Paladin vs Warrior - ARR better set roles!

[fusional]

At the end everything I did it was Warrior. Every dungeon it was ask for a warrior, Garuda, King Moogle, Ifrit was ask for a warrior. The only battle I did not see a warrior all the time maybe 50/50 was Raven. The only one for sure that was ask for a Paladin that I ever did was Hamlet Defense since Paladin could heal himself.

i won't say it would've been *impossible*, but rivenroad (hard) and ifrit (extreme) would have been idiotic with a warrior tank. completely and utterly awful.

also, with DDs who actually push limits, most all situations favored paladin tanks in the end. including garuda and av/cc. warriors just couldn't keep hate off DDs going completely all-out (and if you disagree, that's fine- it just means either your DDs weren't actually that great, or they were holding back), and additionally paladins were so strong that they could just about cover most or all of their own healing- freeing your group up to do even more dps by swapping out healing for more damage.

in fact, using a paladin tank for AV meant you could get away with having *no healing* for MM if you knew what you were doing.

if you had made this thread in early 2012 it would've been fairly accurate, but after they updated paladin the entire dynamic shifted. anyone who kept using warriors after that were mostly just doing it because it's what they knew, or because they were simply far behind the curve.

as far as burst aoe goes, though, warrior is at or near the top. while dragoon is hands down better in the right hands, warrior is *easier* to aoe with and that makes it more consistent and attractive for inexperienced players or groups wanting as much margin for error as possible (ie: using warriors for most of your aoe in ifrit extreme rather than dragoons. dragoons do the job much much better if your dragoons are great- but if not, you're better off just bringing an extra warrior or two... and most groups did)

Did Nael with both a PLD and a Warrior. Paladin kept better hate, Warrior was less fragile and did more damage.

lolwut? i.. what?