Solution to WAR problem is to nerf PLD

[Sebastien]

I actually think that OP is probably correct, and here's why. According to Yoshi, SqEnx's intent was that no one would be able to clear Bahamut's coil with the gear currently available. He believed they would need Crystal Tower gear. The fact that people were able to clear through the first four turns so quickly (making Crystal Tower mostly obsolete for them in the process) suggests that things were easier than intended.

That all leads me to conclude that PLD may have been too strong. However, I don't think the disparity between PLD and WAR is as great as some people believe. It just seems like, based on Yoshi's intent, the difficulty of tanking endgame content with WAR is actually the intended difficulty.

[CurlyBruce]

I actually think that OP is probably correct, and here's why. According to Yoshi, SqEnx's intent was that no one would be able to clear Bahamut's coil with the gear currently available. He believed they would need Crystal Tower gear. The fact that people were able to clear through the first four turns so quickly (making Crystal Tower mostly obsolete for them in the process) suggests that things were easier than intended.

Well Yoshida said he didn't expect more than 100 people to beat coil before 2.1 and given that Turn 5 is a giant kick to the testicles I don't find this hard to believe. The major problem isn't gear because you can save up and buy relic gear without ever stepping foot inside the coil. Crystal Tower is largely irrelevant to most people who have been at cap for a while and only have one job they want to gear out since they could have saved up plenty of Mythology by this point. You can do the first few turns of Coil with a WAR in just DL+Relic Weapon, it's just harder and leaves pretty much zero breathing room for freak occurrences.