Tank DPS Comparison Video

[Paikis]

Isn't this the exact narrative? WAR has best dps, DRK is second, PLD is third. WAR can maintain endlessly and DRK/PLD go dry very fast.

Eh, the usual narrative is that WAR is overpowered because it does this huge amount more DPS while also being the best at taking hits and never runs out of TP. This video shows that the huge DPS gap just isn't there.

The arguments I see here on the forums all assume that the WAR is a god-like player who never miss-times an Inner Beast with every tankbuster, and still manages to be using Fell Cleave every other GCD while doing that. They also apparently are using fending-DPS for PLD while looking at slaying DPS for WAR, based on the number of threads I've seen begging for the PLD (still the easiest class to play in the game) to get more damage added and using top-raid WAR parses to try to somehow justify it.

What is also going on is that people who are playing WAR are generally gearing for more damage since the perceived role of the WAR is the damage tank. I see most WAR players using at least partial and usually full slaying gear. PLD is perceived as the more defensive tank, and I see a lot more PLDs who wear full fending gear. This alone would contribute to a large gap in DPS. The parse above though shows that actually all the tanks are within a few % of each other when using similar gear, and the ordering is about what we should expect, given that the PLD has the best defensive stats, followed by the DRK and then the WAR bringing up the rear.

Again, the difference is not huge when all the classes are well played.

EDIT: After watching the actual video, I'm going to say that actually the WAR's parse should be lower in an actual fight. You simply cannot use Butcher's Block combo two out of every three combos and expect to not rip hate off your counterpart. BB combo is the highest potency combo for WAR. Having to use the maim combos will lower your actual damage. You also ended the parse directly after a triple fell cleave, when you shoujld by rights have ended it BEFORE that point, giving a DPS of 976 for the WAR.