1) they no longer have "a ton" more hp, as if that actually helps the tank over vit/def

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thats both PLD and WAR with the same exact gear , except the shield wich adds 39 def

2) in wich way is WAR more efficient ? I agree on small boss fights or PL type situations, war is a better choice. But on hard boss fights that statement holds no watter.

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the two above are me tanking as GLD , and the one below it is PLD



this is the only one I have save with war , it is of a LS mate, main reason this is the only one I have is becuase WAR takes such extensive damage healers get less time to actually do the magic eva down debuffs and in turn the fight ends up taking a bit longer , this one closely matches the other two, all between 10-12 minute fights on Ifrit. And before you critsize the fact we parsed Ifrit, Keep in mind he is the easiest to get to and dose both magic and physical damage , soo for parsing purposes the Ifrit fight is a great canidate for testing tanks , not to mention the ability to controll the tempo of the fight to keep things as accurate as possable.

I will not claim one over the other but in a situation where damage taken is an obvious issue, WAR is in fact NOT the best tank for that situation. And as far as speed runs go, the only reason I can see PLD not being self sufficiant enough to be able to replace one of the healers with a DPS job, is if the gear was full AF or porly materia managed gear. HP , btw , is not the best stat to have on a tank. Sure it works on both magic and physical, but most magic attacks deflected completly or at least largely by SS, a spell any gld can , and should easly use to do so. that with sent/rampart , I have yet to encounter a magical attack that dose much damage at all to me.
As far as physical damage taken, wich is always the most damage taken on parses I have ever seen, it would be nothing more then a bold faced lie to say WAR can handle physical damage better then PLD. If your gona respond to this plz dont come at me with assumptions or acusations. bring cold hard facts with proof of aplication and then I will acknowledge your claims, but if you cant do the work and research I have (and what I posted is only the tip of the iceberg) then please , dont critisize where your argument holds no watter except for " this one time, at tank camp...."