Not finding DRK squishy at all.

[Kiteless]

Possibly. But that's a Warrior, They have a lot easier time doing it than Drk.

Drk could do it I definately know if they find someone else to split the damage with, or are able to time when the cleaves are coming and turn it into the group instead of eating it alone.

At which point, why would any dedicated party want to do it with a DRK in the first place?

[Hundred]

Its the level system tripping you out. Theres no bug in Drk defense.

[Tiqa]

Its the level system tripping you out. Theres no bug in Drk defense.

No you're wrong, I tested it and there's no difference between tanking ability before and after lv50, there's no "special new way of calculating dmg" in HW.

Lv 50 PLD and lv 51 PLD take the exact same amount of dmg if they 're sharing same DEFENSE attribute.


Edit: made several tests with war tonight (no stance, same def, lv 55 me 54 him) I've had totally different results than those I have tested before, we eated same amount of dmg, so you might be right, after all. I will wait till SE give me an official reponse on my post, and assume all is normal till then. Can't explain these numbers I've had all day (I made numerous test, with war and pld, 50 or higher, with always same results.. till tonight) and still find it very odd.

[BadRNG]

No you're wrong, I tested it and there's no difference between tanking ability before and after lv50, there's no "special new way of calculating dmg" in HW.

Lv 50 PLD and lv 51 PLD take the exact same amount of dmg if they 're sharing same DEFENSE attribute.

Did you consider that the 50-51 jump might not be as large? Was the PLD 50 and DRK 51 in your tests to match?

I do believe it's stat weights causing this(it's been widely reported as happening to old jobs too), but regardless of whether you believe that, the only sane thing to do is to test this on two characters of same stats AND level, ideally 60. There would be no room for debate there. That's likely how SE would test it as well.