Is Rampart only suppose to be my main form of migigation for bad healers

[Neophyte]

This was a bad move to think that tanks can get away with only having one cool down and getting away with just rampart.

Goddamit, stop with those assumptions.

Mitigation on tanks get reworked. You don't know which mitigation tools each tank will have and if a additional 20% CD is mandatory in every content.
E.g. Bulwark/Sheltron gets buffed in regards to that you can block from a wider (every?) angle and not just from the front, making Bulwark a way stronger CD as it is now.

And yes, if you're mostly concerned about running into the worst kind of Players all the time, then your options might be limited.
If you have a really bad healer an additional 20s 20% damage reduction won't save ya anyway.

I myself doesn't feel that hindered by bad players and I play WAR/PLD/WHM/AST/SMN/NIN quite often in df, in ex trials, in savage and every other content.