Tank Balance

[carbonx]

"Please buff my tank class DPS so it's competitive" you should be saying "please adjust DPS checks".

You have to understand, this content was not tuned to be feasibly cleared in i190 (except probably A1S) by the majority. I'm not saying PLD's DPS needs to be buffed. I run PLD in Alex, we clear DPS checks just fine. However, you asked why players were so "obsessed" with minmaxing right now - I answered you.

PLD should not be a damage tank; it's not their image, never has been. They get extra raid utility the others do not. But... We still have 20% damage loss in Shield Oath that cannot be altered with skills like the other two. Early groups tended to have DRK instead of a PLD because they could compensate with exceptional play and still get the extra DPS. Then, you have the rest of the world watching going "PLD must be the weakest tank". Some early groups cleared with a PLD with large Sword Oath uptime utilizing Shadewalker for enmity. Right now I think people are saying, a WAR can DPS better and mitigate just as well, so there is no reason for so large a penalty on damage.