Many Savage PFs are barring PLD and WAR, anyone know what's going on?

[Crater]

The same applies to pretty much every other tank that forgets they can use their short duration mitigation on someone else. Granted paladin is the only one that can put Intervention on someone else and then use Shelltron for themselves.

I don't think it's a coincidence or an accident that WAR and PLD - the two lower-damage tanks - are able to make strong use of this.

PLD is able to use (Rampart/Sentinel-buffed) Intervention and Sheltron at the same time to get 28% mitigation and 1000 potency of healing on one tank, and 15% direct mitigation, an additional 20% Block on the initial hit (which is 33%-50% of the total damage, even if Block doesn't affect the DoT), and 1000 potency on themselves.
WAR is able to use Nascent Flash instead of Bloodwhetting to give 19% mitigation, a 400 potency shield, and 1600 potency of healing to one tank, while still giving themself a 400 potency shield and 1600 potency of healing.


It's a drastic difference in defensive power that the early prog/speedkill meta tanks just don't have, and I wouldn't be completely surprised if, by the end of the tier, there turns out to be some appreciation for those tanks from more mid-level groups, even if the high-end raiders are still mostly just mad about DPS. (Though it's still more likely that the high-end opinions simply continue to trickle down into the community at large.)

[RylaBee]

PLD is able to use (Rampart/Sentinel-buffed) Intervention and Sheltron at the same time to get 28% mitigation and 1000 potency of healing on one tank, and 15% direct mitigation, an additional 20% Block on the initial hit (which is 33%-50% of the total damage, even if Block doesn't affect the DoT), and 1000 potency on themselves.
WAR is able to use Nascent Flash instead of Bloodwhetting to give 19% mitigation, a 400 potency shield, and 1600 potency of healing to one tank, while still giving themself a 400 potency shield and 1600 potency of healing.

It's a drastic difference in defensive power that the early prog/speedkill meta tanks just don't have, and I wouldn't be completely surprised if, by the end of the tier, there turns out to be some appreciation for those tanks

I would be completely suprised, if any groups gave a rats ass about one tank giving 15%, 20% or 25% mitigation to another.
Tank survival is 0/1 game, you either survived, and it doesn't matter how much was mitigated or you didn't.

Secondly, you seem to be ignoring, that GNB can provide partner tank with Heart of Corundum and DRK with Oblation and Blackest Night.

There USED to be time, when PLD's Intervention was unique ability, but it was completely erased (homogenized) in Endwalker and now all tanks have it, in one form or another with superficial differences.

The only special thing left on on PLD is:
* Cover - extremely situational and encounters are never built around it
* Passage of Arms - situational, but at least of some use
* Clemency - if you are thinking of spending GCDs in savage clear attempts on healing, better keep it to yourself

For Savage prog clears, DPS and survival via your own mitigations and invulns (pref. on short cd) are the only thing that matters.
PLD is coming of as a 3rd and 4th wheel (on a bike) in in both categories.

Current (8th Sep) number of logged clears of P8 door boss:

Gunbreaker 4,472
Dark Knight 4,737
Paladin 267
Warrior 847

That is 2.58% presence of the PLD in the clears.

Do you perhaps see any pattern?

Very high dps groups may opt to take WAR for the sake of extra invulns during fight, which can help cheese some mechanics or unburden healers in critical moments.
Only fraction of very tight and proffesional raiders clear with PLD, just for the heck of it.

How do you think anxious and mostly less skilled ppl in PFs, are going to look at the prospect, of spending their time trying that?