Warrior "buff" in 2.1: not what we are expecting?

[Kosmos992k]

Fact is paladin will still be strong, warriors will just be slightly stronger in terms of consistent mitigation.

edit: a combination of the two will also be highly beneficial now.

Except the Paladin is the mitigation tank not warrior. I was under the impression that warriors tanked by absorbing more damage and having the ability to heal or receive enhanced healing due to their skills. Increasing warriors mitigation makes them more paladin like, but at the same time these changes increase damage output, enmity and potentially health recovery/healing buff. Warrior was - so we've been told by all those keen warriors out there - about the high risks high reward. Buffing Warrior damage makes perfect sense, as does correcting their survivability by evening out their self heal and healing buffs. but giving them a mitigation skill that equates to that of a Paladin? Why? If it's high risk high reward for Warrior, why do you need the additional mitigation if you are gaining a damage buff as well as a self healing buff?

All my friends that play warrior were consistently pissed off (understandably so) because people excluded them from groups because of the perception that warrior was no good. With these changes players who play Paladins will now be pissed off all the time because the prejudice will favor Warriors - who needs a specialist mitigation tank when warrior has better damage, self healing AND mitigation?

Dont get so riled up ,Im sure all Jobs will see changes in 2.1,I believe plds will get buffs too but not as much as WAR do to keep them balanced. And as I stated b4, this onlly brings WAR up to par to PLD. PLD still has better mitigation CD's, Stun on demand, Constant 20% Reduction, More Mitigation Cooldowns, and Shield.

Tell me again why the Warrior needs mitigation skills when it's not a mitigation tank.