Need help between war and pld

[LilLemay]

WAR is literally just dps that can have over 50k HP, tons of mitigation, insane aggro generation, AND a provoke. Do you stop to think before saying something stupid? Honestly, if your dps is beating "half the dps," you're playing with baddies.

I never said that WAR wasn't gonna beat a paladin every time, It's kind of expected of WAR. Whenever a WAR beats the dps everyone just kinda shrugs and goes ''yeah that's WAR for you'' whenever you beat dps as a Paladin it means alot more. or less of the dps you're playing with.

So I'll ask, do you stop to read what i'm saying before you stupidly assume I'm bashing on WAR? Especially since you just restated the last sentence of my post with more detail?

[Jim_Berry]

PLD mains never cease to amaze me with how delusional they are. Contrary to popular belief, anything a PLD can tank, so can a WAR.

Up until Zurvan does Demon's Claw.

[Lambdafish]

PLD mains never cease to amaze me with how delusional they are. Contrary to popular belief, anything a PLD can tank, so can a WAR.

[Kacho_Nacho]

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Anyways, it's sad to see this thread degenerate into trash talk. Can't we just stay on topic?

Paladins are good tanks. They are simple to play. They don't do as much damage as the other tanks because their focus is on damage mitigation.

Warriors are good tanks also. They are not as simple to play but are both fun and rewarding when played well. They do good damage and have decent self-healing.

Can't comment on dark knights. I've never played one.

[Jim_Berry]

If you're not MT as DRK your doing it wrong. DRK gets MP from taking damage (blood price), more MP = more DA + Souleater & DA + Carve and Spit. They also proc reprisal and low blow timer reset only when parrying an attack. Even if you're paired with a PLD you should be MT as PLD's proc for shield swipe isn't near as good as DRK's reprisal & low blow and they can stay in sword oath most of the fight (only problem with them is their damage combo includes an enmity generation skill and you'll have to power slash more)

I know, but if I'm to MT, I go as PLD. I'll accept MT as DRK if there's two of us there, or there's a WAR with me. I don't optimize on my tanks, either, so when I'm MT as DRK, I'm in Grit for most (if not all) of the fight, because my reality is this:

NINs seem to want to use Shadewalker strategically, so I can never drop tank stance after the pull due to the high burst damage from the rest of the group. Had an argument when the group were all emo and wanted me to drop Shield Oath as MT for added dps, but the NIN wouldn't Shade me or hit the WAR with Smokescreen (the WAR prioritized his BB combo since it has the highest damage potency).

To play it safe, I stay in tank stance.

[Jim_Berry]

This is interesting to me, since the first comment that even mentions anything between Warriors and Paladins are comments that warriors cannot do. You do not have cover, you do not have tempered will, and as far as I can tell Zurvan Ex is the one fight that Warriors aren't being brought along in anyways.

Which is lame, because the only reason behind it is that people do not stack for Demon's Claw. I never saw the reason NOT to stack when there's a WAR in the party.