PLDs are not MT, but DRK are. Discuss.

[AnimaAnimus]

I'm sorry but as a healer id rather a pally main tank drks,warriors take about 3x more dmg than paladins

I agree with this. From experience I spend much much more time healing with a war or drk and much more time dpsing with a pld. The mitigations and what not may be the same but plds are indeed much easier to look after. For awhile I used to /groan when a war or drk would take the mt spot over the pld (esp drk) or worse, be our tank in a 4 man. I can normally slap a regen on a pld and go full dps for most fights. Cant really do that with wars or especially drks unless they are exceptionally overgeared from my experience.

[ReiMakoto]

I agree with this. From experience I spend much much more time healing with a war or drk and much more time dpsing with a pld. The mitigations and what not may be the same but plds are indeed much easier to look after. For awhile I used to /groan when a war or drk would take the mt spot over the pld (esp drk) or worse, be our tank in a 4 man. I can normally slap a regen on a pld and go full dps for most fights. Cant really do that with wars or especially drks unless they are exceptionally overgeared from my experience.

Sounds like youve had a lot of bad drk/wars as they are sustainable as hell in dungeons. Drk can just abyssal drain, blackest night, quietus spam crazy health and mana regen. Either that or this is just negative confirmation bias on your part.

[AnimaAnimus]

Sounds like youve had a lot of bad plds/wars as they are sustainable as hell in dungeons. Drk can just abyssal drain, blackest night, quietus spam crazy health and mana regen. Either that or this is just negative confirmation bias on your part.

That may be since there are a lot of so-so tanks out there just as there are so-so healers and dps, esp if you do leveling or 50/60 roulette. But even in expert I tend to have to cure bomb wars and drks a lot more than plds no matter their ilvl. It goes the same with most jobs tho, drgs, for instance, seem to stand in things more so require more heals than a typical nin or mnk.

But after 5 years of healing, there is definitely a trend in pugs.