New Prelim Tank updates

[Violette]

Dude you are super pessimistic xD.

You're right.

Go run A1-4S with a paladin, then with a dark knight. Tell me if the extra defence the paladin bought to the table was worth it in the end.

It's quite noticeable when its not used on bosses that use their ultimate enrage ability halfway through the fight. Timing it with raid wide AOE damage that is not the soft enrage makes or breaks PLD utility. Your healers will thank you for using something like Divine Veil stops 2-3 members from dying with ~100 HP left. Clemency and Cover work the same way. You need foresight of when things will happen to protect your DPS members from dying.

If it's survivable without it, it's not needed.
Point in case, you don't need Divine Veil to mitigate 6x splash, since it can be properly reduced via damage reduction abilities from the entire raid working together. It's NICE to have. But it's not needed.

Like in Thordan Ex. You DON'T need DV to survive Ultimate End (doing it drk/war style), you can mitigate it with just a sch doing sch things, or with ast working overtime, and still not need the extra health. It can be nice. But if it's not needed, it's not needed.

It's not my job to keep dps from dying as a tank. If they're dying, either they gotta get better or the healers should be keeping a better eye on them.

Between the pal and mnk buffs. No reason to take drk anymore.

Reasons to take a DRK:
1. No monk
2. Magic heavy
3. Frequent tank swapping
4. Lots of opportunity to sustain self with Sole Survivor
5. Need a lot of dps

etc