Minor tank balancing ideas. (WAR & PLD)

[eagledorf]

If they are so equal why do people prefer Warriors for Twintania?

99% percent of the time in PF, you will see 1 PLD and 1 other tank (either PLD or WAR) or sometimes 1 of each tank if they have specified which tank job they want at all. I have never once seen 1 WAR and one open tank slot. This is for...all of coil including t2 on the off chance they actually are going to go with two tanks.

Why? Shield Bash, Spirits Within, Tempered Will, Hallowed Ground, Cover. There are no WAR abilities that can compare with these. (That's not to say WAR isn't a great tank job by any means and I'm leveling it right now, but anybody who thinks PLD needs a buff is delusional.) Dreadknights, Snakes, Divebombs, Liquid Hell, double Dreadnoughts, the swarm at the start of t4 p6 going straight for the WHM, High Voltage...for every one of these mechanics, PLD is the preferable tank. Death Sentence is the one mechanic in Coil that WAR does better than PLD, and thank goodness it's there.

What? SE actually designed an encounter that brings out the best in both tank jobs?! Impossible.

Incidentally, I do coil on PLD. There's...much more demand for it than any other job (except maybe Scholar...oh and turn 2 is a ***** to pug a group for unless you're a healer)