Quote Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe View Post
I wasn't around pre Endwalker. Can someone enlighten me as to why WAR/PLD are in this situation? Were they underperforming in high end content or not being played enough? What's the motivation behind making them healers?

Because ultimately I'm curious if they were nerfed-- what exactly would be the consequences.
So early on the design was GNB/DRK are the DPS tanks with low party sustain, and WAR/PLD were lower damage but bigger support tools. Including better party mitigation, party healing, and just generally stronger targeted short mits on allies.
Nascent double dips its healing and shares mitigation for both the WAR and their target, while Heart of Corundum is all or nothing you or your target, PLDs is kinda similar.

A combination of a streamer screeching and an overtuned damage check in abyssos caused them to close the damage gap, which indirectly just make PLD and especially WAR super tanks with superior buttons and damage.
They seem to like the tank healer direction given they buffed shake it off to have heal over time mid patch. Though I'd argue it was never healthy to begin with