Any near iLVL90 WARs here? How is it?

[Ruminate]

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All of Titans attacks can be blocked. A block reduces more damage than Rampart.

Flash improves evasion more than Featherfoot. It can also be used before every Mountain Buster, Rock Buster, and autoattack combo.

Rage of Halone's debuff reduces about as much damage as Foresight. It can be used before every burst combo.

Sentinel + Flash + Rage of Halone 1st
Rampart + Flash + Rage of Halone 2nd
Bulwark + Foresight + Flash + Rage of Halone 3rd
Invincibility 4th
Rampart + Flash + Rage of Halone 5th
Sentinel + Flash + Rage of Halone 6th
Bulwark + Foresight + Flash + Rage of Halone 7th
Rampart + Flash + Rage of Halone 8th

If the healers are bad, the PLD can do even more by watching for the landslide, count 2, then cast Stoneskin on themselves and partially absorb either the MB, or the previous RB. A 500 absorb Stoneskin(im undergearing the PLD) can increase eHP more than a 1500 Inner Beast(im overgearing the WAR) depending on which cooldown the PLD used.

If the group doesn't have a BRD, MNK, or they're bad/lazy/dont know, PLDs can even silence tumult after the third stomp, allowing the healers to focus more of their healing on the PLD instead of the raid.

....its interesting how the current belief is that PLDs are simple and therefore easy to play.
Are PLDs really simple, or do players simply not need to play one effectively to get through an encounter?

[Bigpurpleharness]

....its interesting how the current belief is that PLDs are simple and therefore easy to play.
Are PLDs really simple, or do players simply not need to play one effectively to get through an encounter?

I think they're suffering from snowflake syndrome. Since Warrior is bad you're going to have three types of people, people who accept that (They may continue to play WAR because it's fun, but know a PLD is better, or reroll) then you'll have people who swear PLD isn't and it's sooooo simple, even though they have more cooldowns by a mile to use effectively than a WAR who's cooldowns simply aren't capable of being an effective clutch save like a PLDs. Then you have the people who just swear WAR is as good (Or in some cases, better!) than PLD for everything.

Personally, I love WAR, but I would love it more if they made us as effective as PLDs, and we were more active. The fact that actually using our wrath without infuriate up is ineffective is stupid.

[Paikis]

....its interesting how the current belief is that PLDs are simple and therefore easy to play.
Are PLDs really simple, or do players simply not need to play one effectively to get through an encounter?

It's a bit of both. Your basic, entry level Paladin can be a complete idiot and still clear most content. Playing it well though does allow for a very effective tank, in most situations being more effective than the Warrior.

Personally, I love WAR, but I would love it more if they made us as effective as PLDs, and we were more active. The fact that actually using our wrath without infuriate up is ineffective is stupid.

Ah, another one who looks only at the averages. Using Inner Beast is trading some long-term healing for some right-now healing. This is important to surviving damage spikes. Extra healing is great and all, but you have to be alive to receive it. There are several cooldowns you can use to make up some of that 15% difference as well, convalescence being the major one.

There are problems with the class, sure. Paladin is a better tank, sure. But it isn't the best by such a large margin that Warriors cannot complete content.

[Ehayte]

Sure. Paladin is a better tank, sure. But it isn't the best by such a large margin that Warriors cannot complete content.

Good job. For reals, you are actually being of service to this community. Keep posting and helping people understand WAR strengths and mechanics. Theorycrafting is poisonous for WARs, and specific rotation strategies are great for new tanks or prospective tanks to hear and understand.

I play PLD (after many weeks of self-deliberation) because I believe that the damage reduction tank is going to be the mainstay "Main Tank," I could be wrong in the end, but that is my conviction. I still keep my WAR geared up and relic'd and all that because I find it endlessly useful to help new players with my WAR, especially helping new FC members in NM primals, where I can go the last 15-20% of the primal with the WAR without external heals, where-as a PLD would flop on his face and eat dirt in 10 seconds.

[Bigpurpleharness]

Ah, another one who looks only at the averages. Using Inner Beast is trading some long-term healing for some right-now healing. This is important to surviving damage spikes. Extra healing is great and all, but you have to be alive to receive it. There are several cooldowns you can use to make up some of that 15% difference as well, convalescence being the major one.

There are problems with the class, sure. Paladin is a better tank, sure. But it isn't the best by such a large margin that Warriors cannot complete content.

Not really what I said, but you can use me to vent, that's fine. :P