Thread: 2.1 WAR PVE First impression

Originally Posted by HOLY_S-HIT

LMAO on the first day after patch when a WAR got one-shoted by Ultima (with only 4 stacks, and yes he was geared enough for the fight).

I see that you don't play warrior at all so you don't understand why that happened. It's called not learning the fight yet. Or you could've just easily been matched with a bandwagon warrior who doesn't know what to do. I tanked it just fine.

Pld is still the better MT by far, warrior OT is the way to go. Though all the new bosses have double tank mechanics and I can survive mountain buster at 3 stacks of Titan debuff, so warrior can pretty much MT any thing without absurdly out gearing the content.

I'm happy with all of the changes. The inner beast defense buff is pretty short but I've been getting
good use out of it. Holmgang is A LOT of fun. It's saved me from a few deaths since its been out.
Using it when your low HP or if your healers are struggling to keep you alive is a challenge and a life saver.

Originally Posted by Zoomie

They mentioned a TP cost reduction but it never made it to live. Imho it's fine with its current cost. The new enmity modifier and the new animation make it 10x stronger than it was in 2.0. A TP reduction on top of that would be too much.

Just my 2 gil.

Hmm I don't seem to ever remember them talking about a TP reduction. I only recall them mentioning that they would increase the amount of threat generated. Agreed though that both combined especially with the attack speed boost would be majorly OP.

Originally Posted by Zoomie

WAR's have this for every single MB while a PLD has to use cooldowns if they want to have that mitigation.

Inner Beast is, well...it's a beast on Titan HM to be sure, but why does no tank ever mention flash? It's my favourite move for MB by far, I use it when the healers have nothing better to do before the MB to save my CD's, and you dodge around 40-50% of MB's just through the blind effect. That's 100% reduction. Give it a try.

And don't forget the shield too. It's always present, and with Zenith or Allagan you are taking 25% less on at least a third of the attacks coming your way without bulwark. I would say the tanks are looking pretty even altogether, i'm enjoying stepping aside and watching WAR tank some content, it's refreshing to see.