Is WAR's enmity generation meant to be totally bonkers compared to the other tanks?

[KageTokage]

S rank hunts. I like holding top enmity on them because they oft have sensitive mechanics that can kill people if the tank isn't positioned properly (IE, Ixtab's tank buster being a radial AoE that will murder all of the melee if the tank is standing too close...which happens way too often).

I just fought one that lasted about three minutes with DRK. The WAR was not spamming Tomahawk, but consistently kept my enmity in the green/yellow up until the moment they died from greeding a one-shot mechanic...but then I lost enmity to a PLD in mostly 340 gear (No 350 weapon and mostly green accessories) who again was not spamming their ranged attack.

The only explanations I can think of are DRK just being that bad or Provoke still being able to generate enmity on hunts despite them being immune to the taunting component of it because I maintained near 100% uptime and was keeping everything on CD while avoiding MP/blood gauge overfloow.

EDIT: I'm blind/dumb since I asked the players in question and they were in fact just spamming ranged attacks for enmity. I guess it's good if the hunt is already melting and you want ensure you get full credit, but when there's a low number of people around, it seems kind of silly. WAR still has a definite advantage thanks to Inner Release, but probably not nearly as big as I imagined.

[ArianeEwah]

S rank hunts. [...]

I just fought one that lasted about three minutes with DRK. The WAR was not spamming Tomahawk, [...]but then I lost enmity to a PLD in mostly 340 gear (No 350 weapon and mostly green accessories).

The only explanations I can think of are DRK just being that bad or Provoke still being able to generate enmity on hunts despite them being immune to the taunting component of it because I maintained near 100% uptime and was keeping everything on CD while avoiding MP/blood gauge overfloow.

You are right about that Provoke statement that hunts are immune to it, so no bonus enmity here.

Can you tell me what your equipment looks like? (And I think you meant PLD in 440 gear?)

Right now DRK has the lowest dps of all tanks, even lower than WAR. So, if you "fight" against another tank on roughly the same item and skill level, you will lose aggro to them in a long run. DRK doesn't have any ability to "boost" their enmity either, like e.g. Equlibrium (maybe shields with TBN?)