DRK + War

[MythToken]

Lets assume 50% uptime that's 5% reduced damage raidwide on the boss.

Reprisal debuff is indeed more powerful when looked in context. As I am not comparing it skill by skill, but rather class by class.
Since DRK has int down that pretty much = str down.

What does PLD have that compares to Reprisal in terms of debuffs? He doesn't. That is why he has better self mitigation skills.
Reprisal is not a skill that should be "relied" upon for big hits. It is just a way to lower the overall damage output your raid has to deal with.

I do believe top tier groups will prob stick with PLD/War for obvious reasons, and PLD being clearly the safest tank.

But a 5% less raid damage, and 5% more tank dps (just ballparking) are some reasons that WAR/DRK might be just as viable a combo and in some cases a better combo once players get higher in ilvl.

[Seku]

Reprisal is not a skill that should be "relied" upon for big hits. It is just a way to lower the overall damage output your raid has to deal with.

If you're using Reprisal for aoe damage reduction on the party, PLD has divine vile. So unless it's something that occurs on a frequent basis...then your reasoning for taking a DRK over PLD is kinda pointless.

Regardless though, I think people should just play the tank they like and a group will eventually take ya. Because having played DRK to 50 so far, it seems to be a pretty solid tank. Just doesn't bring anything original and can replace a monk's INT down. Maybe a group could take their monk and put a DRG in it's place instead to increase the up time on that new crit buff....and the drk can take over the INT down job....