Quote Originally Posted by Aceofspades View Post
wow, HP huh? its cool yall keep your HP, i will stick with my def/vit. as far as interuption gose on spell casting, thats where skill comes in, first off you shouldnt ever be down to 10% health, but if you are, the fastest way to buy yourself time is ageious boon and or devine veil (after hot patch) ageious boon negates any physical damage taken and rewards hp acording to damage deflected. shouldnt have to tell yall bout devine veil. in anyrate, I can see this argument going no where soo guess i will conclude to agree to disagree, and say easier is not automaticly better. knowing what to cast or use and when to do so takes skill, if you lack this , then sure, WAR is the tank i would recomend for you, but if you want a true tank, then i would suggest mastering PLD. that being said i thank you all who disagree with me, honestly i do, with anyluck all this hype will end up buffing PLD even further, just be ware, if SE dosent want to op the job by accedent the only other option is to nerf war. Just sayin
As an ardent PLD player and supporter, I'm going to have to disagree with several points here.

Firstly, there are some situations where you will be forced to low HP. PLD and WAR alike are still subject to DYING. They are just as mortal as any other class, it simply takes a greater amount of damage to get them to a lifeless state. There are plenty of attacks that can drop you from low white to red. Also, neither Aegis Boon nor Divine Veil will save you from magic damage.

What I DO believe, is that PLD has much more self-substantiation than WAR. I believe PLD can maintain control over hate.

The problem is that WAR can be substantiated by sources outside of it's own abilities (i.e. WHM) and it also has solid hate control while contributing damage.

If someone argues that a PLD CAN'T tank something or they are useless, then they are simply being dense and closed minded. A PLD can perform just fine, it just isn't the most efficient means.

I'm not arguing that WAR is better for the job. Currently, it simply is. I do take issue with people who assume PLD can't do it at all, just because it doesn't do it like WAR.