Quote Originally Posted by Zoomie View Post
I have to disagree. While I won't say that WAR is a better MT in all situations on Titan I would think WAR is superior. For a fight where the only meaningful damage comes on a very specific timer, like Titan, having 30% DR is stronger on top of defiance is better than a PLD. WAR's have this for every single MB while a PLD has to use cooldowns if they want to have that mitigation.
This is pretty much it. The primary determining factor as to whether a PLD or WAR is better for a given fight is how applicable IB is; on a fight like Titan or Twintania, where damage is regular and spiky, WAR is the better option whereas on a fight like Garuda EX or Ultima Weapon, where damage is relatively constant and sustained, PLD is the better option. The other major factor is how necessary the PLD CD suite is to the OT role: the t4 strat that my group uses functionally *requires* that a PLD be on OT duty because our 5>6 transition involved the OT taking so much damage at the start of it that they *have* to use HG (Holmgang doesn't cut it, especially since you have to kite/joust to reduce incoming damage after establishing primary aggro and Holmgang gets in the way of that).