New to tanking. Dark knight, Paladin, or Warrior?

[Droughboi]

I suppose I should be specific about what I'm looking for. I'm not asking which is currently the best. I'm asking for pros and cons, which is the least played, and which is the most difficult.

Can someone answer those specific questions for me? Please? If listing pros/ cons is too daunting of a request, then I can settle for the last two.

[TouchandFeel]

I suppose I should be specific about what I'm looking for. I'm not asking which is currently the best. I'm asking for pros and cons, which is the least played, and which is the most difficult.

Can someone answer those specific questions for me? Please? If listing pros/ cons is too daunting of a request, then I can settle for the last two.

I answered your question with what I would consider the biggest and most important pro for a new tank "PLD is the most straightforward tank to pick up", meaning easiest point of entry for getting into tanking.
That answer has nothing to do with flavor of the month meta stuff, it was a part of their initial design.

[Tila]

I answered your question with what I would consider the biggest and most important pro for a new tank "PLD is the most straightforward tank to pick up", meaning easiest point of entry for getting into tanking.
That answer has nothing to do with flavor of the month meta stuff, it was a part of their initial design.

This is no longer true as of SB. DRK was made way simpler.

[TouchandFeel]

This is no longer true as of SB. DRK was made way simpler.

Sorry but I disagree. Even with the changes to DRK, I feel PLD is still more straightforward with how it works.

IMO PLD is more "streamlined" while DRK is a bit more "hectic".

[Tila]

Sorry but I disagree. Even with the changes to DRK, I feel PLD is still more straightforward with how it works.

IMO PLD is more "streamlined" while DRK is a bit more "hectic".

Lost essentially three OGCD (since DP should never be used now), no more mana management, DA almost everything.

It was dumbed down. To an alarming extent.

[cetrei]

PLD seems to be the recommended beginner's tank, but you can pick WAR if you really want to. The main reason why being that PLD has an enmity AOE that doesn't use TP, many straightforward mitigation CDs, stances dont affect how the job is played too much, and PLD's gauge does not have a major impact outside of tankbusters. WAR, while it does also have many CDs, are not quite as easy to use. Raw Intuition will make you take more damage if used incorrectly, and Inner Beast is tied to the Beast Gauge, which itself is quite harder to manage than PLD's Oath Gauge. Plus WAR's enmity AOE, Overpower, is a conal AOE instead of Flash's simple circular area, and can drain your TP if you use it too much. Not to mention Defiance (tank stance) and Deliverance (dps stance) have much larger and pronounced changes than Sword Oath and Shield Oath. All in all I would pick the job that seems the most appealing to you, but if you really are concerned with how difficult tanking could be I would choose PLD.