The way war was built made it design to be an OT. Argue what you will or say SE said it should be a MT etc etc but face the facts. War does more damage but sacrifices defense. As any raid leader in the history of MMOs can tell you, tanks will always be the ones best suited for the job. More defense means smaller hits and with the high hits coming from coil PLDs get the win hands down.

That doesn't mean a WAR can't do it if needed. A good WAR can still perform to that of a PLD. Key word being "good" as most as far from it. That's where the community comes in ... everyone has run with those war's that have no clue to use cd's and their healing. Half of them run at 5 wrath stacks for an entire instance clueless. So yes the community will judge based on what they see