WAR or DRK - Which Do You Enjoy Most?

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

For those of you who find Warrior boring or mundane... watch this video, Warrior at a high level of play is a lot more involved than you probably think it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUXck-0vh5k

While Xeno is the one that got me interested in tanking in this game, War is about the least involved tank to play mechanically than the other two, with comparatively few things to really pay attention to. Stacks are gained automatically, requiring no real input on the player's part beyond knowing when to FC, and their highest dps combo also generates excess enmity, which makes maintaining aggro child's play. Comparatively, both DRK and PLD are much faster in play style, and the player needs to be aware of whether or not they need to generate extra enmity, or if they can push more dps. Not to mention all the ogcd's of DRK translate to a very involved experience, which WAR just doesn't have. IMHO, anyhoo.

[Gilthaen]

Shortened for space.

Can you give some examples of how PLD is more involved than WAR? I just don't see it. I feel like PLD is much more easy to optimize than WAR at the highest levels of play. I might be wrong but I can't see such an in depth video being made for PLD, one that is as involved/in-depth as that warrior video Xenosys made.

[Instrumentality]

Can you give some examples of how PLD is more involved than WAR? I just don't see it. I feel like PLD is much more easy to optimize than WAR at the highest levels of play. I might be wrong but I can't see such an in depth video being made for PLD, one that is as involved/in-depth as that warrior video Xenosys made.

Paladin is the only tank in the game that has a damage maximization minigame attached to every pull, for example.

[Gilthaen]

Paladin is the only tank in the game that has a damage maximization minigame attached to every pull, for example.

That intrigues me but I confess I have no idea what you mean by that, can you elaborate?

[Instrumentality]

That intrigues me but I confess I have no idea what you mean by that, can you elaborate?

Paladin is the only tank that has an ability that does damage based on the percentage of HP it has remaining that is also not player death related. (Being above 0% HP is not sufficient to do maximum damage as Paladin.) In fact, Paladin is the only Job in the entire game that has that mechanic.

[Nirurin]

Paladin is the only tank that has an ability that does damage based on the percentage of HP it has remaining that is also not player death related. (Being above 0% HP is not sufficient to do maximum damage as Paladin.) In fact, Paladin is the only Job in the entire game that has that mechanic.

...What ability is this?

[Rocond]

...What ability is this?

Maybe he means Spirits Within and using it on pull before taking damage? I'm just guessing on what that guy is talking about, but that's the only ability I can think of that is related to hp.

[Servitas]

...What ability is this?

Spirits Within. It deals more damage based on how much health you currently have, capping at 300 potency if you're at full health. In my (limited) experience, though, as long as you're at relatively high health when using it, it doesn't make or break anything, and while I found it interesting, I never really found it more engaging than Dark Knight's MP management or Warrior's stacks.

[Claire_Pendragon]

Paladin is the only tank that has an ability that does damage based on the percentage of HP it has remaining that is also not player death related. (Being above 0% HP is not sufficient to do maximum damage as Paladin.) In fact, Paladin is the only Job in the entire game that has that mechanic.

Im like everyone else, If I see myself at full HP, and press the button, the moment I press it, I take some crit or something, and I do less dmg.

I generally assume the healer is going to try to keep me near the top of my max HP to begin with, and dont bother timing it anymore.
But it interesting to point out that some people do enjoy that feature, and can make it stand out among the other jobs, simply because trying to time it right feels more fun than the other alternatives.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

But it interesting to point out that some people do enjoy that feature, and can make it stand out among the other jobs, simply because trying to time it right feels more fun than the other alternatives.

Honestly, I'd like more abilities like spirits Within, with effects that range in potency depending on the current HP total, whether it's an ability that deals more damage the user is at, or for a random thought, a mitigation effect that gets stronger at low health, for example, 60% mitigation when used at 10% health or less. Trying to time that one with a Bene could be pretty fun.

Perhaps a dps job trait, wherein they get a passive buff the lower their HP is?