The tanking shortage reasons

[SpookyGhost]

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Stop complaining.

[therpgfanatic]

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Stop complaining.

There is a book called How to Lie with Statistics. I suggest you read it, and stop trying to use spreadsheet theorycrafting that requires specific, ideal conditions in order to prove unrelated points.

[SpookyGhost]

There is a book called How to Lie with Statistics. I suggest you read it, and stop trying to use spreadsheet theorycrafting that requires specific, ideal conditions in order to prove unrelated points.

While there are factors that weren't parsed (SE debuff affecting the other tank's DPS, for example), the point is that WAR's DPS and PLD's DPS difference are so incredibly marginal that you really shouldn't prefer one over the other. It's like saying "PLD is soooo much easier to heal" when there's literally a 1% healing difference. WAR does more damage in tanking stance but the reason for that should be obvious.

[Gamemako]

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Stop complaining.

You're including Storm's Eye debuff for the PLD, so the DPS ratios look about right. Requires that the PLD OT and WAR MT be attacking the same target and the MT be using SE/BB, meaning the opponent has no damage debuff. A good WAR has enough enmity built into Unchained/Berserk to hold aggro just fine against RoH-spamming PLD. All of this was theorycrafted in August; refer to my first post on these forums (was active on beta forums before):

Acting as DPS (i.e. when not in tanking stance), WAR delivers 154.67 potency by alternating SE and BB combos while PLD drops in 156.22 potency per second in Sword Oath due to Curtana's fast attack rate. The difference between the two acting as DPS is pretty negligible.

Numbers themselves are a bit suspect, though. I'm guessing you've omitted cooldowns here?