4.0 Warrior Feedback

[Deathgiver]

Looking at the numbers as they stand right now, I see the progression comps typically going pld/drk and the speed run groups doing pld/war. They basically gave pld the guaranteed slot (great dps and utility) but made both the other tanks viable for the other slot depending on the groups needs. Personally think it's more balanced this time around than 3.0 was.

[Phoenicia]

Looking at the numbers as they stand right now, I see the progression comps typically going pld/drk and the speed run groups doing pld/war. They basically gave pld the guaranteed slot (great dps and utility) but made both the other tanks viable for the other slot depending on the groups needs. Personally think it's more balanced this time around than 3.0 was.

Except... People will be running PLD/PLD 90% of the time.

T5 and half of 2nd/3rd coils were also mainly solo tanked by PLD. Another reason I transitioned to drg in 3.0, since I played drg when we were solo tanking.

EDIT: Memory fails me, there were a lot of swap mechanics in 3rd coil

3rd coil could not be solo tanked. Only WAR could cheese T12's buster by mitigating the first and holmganging the second busters if the group had enough DPS to skip the third.

Also WAR was a better solo tank for T5 and "half" for 2nd coil because Inner Beast + either ToB or Vengeance were up for EVERY buster and cleave.

[Reynhart]

Also WAR was a better solo tank for T5 and "half" for 2nd coil because Inner Beast + either ToB or Vengeance were up for EVERY buster and cleave.

The real problem with WAR in 2.x was the stigma of 2.0. WAR was so broken at launch that people didn't even realized how drastically improved it was in 2.1.