Why Avoid Parry?

[Ralvenom]

Is that not enough? Do we have to railroad Paladin down that line too?

That's kind of the point, isn't it? We do, because PLD can't perform as well in raids. If the other tanks can defend just as well (remember, block only affects physical attacks) in the current meta, but also do more dps; why bring a PLD? The solution is 2-fold:

1. make the next meta such that there's 1-2 fights where it's not only required for tanks to "turtle" BUT is also fun;
   This would force tanks to bring a Fending set for those fights.
2. bring MT PLD dps up slightly, as the changes in 3.1 were a good step but not enough.
   Every tank should feel like they can perform at the same level as every other tank, which is still not the current case.

[Kosmos992k]

That's kind of the point, isn't it? We do, because PLD can't perform as well in raids. If the other tanks can defend just as well (remember, block only affects physical attacks) in the current meta, but also do more dps; why bring a PLD? The solution is 2-fold:

1. make the next meta such that there's 1-2 fights where it's not only required for tanks to "turtle" BUT is also fun;
   This would force tanks to bring a Fending set for those fights.
2. bring MT PLD dps up slightly, as the changes in 3.1 were a good step but not enough.
   Every tank should feel like they can perform at the same level as every other tank, which is still not the current case.

I don't see that as a soluntion, it's butter knife to spread things around and make them the same. By equalizing the tanks, you are simply homogenizing them. The focus on damage, damage, damage makes the game, and tanking in particular quite one-dimensional. Sure SE could tailor encounters to each tank, but that would be counter productive because each time they do it, the other tanks will fell left out while the third one takes advantage of their chance to shine.

I think they need to add more dimension to encounters and tanking in general. Otherwise why have PLD at lall?