Quote Originally Posted by Alerith View Post
Sounds like you party with PLDs that don't know how to use Sentinel, Rampart and Aegis Boon...
WAR has access to Sentinel, Rampart, Foresight, and Featherfoot.

And even if the pld takes less damage overall, it doesn't matter unless your whm runs out of MP. The two take relatively the same amount of damage per hit, but WAR has a larger buffer for the larger attacks.