I met a lot of PLD/WAR. I would like to see some statistics to see the most preferred classes/races by users. Playing as a tank is VERY fun, and I've always tanked in various MMOs. Keeping the squishies alive is my duty and I like that.

Yes, I agree on the healing spells thing. I'm not heavily equipped, but since I'm focusing on STR/VIT stats, I'm getting 4000+ HP. At the same the sime time ,my healing spell restores almost 160 HP (188 with convalescence activated), is a joke. I can't save anyone with that healing! I know the PLD is about mitigating damage and I'm not experiencing any trouble with that, but why would you give me a healing spell if it sucks so bad...?

I'm not wanting a WoW paladin with infinite healing and stuff, but, man... seriously...