Why Nobody Plays Warrior

[Zophar]

I think the real thing is, war takes a lot of finesse and skill to be a good war. Pld, does not. The difference in skill required to be a great pld vs a great war is like finger painting vs character sketching. Therefor, there are a lot fewer good wars than plds, and that makes it appear that pld is just better.

[Kuwaitum]

I main WHM (i120) & WAR (i130).

My Healers love me for a reason

Though I like PLD's CDs, but I have a full grip on tanking as a Warrior.

PS: I fancy battleaxes

[wicked-one]

In 8-Man Content, you might want to bring a WAR, because while OT, he can do a nice dps output, which you really want(ed) with you in FCoB.

I did all to 50, and WAR was quite another style of Tanking than PLD (which is basically 1,2,3,$Cooldown)

You have more different Rotations, and with the Wrath Stack system, you have to have more rhytm and foresight about when a big hit comes, than a PLD where you can basically do "oh shit, castbar, use $Cooldown" and building up aggro the rest of it with 1,2,3,...

Therefore, my opinion, good tanking with a WAR is no braindead action where you can watch House of Cards on your second screen, therefore most ppl suck at it (including me, i would never dare to goto FCoB with my war)

[Defteros]

you have to have more rhytm and foresight

I see what you did there D:

[Risvertasashi]

In 8-Man Content, you might want to bring a WAR, because while OT, he can do a nice dps output, which you really want(ed) with you in FCoB.

Not only DPS, war mitigation helps a lot in certain parts.

[Maero]

tbh of the 2 tanks in this game warriors seem to be able to keep agro the most from me going as blm, hehe
Both classes are now equal i would say, PLD used to have it easier like a year or so ago until changes were made to war
Plus the combo of having a war when i go as Ninja is great

[Yumi_umi]

Why almost everyone plays war?
"Like omg did u see how high i dps as war?" My beast strength accessories r op.
Then plds go

[kensatsu]

Yumi_umi
this is exactly that, but still a few play war.
Also them should use Vita/strength 110 accesries to be op.
But realy a coil group need PLD/WAR : the pld is extremely good to MT, and the war extremely good to OT, end of the drama.
PLD take a little less damage (i think the shield block rate do the difference), he have invincibility, it's not nothing, it's just better than homlang, and he is safier on Hard cleave cast because the war have to relying on GCD, when pld is sure to relying only on instant CD even if you are already input combo.
The issue is the number of player playing PLD and some few War.
When the best for the coil is having a PLD, a War a whm a sch, a bard, a melee ,a magic, a 4th dps (should be a other bard if there a drg, or a other melee)
We need both of them PLD<War or PLD>War this drama should not exist, go away with it
In the expansion we will get DrkKnight i hope he is more a OT tank, because of the few War playing