After 1 (arguably 2) expansions what is square trying to achieve with WAR (and PLD)?

[Absurdity]

Oh look at the benchmark video... WAR looks like it has better Cover than PLD.

Hard to say at this point. It looks like a dash to the target to absorb a hit, could be a single hit like old Shelltron or multiple like Cover. Or it could be something like Passage that covers everything behind the Warrior.

Also not entirely sure if it's gonna be part of Warrior's kit or something specific to just that NPC since Trusts usually have different actions than our jobs.

Either way it's not exactly the most imaginative of new abilities.

Also not like we really need more mitigation, another one just seems excessive because they're certainly not gonna increase incoming damage.