Defensive ability, WAR VS DRK

[Reynhart]

How does a WAR outshine a DRK in defense? In offense as an OT, sure. As a MT, WAR doesn't really have anything over DRK. PLD is still going to be the "safest" MT.

Like I said above, Odin's fight is a good way to see the differences.
PLD has 5 preemptive defense CD, so you always have one ready for each Sangetall. WAR has Inner Beast. That alone is enough to mitigate every hit too.
As a DRK, I have 4 cooldowns (Shadow Skin, Shadow Wall, Dark Dance and Living Dead)., and they pop pretty fast, since Odin use its tankbuster very frequently. Maybe I lack some experience as a DRK, but it's far more difficult. And Dark Dance is far from reliable.

Living Dead, especially is a problem. The "get full HP or die" is pretty gruesome when healers have to heal the whole raid. Several times, I ended with two SCH, who, pre-50, seriously lack some pure healing efficiency.

Besides, I think DRK has the same problem than WAR in 2.0. Self-healing is good, but it's hardly enough without a good mitigation tool above it. That's why they changed Inner Beast, and I wonder if we will see the same kind of adjusment for DRK in a future patch.

Another route for DRK could be that they'd be designed specifically for dual tank situations, but they'd need a far higher DPS to make it competitive when compared to solo tank setup with one more DPS.

[Syfer22]

I like the concept of Living Dead, but the execution leaves much to be desired. It's a godmode button that requires too much work and attention to mitigate in comparison to Hallowed Ground/Holmgang.

And heaven forbid if you have to pop it in a dungeon... While you could say "you must be bad if you have to pop it in a dungeon, pshaw," there are times when you might have to -- And honestly, it doesn't seem feasible for a single healer to heal you back to full in 10 seconds on reaction, much less with a boss or multiple mobs wailing on you.