War's a bit squishy?

[vVAstrAVv]

Id say you probably never want to stack rampart and vengeance

Vengeance is 30 percent and youll probably get a heal toss when a tb is coming anyways

Between pulls i cycle between vengeance/ir spam in deliverance (you can defiance if youre worried but you have ToB and conva if you need them anyways so itd only be for ss healing)
And rampart/ unleash overpower spam while the other set cools off

Once you hit 70 and get decent gear its all youll need for pulls really. The rest will be boss mit

[HyoMinPark]

Caitlinzulu also mentioned pairing an Beserk with an AoE for healing, but since Beserk doesn't offer healing anymore, we can't do that, sadly!

You can still heal yourself in Berserk/Inner Release in large packs: Berserk/IR > Steel Cyclone. Steel Cyclone has a passive healing attached to it.

EDIT: TouchandFeel explained it.

[Maeka]

Paladins soak damage with all the blocking, as compared to DRK and WAR, especially when you use the blocking cooldown.

And then, on top of that, you have Shield Oath. Nothing like pulling a huge pack of enemies, popping the block cooldown and watch your SO gauge max in a few seconds and hearing "THONK THONK THONK THONK" and seeing all of those Blocks popping up on the screen and then popping the Sheltrons whenever you can. So much fun.

So, if WAR seems squishier than a PLD, that could be part of the reason. PLDs have less HP but they also take way less damage per hit too. And of course, Clemency helps too. It won't keep you alive solo, but if your healer is in a bad spot, it saves lives if used right.

I'm looking forward to leveling my WAR, it's on my to-do list, so maybe I'll post my own thoughts about all the tanks once I get them all up. DRK's like 55 now, so it doesn't have too much further to go (but I know it'll get lots of game-changing abilities in Stormblood, lol).