Not finding DRK squishy at all.

[Reynhart]

I've recently tried Turn 11 in a 7-man PT.
Both the other tank and me were DRK (lvl 56 for him and 53 for me)

As soon as the boss starts, we were literraly destroyed as each cleave hit us for around 4-5k. We felt really strange, having doone the fight several times, him as a WAR and me as a PLD. After numerous wipes, we left, took our old tank, and came back.
As a WAR, he was taking 4-5k with each cleave and I was more around 3-3.5k.

Strange that he should take the same damage as a WAR 50 than a DRK 56, and I should take less as a PLD 50 than a DRK 53.

So, we decided to do some test on normal mobs. We stayed in AoE for several minutres, comparing damage taken between a DRK 56 in Grit and a PLD 50 in Shield Oath (Weapons sheated, back turned, no parry or block).
It appears that the DRK took constantly more damage than the PLD...Something like 250 vs 300. In fact, even if I canceled Shield Oath, I still took less damage than the DRK.

Remember that he has 6 more level than me, a better Defense, magic Defense, Vitality and even Elemental resistance. He wxwas above me in everything.

First, we though that maybe Grit is bugged, so he canceled it...and took even more damage.

Ok, so if the skill works fine, maybe Defense is the problem. So, we removed all gear to bring our defense to 0...and we started to take both almost the same damage.

We plan to do some more testing to see if this first clue can be confirmed. If DRK's defence is bugged, it can explain why some people find the DRK very squishy for some content.