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

[Machineglow]

I tank most of coil on my PLD. I tank turn 4 (successfully) on my WAR. From a mitigation and defensive cooldown standpoint PLDs are still better than the current proposed changes to warrior. Warriors have better threat and damage but that's really just flavor. I don't know why they bothered to up Warrior threat.. probably because you can blow through a TP bar on a warrior but you can't on a PLD.

We actually run coil with a WAR as the other tank ( I'm the PLD obviously lol ). He does amazing , he actually knows how to use it properly ( this also falls on the healers , most don't know how to accommodate a WAR because they just spam cures ). These "fixes" just seem to really beef a job that IMO could use some tweaking but at the same time didn't need such drastic changes. This is like throwing a jet engine onto a monster truck IMO. I just fear that it will be far greater than a PLD now and i'll have to Relic+1 it and get the AF+1 for it.

[ZDamned]

We actually run coil with a WAR as the other tank ( I'm the PLD obviously lol ). He does amazing , he actually knows how to use it properly ( this also falls on the healers , most don't know how to accommodate a WAR because they just spam cures ). These "fixes" just seem to really beef a job that IMO could use some tweaking but at the same time didn't need such drastic changes. This is like throwing a jet engine onto a monster truck IMO. I just fear that it will be far greater than a PLD now and i'll have to Relic+1 it and get the AF+1 for it.

So what you are saying is that you only play the "BEST" Tank, not the great and over powered one that is currently able to dominate all content...
You don't Play the game, you play the Flavor of the Month!

[Machineglow]

So what you are saying is that you only play the "BEST" Tank, not the great and over powered one that is currently able to dominate all content...
You don't Play the game, you play the Flavor of the Month!

Lol I suppose you could say that with 0 knowledge of my thought process . I play both actually I've just always liked PLD more , i'm a sword and shield kind of guy. But of course I will play whichever job is better of the 2 because i'm an optimizer and it isn't all about what I want , you have to consider what your guild mates prefer as well.

[TirionCrey]

Lol I suppose you could say that with 0 knowledge of my thought process . I play both actually I've just always liked PLD more , i'm a sword and shield kind of guy. But of course I will play whichever job is better of the 2 because i'm an optimizer and it isn't all about what I want , you have to consider what your guild mates prefer as well.

^This.

I personally prefer PLD as well, cause I'm a more "steoreotypical" kind of Tank as well, meaning Shield and 1-handed Sword. But I will tank on whatever class if I have to to support my group the most possible. Since the other PLD in my group is prolly not considering WAR at all, I prolly switch to WAR and start using Myth on him too as soon as I'm done with PLD(next Reset I get my last BiS Myth piece).
This has nothing to do with Flavour of the Month, this is about efficiency in the group and support. I think that a PLD/WAR combo will far surpass PLD/PLD after 2.1, so I won't mind switching to WAR at all. I did the same in 1.0. Whichever tank brings most benefit to the group is the one I'm gonna play.

[Maqaqa]

I play both actually I've just always liked PLD more , i'm a sword and shield kind of guy. But of course I will play whichever job is better of the 2 because i'm an optimizer and it isn't all about what I want , you have to consider what your guild mates prefer as well.

Then stop worrying because you are the kind of PLD that will keep rocking and MTing.
Only PLD bandwagoners will experience the WAR buff as a PLD nerf.