Quote Originally Posted by PiedPiper View Post
MRD and GLD dps are actually pretty close to each other (both classes have nearly the same possible enmity generation)... so yeah there's that. I'm full i90 both classes, tanked every fight in the game on both. That said, I've no idea how a pet-tank class would work, but could be cool.
Will get back to more of this later, but just wanted to point you're considering PLD versus WAR, which is entirely different than GLA vs. MRD. PLD gets two big DPS boosts in Sword Oath and Spirits Within plus a lower reduction on Shield Oath. For just GLA, though, your damage rate is 203.33 per GCD + CoS (10.0 potency per second) + autoattacks (about 100 potency per 3 seconds). For WAR, you get 213.85 per GCDs (SE/BB/SE/BB/F) + autoattacks + buffs that amount to a 33% boost. MRD also has higher STR than GLA, and ultimately produces about 25-30% higher DPS.