Interesting thread, This makes me happy that I kept with my WAR for as long as I did. Only thing that bugs me is, if for WAR to tank at its most efficient capacity means you have to buy and meld a bunch of HQ ilvl70 items doesn't that kind of leave it still as the less desirable tank? I mean for PLD to tank coil you really only NEED Darklight gear, or you could get AF+1 and grab the Allagan drops then tank it very easily never having to spend 1 gil if you don't want to.

I just don't understand why SE would expect someone who wanted to play WAR well to make millions of gil and spend it on crafting and melds or take all the time to get the crafts up and make it all yourself. Why would they set it up that way?