I want to tank! ...but first...

[Galgarion]

Warriors and Dark Knights are doing all right atm. There's a present debate over whether Paladins need a dps increase to stay competitive with those two. Warriors are the Aoe tank at present, with Dark Knights close on their heels. Paladin AOE threat is manageable but a clear third. Warriors following their tanking rotation can put out considerable dps which can be cheesed even higher by stance dancing, Dark Knights have a permanent dps increase since they don't ever have to turn their dps stance off while tanking (with good resource management skills that is) and Paladins have finally been freed from the Rage of Halone 1-2-3 ghetto. Warriors have a semi-complex opener that requires some light memorization to do well, Dark Knights only have to Dark Art (that is to say, super charge) their threat combo to get a good lead in, and Paladins are good 'ol Paladins.

I main all three, but Warrior's my favorite with DRK in second.

[Jim_Berry]

There's a present debate over whether Paladins need a dps increase to stay competitive with those two.

Sad that everything in the game has to be dps-focused. Whatever happened to letting roles be roles?

[Icepick823]

Sad that everything in the game has to be dps-focused. Whatever happened to letting roles be roles?

Tanks ultimately have two jobs: Maintain enmity on the mobs, and minimize damage taken, both of which are very easy to do. Once you gotten sufficient enmity, what else is there to do? Generate more enmity? Why? You might as well do more damage to speed things up slightly.