Conquering my fear of tanking!

[Sagittarian]

Honestly I'm preferring Dark Knight, but that is Heavensward stuff.

The short form..
Paladin:

1. Main aoe aggro generator does no damage but is circular
2. Cool downs used to reduce damage
3. Struggles a bit until 40 and getting shield oath
4. Stun attack is on the global cooldown timer
5. Edit: Only tank class with a silence attack

Warrior:

1. Main aoe aggro generator does damage but is cone shaped
2. Takes more damage but has more hit points
3. Aggro generation is always decent
4. Stun attack is off the gcd but has a long cooldown
5. Edit: Has to worry about wrath stacks (assuming defiance)

Dark Knight:

1. Main aoe aggro generator does damage and is circular
2. Cool downs used to reduce damage and has attack to regain hp
3. Starts at 30 because HW class :P
4. Stun attack is off the gcd but has a long cooldown (Edit: but can be reset by procs)
5. Has to manage mp as well as tp for abilities

[Lan_Mantear]

Hi all!
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Thanks for your help!

Fake it, 'til you make it.

As far as what tank job to start with, I'd personally go Gladiator. You'll need to level it to 22 for provoke anyways. Plus Gladiator/Paladin gives you a solid foundation when you explore the other tank jobs. A great PLD often evolves into an even greater WAR or DRK.

[Lan_Mantear]

Honestly I'm preferring Dark Knight, but that is Heavensward stuff.

Dark Knight:

1. Stun attack is off the gcd but has a long cooldown

In all honesty Low Blow is only 5 seconds longer recast than Brutal swing, lets also not forget :

Additional Effect: 30% chance that next parry will reset the recast timer.

That additional effect procs fairly often especially with Dark Dance active.

[Sagittarian]

In all honesty Low Blow is only 5 seconds longer recast than Brutal swing, lets also not forget :

Additional Effect: 30% chance that next parry will reset the recast timer.

That additional effect procs fairly often especially with Dark Dance active.

I wasn't saying the Dark Knight stun is any worse than Warrior. Both are just in comparison to Paladin who can stun multiple targets in rapid succession .. but can't mix any other attacks among the stuns.
And I forgot to say that Paladin is also the only one with a silence ability .. so editing for that.